Shell Shocked

I don't buy many new books these days but when I heard about this one I ordered it right away. I am not a huge fan of Howard Kaylan's music though I do have the Turtles Greatest Hits and a couple of Flo & Eddie albums. Indeed I only saw him perform once when he sang with the Mothers at the Bath Fest......more

It's a rock autobiography - a light read with lots of name dropping and rollicking accounts of the life. If you're into Frank Zappa, The Turtles, 60's pop and 70's excess, it's another Spinal-Tap tinted window on that world; on that level it's well worth the time reading (and it'll go quickly). Of c......more

I always thought The Turtles were an underrated band, but I did not know an awful lot about them personally (and I never made the connection that Captain Cloud from Get Crazy, was in fact Howard Kaylan aka "Eddie"). And though there is a long story behind the Flo and Eddie moniker, I did not realize......more

A rock’n’roll life full of misspent youth, debauchery, and name-dropping I’ve known that Howard Kaylan was literate and funny for many years so I hoped a memoir by him would leap from the page with hilarity and insight. I’m not disappointed. I am impressed by the fact that as many drugs as he has con......more

Howard Kaylan is one-half of the great singing duo of The Phlourescent Leech and Eddie, better known as Flo & Eddie. Their octave-defying vocals gave them the ability to sound like pretty girls as well as dudes singing backup for an endless list of artists. Their biggest claim to fame was as the voc......more