I have been an admiror and fan of PF Sloan ever since his first L.P. -- I didn't know he was the songwriting talent behind so many hits by so many artists, but I found that out soon enough.
There is a song about PF Sloan that became a hit again this year, and again people asked....where is PF SLOAN?
PF SLOAN will be my guest October 25th on True Crime Uncensored on Outlaw Radio 2pm PT. He is bringing his guitar, talent and I am as excited as a twelve year old.
Sloan is also an author -- his autobiography is now available
What's Exactly the Matter With Me? is a first-person account of an extraordinary life and pilgrimage through the most fascinating years of American and English musical culture. This is a story of dreams, success, destruction, and miraculous resurrection; the incredible, heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of the greatest songwriters in American music, as well as one of the most elusive and mysterious. P. F. Sloan was a prolific and influential genius from the golden age of the 1960s and a pioneer of folk-rock. Between 1965 and 1967, 150 of his songs were recorded by major acts; 45 of those made the charts. No other songwriter has ever come close to achieving so great a number of hits in such a short period of time. From his little studio at Dunhill Records, P. F. Sloan was a veritable hit-machine, writing for the Mamas & Papas (thats Sloan's infectious guitar lick on "California Dreamin'"), Jan & Dean (the falsetto you hear on most of their hits is Sloan's), Barry McGuire (the brilliant and controversial "Eve of Destruction"), Johnny Rivers ("Secret Agent Man"), the Turtles, the Fifth Dimension, and many, many more. He wrote so many songs in fact that Dunhill sold him as seven different acts. Unsurprisingly, he wound up exhausted and broken, thus beginning a long journey into the wilderness a journey of UFOs and psychiatric hospitals, survival, healing and, ultimately, redemption.
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MAN OVERBOARD -- the 20th Anniversary Special Edition comes out this week! I was interviewed on DARKNESS RADIO === and it sounded like this:
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