Fast forward to the 80's, I'm in this meeting in Beverly Hills to do this commercial for this big corporation and appear at one of their functions. And I'm there with this gal and one of the guys from the agency. And this girl and I just hit it off instantly, and we're sitting there laughing and the guy says, 'Well I might as well leave; it's obvious that you two know each other. ' And I said, 'No-no, we've never met, ' and the girl said, 'Actually we did meet many years ago but you wouldn't remember it. ' I said, 'When did we meet? ' She said, 'Buffalo in '67. ' I said, 'You're the girl that I gave the rose to. ' And I ended up marrying her. "You're kidding me? "Nope, that's my wife now. "Wow, what a great story Mark. "Oh yea. It was right, we were like star-crossed lovers. It was meant to be but it was just too early the first time around. "That is amazing. "My life reads like a novel and so I'm working discount monster beats
on a book. "Yea, I did hear that you were working on a book. As a matter of fact my first book was released recently - it's called Check the Gs -The True Story of an Eclectic American Family and Their Wacky Family Business. How far are you along in your story? "Well you know I'm almost done, I've written it and rewritten it three or more times and I've been working on it for 10-15 years. But what happens is every time I get almost finished, I start reading it and I say no, no, no, that's not the way it really happened, I'm trying to make myself look too good here, this isn't really real. So I go back and write what really happened without really stretching the fabric over the real stuff you know? So as I've done that several times and maybe as I get a little older I get a little more honest with myself. So I'm really getting close to the truth now and the truth reads better than fiction. " Other legendary performers on the tour are -The Association ("Windy" "Cherish" "Along Comes Mary"), The Grassroots, ("Let's Live for Today" "Midnight Confessions") and The Buckinghams ("Kind of a Drag" "Don't You Care" "Susan"). The tour will be stopping at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on Tuesday July 19th. All these GREAT performers on one exciting bill, and reminiscent of the American Bandstand, Where the Action Is, Hullabaloo and Shindig TV show lineups of the 60's. Paul Revere & the Raiders produced hit after hit throughout the 60's http://www.cheapsmonsterbeatss.com/
and early 70's. Memorable classics like "Kicks", "Steppin' Out", "Hungry", "Good Thing", "Just Like Me" and "Indian Reservation. "Marl Lindsay is a Florida native now. And thanks to Jeff Albright from the Albright Entertainment Group, I was able to Cheaper Monster beats
speak with both Mark Lindsay and Mark Volman of The Turtles last week. The interview with Professor Volman will be following this article. And now here's my interview with Mark Lindsay. Mark's a Singer/Writer/Producer/Hitmaker & Legendary Frontman of Paul Revere & the Raiders.