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And who doesn't want a peek into the exciting world of filmmaking? \u003cstrong\u003eVERDICT This unpretentious memoir about filmmaking will appeal to anyone in love with the big screen.\u003c\/strong\u003e\" - Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'.SFNSText-Regular',sans-serif; color: rgb(5,5,5); display: inline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"max-width: 100%; font-family: inherit; min-width: 0px; display: block; line-height: 1.2308;\"\u003eBruce A. Humphrey:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis is a great book for anyone interested in a behind the scenes account of some of the great films of the last few decades. And for people \"in the business,\" you'll recognize situations and enjoy hearing about how they handled them on so many great\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efilms. David's book is a great read, filled with humor and insights. I also recommend the audio book. Hearing the story in David's voice is a delight!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wrap\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeing Red vid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/BWoXoWX5H4I\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_quote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"font-size: 19px; font-family: Helvetica; margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal;\"\u003eYoutube interview\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Outcasts Creative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eBOOK REVIEW IN \u003ci\u003eSHOCK REVIEW:  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eBEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: An Assistant Director Behind the Scenes of Feature Films \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eby David McGiffert \u003cb\u003e(BearManor Media; bearmanormedia.com, $42.00). \u003c\/b\u003eBeing an assistant director (or\"A.D.\") is a complex job with a wide range of responsibilities. 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His first three singles - \"I Just Want To Be Your Everything,\" \"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water,\" and \"Shadow Dancing\" - reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 during 1977-78, and he became a fixture on television specials, appearing alongside legends such as Bob Hope, George Burns, and Dean Martin. In 1981 he became the co-host of the iconic Solid Gold television series, and a year later he starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Broadway. But despite his enormous success, he battled with insecurity, depression, and substance abuse, causing his career to flounder and leaving him bankrupt by 1987. By then, he seemed ready to start anew and launch a comeback, but he died suddenly in 1988, five days after his thirtieth birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDespite the tragic brevity of his career and life, Andy Gibb still has a strong fan base around the world, but his story has never been told - until now. Arrow Through the Heart: The Biography of Andy Gibb draws upon extensive research, rare archival interviews with Andy Gibb and members of his family, and interviews conducted by the author with nearly fifty of Andy's friends and associates to examine the life and career of this beloved pop idol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHear the Junot podcast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREMEMBERING ANDY GIBB ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 65th BIRTHDAY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast year we told you about a brand new biography about Andy Gibb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong-time Forgotten Hits Reader Scott Paton got to know Gibb quite well during his time spent working on Casey Kasem's \"American Top 40\" radio program ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd he connected me with author Matthew Hild, who had just written this first of its kind biography of 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have been privy to a conversation \/ interview between these two principle participants, Author Matthew Hild and Music Historian Scott Paton, which I am now able to run exclusively in Forgotten Hits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a good book.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy first reaction after reading the intro was that it might turn into a \"fanboy\" account of Gibb's career ... but the deeper I got into the book, the more I began to realize and recognize Andy's inner demons, which ultimately drove ... and then destroyed ... his career.  I feel the book presents a fair accounting of all the facts ... meaning that we, as readers, are exposed to the good, the bad and the ugly ... and there are plenty of all of the above to digest when accessing The Andy Gibb Story. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the one hand, you can easily write this off as just another case of the kid who had it all ... and then threw it all away once drugs were introduced into his life ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there is a LOT more to the story here, as you will see as you dig deeper into Andy's life and circumstances.  I find it a bit unfair (as some have done) to judge his mega-successful brothers at fault for not setting aside their own careers to help their struggling brother walk the straight and narrow ... because repeated attempts to do so only failed and led to more frustration and separation within the family.  (\"Am I my brother's keeper\" indeed!!!)  But I CAN find some fault and blame here on The Brothers Gibb's \"ever-willing-to-help\" Mom, who seemed to cater to Andy's every whim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a fascinating read ... \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd we are proud to present this exclusive back-and-forth between Matthew Hild and Scott Paton  (Ironically, you'll find the two sort of interview each other within the context of this enlightening conversation!)  kk)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Discussion Between Matthew Hild, Author of \u003cem\u003eArrow Through the Heart: The Biography of Andy Gibb\u003c\/em\u003e, and Scott Paton, radio industry veteran and friend of Andy’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Hild\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhen and where did you meet Andy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Paton\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI had started working at the syndicated radio show\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Top 40\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseveral months earlier and did an initial phone interview with Andy after RSO Records pitched him to me when “I Just Want To Be Your Everything” was released (April 1977).\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWe’d had a good conversation and, a few weeks later, I met him backstage at an awards show he attended with his brothers at the Hollywood Palladium.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI introduced myself, reminding him of the interview, and he exclaimed, “Hey, you’re around my age!”\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(In fact, we were born a month and a day apart.)\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe told me that he was staying at the Beverly Hilton and that I should give him a shout and come hang out.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThat was the start of our friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDid you get to meet the Bee Gees or other members of his family?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI did an interview with Barry within a few days of that first chat with Andy.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe was busy mixing the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere At Last … Bee Gees Live\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ealbum that was released the following month.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut our conversation was predominantly to promote his kid brother’s first record in the States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I met Andy’s parents, Hugh and Barbara, as well as his “little sister” Beri — actually his niece — when I met up with him at the hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHow well did you get to know them?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI got to know Hugh and Barbara quite well over the course of the next couple of years.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOn one of my trips to Miami, where all the Gibbs lived at the time, I did an interview with them on the houseboat on which they were living.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA terrible storm broke out while I was there, and Barbara insisted I sleep on the couch ‘til it passed.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhen I woke up early the next day, I found that she’d put a blanket on me and put a glass of water for me on the coffee table.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e If you’ve ever seen that footage of the Bee Gees working on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpirits Having Flown\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ealbum, where Barry creates that thunder sound effect on “Tragedy,” Andy and I were there at Criteria Studios in Miami that day.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI wish the camera had caught us in a frame of that, then I’d have a photo of Andy and me together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I never really got to know Robin at all, although I interviewed him once.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI had some nominal interaction with Barry.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut Maurice, who was probably the nicest guy in a very nice family, provided me with some great comedic relief on a flight from Miami to L.A. where we battled it out for all the Coca Cola for our respective cocktails.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAnd at the premiere party for the ill-fated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSgt. Pepper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efilm, Mo and I played a silly game of tag throughout the evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhat kind of relationship did Andy seem to have with his family?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAndy was very close to his parents, niece Beri and his brothers, especially Barry.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut he shared my opinion that Maurice was probably the nicest Gibb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOver what period of time did you know Andy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI saw a lot of Andy from ’77 to ’81, tapering off when he started dating Victoria Principal.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePrior to that, he had mad crushes on Marie Osmond, Olivia Newton-John and numerous other women that crossed his professional path.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMarie was definitely his chief obsession prior to Victoria, but he knew that her commitment to her Mormon faith would prevent them from ever having more than a close friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I saw Andy a couple of times between ’82 and ’83 before we lost touch.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI remember advising caution in dating Tanya Tucker based on some first-hand interaction I’d had with her.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThat was our last conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I’m curious as to what you may have learned about the dynamic he and Marie had.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThey certainly had great chemistry in the duets they performed on TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e MH: Just about everyone I interviewed who knew Andy in 1978 (the year he met Marie) said something to me about what a crush he had on her; some of them even felt that he was really in love with her. Some of them also felt that the feeling was mutual. But her family kept her closely protected, and while the Osmond brothers liked Andy and thought of him as a friend, they didn’t want her dating Andy. Nor did her mother Olive, especially when she learned that Andy had already been married and divorced and had a child. And of course, as you mentioned, what Andy called “the religion thing” kept the relationship from going in the direction that it might have otherwise. They saw less of each other as time went by, and the thought of a romance between them became a moot point once he met Victoria in January, 1981, but they remained friends. The chemistry between them was still apparent in their last performance together, singing the Kenny Rogers-Dolly Parton no. 1 hit “Islands in the Stream,” a Bee Gees composition, on the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon in 1986. (It can be seen on YouTube.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e So you and Andy were friends throughout his heyday then. Did he seem to change much over that period of time?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e SP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNo, I wouldn’t say he changed much.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe seemed to grow a little more confident with success, although in hindsight, that may just have been an outward presence he developed.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhen he learned that I had no interest in joining him in doing cocaine, he would always partake in another room, out of sight.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut the only time I ever scolded him about it was when he had a heart murmur in L.A. in ’78.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe was quite sheepish about it.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe had his failings — often being late, or missing professional obligations, but he always remained a very nice guy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDid you see him interact with his fans (predominantly girls and young women) much? How did he treat them?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e SP: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAndy couldn’t have been nicer or more thoughtful to his fans.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNever annoyed by autograph seekers and always eager to please.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe definitely was a bit girl crazy, as most of us guys were at that age, but he was never rude or lascivious … or entitled by virtue of his celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e  The two documentaries that were made about Andy (one for VH-1’s \u003cem\u003eBehind the Music\u003c\/em\u003e in 1997, the other for the Biography Channel in 2008) both made much of Andy feeling insecure and in the shadow of his brothers. Did you see much evidence of that?  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP: \u003c\/strong\u003e The only significant example I saw of that was a concert he gave in Miami in the Summer of ’78.  Toward the end of the show, the Bee Gees surprised him and came onstage to sing with him.  Andy went into shock and walked away from them, barely composed.  Now, granted, his dream in life was to join the Bee Gees, but I believe I said to him, “Geez, it’s not like the Beatles or Elvis surprised you, these are your brothers!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut a year later, when Andy joined them onstage during some of the dates on their “Spirits Having Flown” tour, he was the picture of confidence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, I have to ask you:  After Andy died, the Bee Gees said that they were going to invite him into the group somewhere around ‘89\/’90.  Yet, I’ve read comments from Barry in recent years that Robin and Maurice voted against Andy’s inclusion prior to that.  Did you learn any more about this?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e:  Barry was telling the press in 1979 about plans to add Andy to the group. But that was also the year that Andy’s substance abuse problems began to really impede his ability to write and record. Instead of adding Andy to the Bee Gees, Robert Stigwood and Barry instead made unsuccessful attempts to get him into rehab. One of Andy’s early-to-mid-‘80s managers says that Barry told Andy during those years that if he could get himself clean and sober, he could become a member of the Bee Gees. But about a year after Andy died, Barry told a reporter that he had tried to add Andy to the group six months before he died (which would have been September, 1987), but that Robin and Maurice voted against it. The Bee Gees documentary \u003cem\u003eHow Can You Mend a Broken Heart\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) said (with words on the screen) that the Bee Gees had announced in early 1988, just before Andy died, that he would be added to the group, but I don’t know what the basis for that claim was. It wasn’t mentioned in the press at that time. Recording engineer Scott Glasel was working with the Bee Gees then, and he told me the plan was for the Bee Gees to bring Andy on tour with them as their opening act, and some press reports after Andy died said that as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDid Andy seem to take his career seriously? Did he seem dedicated to his music?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI think he took it seriously, but in the tumult of sudden world-wide fame, coupled with post-adolescence, girls and substance issues, I think the vagaries of celebrity ended up eclipsing all else.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNow, mind you, Andy always remained a very nice guy – except maybe when he was fighting with his good friend and road manager, Tony, a thankless task, by the way — but I think there was some significant loss of focus after the first two albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eOn those first two albums, \u003cem\u003eFlowing Rivers\u003c\/em\u003e (1977) and \u003cem\u003eShadow Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e (1978), Andy did the majority of the songwriting, even though Barry played a bigger role in writing his singles. But on his third album, \u003cem\u003eAfter Dark\u003c\/em\u003e (1980), Barry did most of the writing and even contributed a lot vocally. Andy later admitted in an interview that this was largely due to his cocaine abuse, but did he ever say anything to you at the time about his reduced input on \u003cem\u003eAfter Dark\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNot specifically, no.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut he did say that he had to recommit to doing more songwriting which, frankly, I felt he had kind of abandoned by the time\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShadow Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas released.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI never saw him pick up a guitar and work on anything new anymore.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut he loved playing Don McLean and Bee Gees songs, which he and I would sing together, much to the amusement of his parents!\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut as I recall, I specifically didn’t say anything about\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto him, which I thought was a bit of a disappointment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn 1981, Andy started starring in stage musicals (beginning with \u003cem\u003eThe Pirates of Penzance\u003c\/em\u003e in Los Angeles) and hosting the pop music countdown TV show \u003cem\u003eSolid Gold\u003c\/em\u003e along with Marilyn McCoo. At the same time, he made a single with his TV star girlfriend, Victoria Principal, a cover of the Everly Brothers’ classic “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (a minor [no. 51] Hot 100 hit). What did you make of this? Was he trying to establish himself as more of a separate entity from his brothers? Was he trying to give himself new career options as his records stopped selling as well as they had?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSP: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAgain, I never really brought up anything regarding Andy’s other entertainment forays into the stage musicals and TV.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI rarely watched\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSolid Gold.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eI thought all that stuff was merely a dilution of what he really wanted to do, and that those off-shoots would diminish his credibility as a recording artist.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI will say, though, Andy’s presence onstage or performing in front of a camera was remarkable.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe had the star power that his big brothers only had as a unit of three.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI hate to think of him devolving to a club performer, but he could do it very well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Regarding that duet with Victoria, there’s a funny story.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe one time I met her with him, I wasn’t knocked out by her somewhat proprietary air around him, so I’ll admit that might have colored this tale a bit.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAnyway, at the time, I was writing and producing a three-hour syndicated radio show in which I would do interviews and review new releases.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhen the promo of “All I Have To Do Is Dream” came in, I cringed upon first listen.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt was simply too sickly sweet, and clearly borne of wanting to cut a record with a girlfriend he’d lost his mind over.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSo, I did a tongue-in-cheek critical review of the 45, acknowledging in the segment that Andy was a personal friend.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs I recall, in mock anguish I said something like, “No, Andy, no!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A month or two later, I saw Andy when he was back in L.A. and he said, “Hey, mate!\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhat was up with that review of my record with Victoria?”\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI cringed.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI never thought Andy would have heard it, but someone had brought it to his attention.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI fumbled an apology and he laughed, saying that my review was far less severe than most of what had been written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e So, tell me what you’ve learned about Robert Stigwood’s dropping Andy from RSO Records?\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI did not know this at the time, and Andy never told me anything about it.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI just assumed that given the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreatest Hits\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eLP that was released and his relationship problems, there was just a long delay in recording and then, of course, the label went out of business.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGiven the fact that the Bee Gees were RSO’s top act and that Stigwood was their manager, this had to be a very awkward event for all involved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e MH:\u003c\/strong\u003e It was a combination of several things. The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter Dark\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ealbum didn’t sell as well as the first two albums (although it still earned a gold record), and Andy either was in too bad shape to tour that year or just refused to do it. And then Barry told him, according to Andy’s guitarist Joey Murcia, that he wasn’t going to give him any more songs unless he cleaned himself up. Andy recorded three songs for inclusion on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreatest Hits\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ealbum (as well as an unreleased cover version of the Bee Gees’ “Morning of My Life”) around the middle of 1980 and then moved to Malibu, California. After that, he practically stopped recording, except for two duets with Victoria Principal. After the Everlys cover didn’t sell too well, RSO declined to release the second duet (a cover of “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” which Andy had already released on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreatest Hits\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ealbum as a duet with P.P. Arnold). I interviewed former RSO executive Bill Oakes, and he said that by then Andy was costing the company more money than he was making for it. So when his contract expired in March, 1982, RSO dropped him, although Stigwood said in an interview 15 years later that it broke his heart to do it. And of course by then, the Bee Gees had sued Stigwood, their 1981 LP\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad sort of flopped, and Stigwood was about to get out of the record business anyway, so there was no need for him to keep Andy on just to make the Bee Gees happy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy knowledge of Andy after ‘82\/’83 is largely what I gleaned from tabloid coverage post-Victoria and documentaries produced after his death.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhat did you learn about all these non-recording projects that dominated the last five or six years of his life?\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDid he enjoy what he was doing?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs his mother later said, Andy loved performing in front of live audiences, especially the standing ovations that he would get after every show in Las Vegas. He seemed to enjoy theater, too, but he lacked the discipline for it, and his publicist at RSO, Ronnie Lippin, later said that “he wanted every night to be opening night.” But he wanted to get back into the studio, and he told interviewers that his goal was to have another hit record. He was always talking about recording projects and songs that he was writing. In 1984, he told interviewers that he was going to record an album with producer Richard Perry, one of the most successful producers of the 1970s and ‘80s. But nothing ever got off the ground, in part at least because of the addiction problems that led him to go into the Betty Ford Center in 1985 and another clinic in Santa Monica in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhat was the turning point that finally got the “monkey” of cocaine off his back?\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDuring the time that Andy and I hung out, my vice was Bacardi \u0026amp; Cokes, but Andy never had more than a beer or two.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI heard that alcohol became a bit of a problem for him later on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e I heard conflicting stories about Andy’s drinking problem and when it began. Some say it started when he was performing in bars on the isle of Ibiza as a young teenager in the early 1970s. Most people who knew him in the late ‘70s say they didn’t see it though. But some of his band members from the mid-80s, when Andy was playing mostly casinos, theaters, and fairs, remember him drinking vodka frequently. By then, he was having heart problems and chest and stomach pains and being hospitalized frequently, at least in part due to cocaine abuse. He was diagnosed with pericarditis and at least one cardiologist told him that if he didn’t clean himself up, it might cost him his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI know that Andy’s fortune had vanished, he was quite a spender.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHow had he been getting by after he filed for bankruptcy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRick Lotempio, who joined Andy’s band as a guitarist in the summer of 1985, told me that Andy “never did live a poor man’s lifestyle during this time.” Andy moved back to Miami in the fall of ’86, and he got a deal living rent-free in a penthouse of a brand-new condo overlooking Biscayne Bay. All he had to do was make some meet-and-greet type of promotional appearances for the developer, and he still had the condo under that deal when he died. He’d been due back in Miami about a week after that to make another one of those appearances. And his brothers provided furniture for the condo and gave him $200 a week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBarry has famously stated that prior to the deaths of each of his brothers, relationships were strained.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHow had Barry coped with Andy’s issues in those latter years?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe relationship between Barry and Andy was definitely strained at times during the 1980s. Barry later said that Andy had left Miami for California in 1980 because “everyone” in Miami (meaning, especially Barry) was trying to stop him from using drugs, and Andy told an interviewer in 1986 that he had made the move because of Barry’s stifling oversight of his personal life. At times during the 1980s, Barry would tell Andy that he wasn’t going to do anything to help him if he didn’t get clean and sober. Yet he would also give Andy pep talks, telling him that he thought Andy was the most talented singer and versatile performer of all the brothers. The two of them became close again after Andy moved back to Miami. But as Barry would go on to say often in interviews, the last conversation he had with Andy, a long-distance call about a week before Andy died, was an argument, precipitated by what Barry was hearing from Robin and his mother about Andy drinking heavily again and jeopardizing the planned comeback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIf Andy’s personal problems hadn’t overtaken him after the split with Victoria, how do you think his career would have gone during the mid-1980s? And when you learned that he had signed with Island Records, shortly before he died, what did you think of his comeback prospects?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSP:  \u003c\/strong\u003eWell, his personal problems didn’t originate with the relationship with Victoria.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHis insecurities and his substance addictions certainly seemed to be a factor in the failure of that romance, which only sent him into more of a tailspin.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut by all accounts, many of which I’ve learned from you, he largely had cleaned up near the end, albeit with some periodic setbacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I had heard that Andy had landed a new record deal and, of course, wished the best for him.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBy that time, I’d seen enough of show business to know there were no guarantees, but one great record could have brought him back on top.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLook at the comebacks people like Neil Sedaka and Paul Anka had enjoyed.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGeez, just look at the Bee Gees’ resurgence with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMain Course\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealbum in 1975.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThat may be the most apt example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHow did Andy’s unrealized recording deal with Island Records come about?\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWas Barry going to be actively involved with the writing and production of the LP that was in the works?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMH:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOnce Barry’s attempt at making him the fourth Bee Gee was rejected by Robin and Maurice, Barry set out to get Andy a record deal of his own. Barry told the press that he thought that, in part because of the bad press Andy had gotten in the US in recent years, the UK\/European market would be where to start. Of course, the Bee Gees’ 1987 “comeback” album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eE.S.P.\u003c\/em\u003e, and its single “You Win Again,” had been smash hits in the UK and flops in the US, so one has to wonder if that didn’t factor into Barry’s decision, too. The irony is that Andy had had much more success in the US than in the UK and Europe, but after Barry and Maurice helped him write and record a four-song demo tape in 1987, Barry took him and the tape to Island’s headquarters in London, and Island signed him. How involved Barry would have been in the album beyond those four songs is unclear. The label assigned Andy to work with two songwriters in England to write more material for the album. Scott Glasel told me that Andy planned on recording the album at the Bee Gees’ Middle Ear Studios in Miami, though, which surely would have meant production involvement on the part of Barry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHad Andy gotten back to writing?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e: Andy said that after the split with Victoria Principal, he found that he would have a hard time completing the writing of songs that he had started. But in the years following that, he often told interviewers that his next album would consist mostly of songs that he had already written. What happened to those songs is anyone’s guess. At one point, in 1986, his manager obtained a new song written by Phil Collins for him to record, but like all of Andy’s recording plans from that time, it never came to fruition. But Andy wrote at least six songs with his brothers (or at least Barry and Maurice) in 1987, the four that he recorded for the demo for Island, and two others that their niece Beri recorded. Andy also co-wrote two songs on the 1985 Diana Ross album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEaten Alive\u003c\/em\u003e, which was during that period when the Bee Gees were writing and Barry was co-producing albums for other artists (Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick, and Kenny Rogers as well as Ross).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIs there much left in the can of unreleased recordings?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMH\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThere are enough unreleased early, pre-RSO recordings, mostly done in Australia, for an entire album, although a few of those songs were rerecorded in Miami for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlowing Rivers\u003c\/em\u003e. There aren’t more than a handful of unreleased RSO recordings, including two that Andy wrote and recorded for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut then chose to replace with songs written by Barry or the Bee Gees. Two of the 1987 demos remain unreleased, including a really strong song written by Barry, Maurice, and Andy called “The Price of Fame” (something that Andy knew all about).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI never gathered that Robin and Andy were remarkably close.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOf his four siblings, the pecking order seemed to be Barry, Maurice, sister Lesley and Robin.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI don’t say that critically, it’s just what I observed.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut what do you know as to why Andy had gone to stay at Robin’s home in England during those final weeks of his life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e MH\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIsland Records execs wanted Andy in England to work with the two songwriters they had selected for him to write with and to make other preparations for the album. Maurice later said that he thought Andy would be safe there, being with family, but as you just noted, he wasn’t as close with Robin. Several friends of Andy’s who I interviewed said what a mistake it was to send Andy, by himself, to stay at Robin’s estate, where he stayed in a guest cottage. Even Barry later admitted that it would have been better if Andy had stayed in Miami, where he had been spending a lot of time with Barry and Maurice and their families, and saw more of his parents, who lived in California at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSP:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt seemed that there might have been good things and happier times ahead for Andy.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhat were his final days like?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e MH\u003c\/strong\u003e: In Miami, for about 16 months until he left for England, he was clean and sober. 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Without the backlash — “Where the hell’s Michael Myers?” — and given H3’s late-blooming but evergreen popularity, we might still be cranking out new movies on the “spooky season” year after year, even after all this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut that’s not what happened...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBOOK REVIEW BY Robert Ziegler\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ehttps:\/\/www.horrordna.com\/books\/halloween-3-where-the-hell-is-michael-myers-tommy-lee-wallace-book-review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\nhttp:\/\/www.throughtheblackhole.com\/en\/english-halloween-3-where-the-hell-is-michael-myers-tommy-lee-wallace-review-and-interview\/?fbclid=IwAR0vEC5OFlHocewJ7t8bwYMqCxyXR1ng-NXzSBYU4nsewEmlJdBL3F2ihfo\u003cbr clear=\"all\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nhttps:\/\/wordpress.mantaraypictures.com\/2023\/04\/27\/halloween-3-where-the-hell-is-michael-myers\/\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e--Terry Wickham\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eBOOK REVIEW IN \u003ci\u003eSHOCK REVIEW: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eHALLOWEEN 3 - \"WHERE THE HELL IS MICHAEL MYERS?\": A Definitive History of Horror's Most Misunderstood Film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eby Tommy Lee Wallace \u003cb\u003e(BearManor Media; bearmanormedia.com; $52.00). \u003c\/b\u003eI saw the first two HALLOWEEN films during their initial theatrical runs, and upon learning that the third entry would take a radically different direction, I didn't see any problem. 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