{"id":22724,"date":"2022-04-06T15:28:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T19:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=22724"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T19:43:17","slug":"a-celebration-of-keith-allison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/06\/a-celebration-of-keith-allison\/","title":{"rendered":"A Celebration of Keith Allison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This last Sunday (April 3, 2022) marked the occasion of a lovely celebration of the life of Keith Allison. His stunningly lengthy list of credits includes: star of <em>Where the Action Is,<\/em> bassist and songwriter in Paul Revere and the Raiders, guitarist in the (post-Buddy) Crickets, actor in the Bee Gees\u2019 <em>Sgt. Pepper<\/em> movie, solo opening act for the Rolling Stones (twice), roommate (at Tittenhurst) of Ringo, vocalist on <em>Beach Boys Party<\/em> and <em>SMiLE<\/em>, producer of Cher sessions, session musician on Monkees demos and studio tracks, band leader of Dolenz Jones Boyce &amp; Hart, guest artist at some of the wonderful Wild Honey benefits in L.A., guitarist on a recent Billy Bob Thornton session, and much much much much more.<\/p>\n<p>He was also my good friend. For a few years we had been working together on his memoir\/autobiography. He passed away after a short illness last fall, and the celebration was scheduled for earlier this year, but had to be postponed due to the infernal pandemic. I wasn\u2019t able to attend the rescheduled date, but I was asked to provide a video message. Of course I was honored to do so; it\u2019s a reading of an edited excerpt from our unfinished book. It\u2019s a little slice that makes the point that Keith was one of the great storytellers. The best I\u2019ve ever had the pleasure to know, in fact. I miss him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22726\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22726\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22726\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bk_keith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bk_keith.jpg 495w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bk_keith-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Keith, May 2018 in Sherman Oaks CA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The whole celebration is well worth viewing; a great deal of love and care went into its making. My six-minute bit starts around the 1:35:57 mark.<\/p>\n<p>(Pro Tip: DO NOT turn on YouTube\u2019s \u201cchat replay\u201d feature. Some people are jerks, complaining as if they were attending a paid entertainment event. They should be ashamed.)<\/p>\n<p>More from\/about Keith <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/30\/keith-allison-man-of-action-part-one\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/05\/feature-paul-revere-the-raiders-part-1\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keith Allison Memorial Celebration\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YdI06Mtx42s?start=5757&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This last Sunday (April 3, 2022) marked the occasion of a lovely celebration of the life of Keith Allison. 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