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01-16-2013, 01:50 PM
|  | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | | David Hasselhof's Rock Band 1973
Back in 1973 I was in my first band (in L.A.) and David Hasselhof joined as our singer. He was waiting tables, drove an orange Camaro and trying to become a TV actor. No doubt, we sucked terribly and David certainly triumphed in TV if not as a singer. But a good time was had by all and it was a formative time for me learning bass. Lots of fun. Anyway, thought y'all might enjoy these pictures of the band "PTARLAK" (tar-lock) to see how goofy we all were. 
Well, here is one pic of David rehearsing. Cannot figure how to resize the whole group pics dammit. If I change the inches or pixels they crop and leave only half the picture---can't make the pics to 1200x1200 in their entirety. Frustrating
NOTE I just added a couple band pictures and flyer --(post #8 + 16 below)
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01-16-2013, 02:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: CT | | | So the big question is...are you guys still in touch???
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01-16-2013, 02:08 PM
|  | acoustic, peavey, sunn...STACHE | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Milwaukee, WI | | | THE HOFF...you dont hassle THE HOFF and come out alive. |
01-16-2013, 02:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: BALTIMORE CITY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kjpollo So the big question is...are you guys still in touch??? | Inquiring minds want to know!!! |
01-16-2013, 02:20 PM
| | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | | Me and Tony (the drummer) are the only ones still in touch. Later in '73 or 4 (? --I forget which) David got a major role in the soap opera The Young and the Restless. He even got me an extra role in 2-3 episodes ($100 for a non-speaking part per show). After quite some time on the show he got that other show about talking cars or something (I must admit I never watched it). He called me up all excited about it, plus the fact the show gave him and his new wife matching cars. We drifted apart as he was in another world by then and I was just a street bassist playing clubs.
We did play some gigs while he was with us. David had been trained vocally for --of all things--opera classic singing, but it DID NOT translate to rock one tiny bit. But as I said--it was fun while it lasted.
BTW At the time I was playing my new 1972 Fender Precision through a Sunn Concert head with the matching 2x15 cabinet.
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Reason: trying to remember dates
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01-16-2013, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Orange County California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MEKer BTW At the time I was playing my new 1972 Fender Precision through a Sunn Concert head with the matching 2x15 cabinet. | Best part of the entire story  |
01-16-2013, 02:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mechanicsville, Virginia | | | That's awesome. Maybe one day I'll be in a band with someone that is going to be famous. |
01-16-2013, 03:04 PM
| | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | | Ahh, heres a pic that fits:
David Hasselhof, Jack Sortini (keys), Tony Thyssen (drums), me (bass) and Mario Delgado (gtr).
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01-16-2013, 03:09 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Fender Basses, Ampeg, Curt Mangan Strings | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shore, Massachusetts | | | People make fun of Hasselhoff but you have to give him credit for having the determination to "make it".
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01-16-2013, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by lustersilk Best part of the entire story | Yup! |
01-16-2013, 03:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Fredonia, NY | | Lol this a good share of history. I suspect you see The Hof in a different viewpoint than probably everyone else, but I cant help but laugh if Hasselhof is ever spoken of, mainly because of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ot_katYYiU
and the drunken cheeseburger video |
01-16-2013, 03:45 PM
| | acoustic, peavey, sunn...STACHE | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Milwaukee, WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RhynoRock Lol this a good share of history. I suspect you see The Hof in a different viewpoint than probably everyone else, but I cant help but laugh if Hasselhof is ever spoken of, mainly because of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ot_katYYiU
and the drunken cheeseburger video | Isnt the Hoff's music huge in Germany or something? |
01-16-2013, 03:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Fredonia, NY | | | Yeah he's a friggin superstar in germany lol |
01-16-2013, 04:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Milwaukee, WI | | That... is an epic... turquoise belly shirt.
Cool story and pictures! Quote:
Originally Posted by MEKer Ahh, heres a pic that fits:
David Hasselhof, Jack Sortini (keys), Tony Thyssen (drums), me (bass) and Mario Delgado (gtr). | |
01-16-2013, 04:11 PM
|  | I want a name when I lose. | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Almanya | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RhynoRock Yeah he's a friggin superstar in germany lol | That was at least 20 years ago.
Not that today's superstars were any less embarrassing... |
01-16-2013, 04:22 PM
| | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | | Here's another of the 'ol Hof with Mario our guitarist and I found an old flyer for a 4th of July 1973 gig we played at a pier in Venice (we went on at 2PM) after which we went and played a pier in Santa Monica and then finally a bar.---remember Dave's about 21 or so here
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01-16-2013, 04:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Sequim, WA (skwim) | | | What's that clean-cut young man doing with those hippies?
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01-16-2013, 04:47 PM
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01-16-2013, 04:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Auckland, New Zealand | | | This is about the best & most interesting thread I've read on here!
I'm jealous, the Hoff is a legend!!
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01-16-2013, 05:07 PM
|  | I wanna be...say, what day is it today, Ted? | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Location, Location | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MEKer Here's another of the 'ol Hof with Mario our guitarist and I found an old flyer for a 4th of July 1973 gig we played at a pier in Venice (we went on at 2PM) after which we went and played a pier in Santa Monica and then finally a bar.---remember Dave's about 21 or so here | I haven't read the whole thread, so forgive me if I'm being redundant, but which band on the flyer was yours? I'm pulling for "Balls" (pun intended).
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