per se," Halee remarked when I first interviewed him back in 1997. "They either dealt with classical or what they called 'legit pop acts' such as Tony Bennett and Johnny Mathis. Dylan, on the other hand, was their first folk-rock act, and on the strength of that job I got...
He especially loved to write about the birth of Jesus, and two of these songs are still sung today. “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus” expresses the hope and joy of Advent. “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing” is not only a favorite Christmas carol; it is certainly one of Charles’ hymns ...
So it was with “Johnny Jungle.” After the introductory whatever-happened-to-JJ talk, the conversation turned quickly to me (a sporadic JJ poster), I being a legend still spoken of reverently at RDC despite the fact that I stopped posting there when Lavin was coach. One poster said gee ...