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Bill Mumy
Q&A by: Rikki Rampage
Date: 2/03/05
1. NAME?
CHARLES WILLIAM MUMY, JR.
2. PLACE OF BIRTH?
SAN GABRIEL, CALIFORNIA
3. FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
WATCHING ZORRO AND THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ON TV... GOOFING OFF WITH MY FRIENDS. CHRISTMAS MORNINGS WITH MY DAD AND MOM.
4. FIRST MUSICAL INFLUENCES?
THE KINGSTON TRIO... BEACH BOYS... BEATLES.
5. FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND WHAT DO YOU PLAY NOW?
GUITAR. A GOYA NYLON. NOW I HAVE 50 GUITARS IN MY ARSENAL. I ALSO PLAY BASS, KEYBOARDS, BANJO, HARMONICA, MANDOLIN AND PERCUSSION.
6. YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES GROWING UP?
COLLECTING COMIC BOOKS... DRAWING... RIDING MY HORSE, "MAGGIE"... ( I WAS PRETTY BUSY WORKING AS AN ACTOR AS A KID, TOO)
7. WORST THING YOU DID AS A TEENAGER?
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. PROBABLY BEING MEAN TO ANOTHER TEEN AGER.
8. YOUR FIRST GIG EVER AS A MUSICIAN?
AHHH, VERY FIRST GIG WAS AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT! I PERFORMED SOLO WITH A GUITAR FOR "SCOUTS DAY" TO A CROWD OF BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, BROWNIES AND CUB SCOUTS. I PLAYED A KINGSTON TRIO SONG ABOUT GETTING DRUNK AND ARRESTED IN MEXICO CALLED "TIJUANA JAIL"! I WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD. IT WAS SCARY BUT COOL.
9. YOUR WORST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVER?
HMMMM, MAYBE AN EARLY JENERATORS GIG... ABOUT 1990 AT A CLUB (AGAIN ON THE SUNSET STRIP) CALLED "BLAK N BLOO". A VERY FAMOUS PERSON GOT UP TO SING A SONG WITH US AND THEY WENT TO THE CHORUS TOO EARLY WHEN THE BAND WENT TO THE SECOND VERSE, THEN THE BAND TRIED TO CATCH UP WITH THEM, AND NO ONE EVER MANAGED TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AGAIN... THE WORSE PART OF ALL WAS THE VERSES WERE IN Am AND THE CHORUS WAS IN A major SO IT WAS AN AWFUL TRAIN WRECK.
10. WORST TOUR BUS OR ROAD STORY?
HONESTLY, MY BIGTIME NATIONAL TOURING WAS PLAYING GUITAR WITH SHAUN CASSIDY WHEN HE WAS A HUGE TEEN IDOL AND IT WAS ALL GREAT. WE TRAVELLED LIKE KINGS AND WERE TREATED NICELY EVERYWHERE... THAT AND TOURING WITH "AMERICA" OFF AND ON FOR YEARS... NEVER ANY NIGHTMARES THERE ON THE ROAD FOR ME EITHER...REDWOOD'S ROAD GIGS WERE ALL FUN TOO. I DON'T GO OUT ON "THE ROAD" ANYMORE.
11. YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PERFORM AT?
THE JENERATORS PLAYED WITH AMERICA AT HUMPHREY'S IN SAN DIEGO NOT LONG AGO. IT WAS OUTSIDE, ON THE BAY... ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE, GREAT MONITORS... FOLKS OUT IN BOATS LISTENING TO US... THAT WAS GREAT. IN THE OLD DAYS, PLAYING STADIUMS WITH SHAUN WAS ALWAYS COOL.... BEING ONSTAGE AT THE GREEK THEATER OR HOLLYWOOD BOWL WAS COOL JUST CUZ OF THE HISTORY THEY HOLD... WE PLAYED BB KINGS BLUES CLUB AT UNIVERSAL A FEW TIMES, THAT WAS A GOOD STAGE...
12. NAME A FEW OF YOUR MOST FAVORITE ALBUMS.
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE... HERE'S TEN. TOTALLY SPONTANEOUS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD... BEATLES, "REVOLVER", DYLAN'S "JOHN WESLEY HARDING", ROBERT JOHNSON'S "KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS", ROLLING STONES, " BEGGERS BANQUET", STEELY DAN, "AJA", JONI MITCHELL, "HEJIRA", NEIL YOUNG "AFTER THE GOLDRUSH", BRIAN WILSON "SMiLE", CROSBY, STILLS ;& NASH'S FIRST ALBUM... KINGSTON TRIO "AT LARGE"...
13. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OTHER THAN MUSIC NOW DAYS?
HANG WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS. WATCH LAKERS GAMES. WALK MY DOGS. MAKING MUSIC IS STILL NUMERO UNO, THOUGH.
14. FAVORITE FOOD AND DRINK?
HMMM, EITHER AN EXCELLENT THIN CRUST CHEESE PIZZA AND A COLD BEER OR TORO SASHIMI AND HOT SAKI.
15. WHAT ARE A FEW OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES & TV SHOWS?
FILMS: "THE GRADUATE", "ANNIE HALL", "THE INCREDIBLES", "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT", "GARDEN STATE".
TV: "LEAVE IT TO BEAVER", "THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN", "THE SIMPSONS", "SOUTH PARK", "ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS"...
16. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?
THREE DOGS AT THE MOMENT. "HURLEY", "BUCKY", & "MINNIE".
17. PEOPLE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?
MOST LIKE TO MEET, OR ADMIRE? DIFFERENT. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO MEET ANYONE. I'D LIKE TO MEET SOMEONE WHO WOULD REALLY PROMOTE MY MUSIC AND GET IT OUT THERE PROPERLY.
IN TERMS OF LIVING PEOPLE, I ADMIRE PETE SEEGER AND JIMMY CARTER.
18. WHAT IS THE BEST BAND YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN CONCERT?
THAT'S REALLY HARD... BRIAN WILSON'S BAND PERFORMING "SMILE" AT THE DISNEY HALL... CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG AT THEIR FIRST TOUR AT THE GREEK THEATER IN 1969... THE STONES AT THE WILTERN IN 2002... THE BYRDS (MCGUINN, CROSBY AND CHRIS HILLMAN) AT THE VENTURA THEATER IN 1990... CAT STEVENS AT THE TROUBADOR 1970... NEIL YOUNG SOLO ACOUSTIC AT THE TROUBADOR 1969... THE WHO AT ANAHEIM STADIUM 1970... JIMI HENDRIX AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL... ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION AT THE WILTERN...THOSE ARE ALL STAND OUT GIGS WITH FLAWLESS PERFORMANCES THAT I'VE SEEN... THERE'S HUNDREDS MORE...
19. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
"THING"? LUNCH. SOME COMIC BOOKS. MUSICAL THING? A NEW GIBSON CUSTOM SHOP HISTORIC COLLECTION BLONDE J-200 ACOUSTIC GUITAR.
20. WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW?
MUDDY WATERS, BEATLES, ERIC CLAPTON, TOM WAITS, AIMEE MANN, BOB MARLEY.
www.billmumy.com
Twilight Zone
Lost in Space
Q&A by: Rikki Rampage
Date: 2/03/05
1. NAME?
CHARLES WILLIAM MUMY, JR.
2. PLACE OF BIRTH?
SAN GABRIEL, CALIFORNIA
3. FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
WATCHING ZORRO AND THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ON TV... GOOFING OFF WITH MY FRIENDS. CHRISTMAS MORNINGS WITH MY DAD AND MOM.
4. FIRST MUSICAL INFLUENCES?
THE KINGSTON TRIO... BEACH BOYS... BEATLES.
5. FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND WHAT DO YOU PLAY NOW?
GUITAR. A GOYA NYLON. NOW I HAVE 50 GUITARS IN MY ARSENAL. I ALSO PLAY BASS, KEYBOARDS, BANJO, HARMONICA, MANDOLIN AND PERCUSSION.
6. YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES GROWING UP?
COLLECTING COMIC BOOKS... DRAWING... RIDING MY HORSE, "MAGGIE"... ( I WAS PRETTY BUSY WORKING AS AN ACTOR AS A KID, TOO)
7. WORST THING YOU DID AS A TEENAGER?
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. PROBABLY BEING MEAN TO ANOTHER TEEN AGER.
8. YOUR FIRST GIG EVER AS A MUSICIAN?
AHHH, VERY FIRST GIG WAS AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT! I PERFORMED SOLO WITH A GUITAR FOR "SCOUTS DAY" TO A CROWD OF BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, BROWNIES AND CUB SCOUTS. I PLAYED A KINGSTON TRIO SONG ABOUT GETTING DRUNK AND ARRESTED IN MEXICO CALLED "TIJUANA JAIL"! I WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD. IT WAS SCARY BUT COOL.
9. YOUR WORST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVER?
HMMMM, MAYBE AN EARLY JENERATORS GIG... ABOUT 1990 AT A CLUB (AGAIN ON THE SUNSET STRIP) CALLED "BLAK N BLOO". A VERY FAMOUS PERSON GOT UP TO SING A SONG WITH US AND THEY WENT TO THE CHORUS TOO EARLY WHEN THE BAND WENT TO THE SECOND VERSE, THEN THE BAND TRIED TO CATCH UP WITH THEM, AND NO ONE EVER MANAGED TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AGAIN... THE WORSE PART OF ALL WAS THE VERSES WERE IN Am AND THE CHORUS WAS IN A major SO IT WAS AN AWFUL TRAIN WRECK.
10. WORST TOUR BUS OR ROAD STORY?
HONESTLY, MY BIGTIME NATIONAL TOURING WAS PLAYING GUITAR WITH SHAUN CASSIDY WHEN HE WAS A HUGE TEEN IDOL AND IT WAS ALL GREAT. WE TRAVELLED LIKE KINGS AND WERE TREATED NICELY EVERYWHERE... THAT AND TOURING WITH "AMERICA" OFF AND ON FOR YEARS... NEVER ANY NIGHTMARES THERE ON THE ROAD FOR ME EITHER...REDWOOD'S ROAD GIGS WERE ALL FUN TOO. I DON'T GO OUT ON "THE ROAD" ANYMORE.
11. YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PERFORM AT?
THE JENERATORS PLAYED WITH AMERICA AT HUMPHREY'S IN SAN DIEGO NOT LONG AGO. IT WAS OUTSIDE, ON THE BAY... ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE, GREAT MONITORS... FOLKS OUT IN BOATS LISTENING TO US... THAT WAS GREAT. IN THE OLD DAYS, PLAYING STADIUMS WITH SHAUN WAS ALWAYS COOL.... BEING ONSTAGE AT THE GREEK THEATER OR HOLLYWOOD BOWL WAS COOL JUST CUZ OF THE HISTORY THEY HOLD... WE PLAYED BB KINGS BLUES CLUB AT UNIVERSAL A FEW TIMES, THAT WAS A GOOD STAGE...
12. NAME A FEW OF YOUR MOST FAVORITE ALBUMS.
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE... HERE'S TEN. TOTALLY SPONTANEOUS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD... BEATLES, "REVOLVER", DYLAN'S "JOHN WESLEY HARDING", ROBERT JOHNSON'S "KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS", ROLLING STONES, " BEGGERS BANQUET", STEELY DAN, "AJA", JONI MITCHELL, "HEJIRA", NEIL YOUNG "AFTER THE GOLDRUSH", BRIAN WILSON "SMiLE", CROSBY, STILLS ;& NASH'S FIRST ALBUM... KINGSTON TRIO "AT LARGE"...
13. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OTHER THAN MUSIC NOW DAYS?
HANG WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS. WATCH LAKERS GAMES. WALK MY DOGS. MAKING MUSIC IS STILL NUMERO UNO, THOUGH.
14. FAVORITE FOOD AND DRINK?
HMMM, EITHER AN EXCELLENT THIN CRUST CHEESE PIZZA AND A COLD BEER OR TORO SASHIMI AND HOT SAKI.
15. WHAT ARE A FEW OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES & TV SHOWS?
FILMS: "THE GRADUATE", "ANNIE HALL", "THE INCREDIBLES", "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT", "GARDEN STATE".
TV: "LEAVE IT TO BEAVER", "THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN", "THE SIMPSONS", "SOUTH PARK", "ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS"...
16. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?
THREE DOGS AT THE MOMENT. "HURLEY", "BUCKY", & "MINNIE".
17. PEOPLE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?
MOST LIKE TO MEET, OR ADMIRE? DIFFERENT. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO MEET ANYONE. I'D LIKE TO MEET SOMEONE WHO WOULD REALLY PROMOTE MY MUSIC AND GET IT OUT THERE PROPERLY.
IN TERMS OF LIVING PEOPLE, I ADMIRE PETE SEEGER AND JIMMY CARTER.
18. WHAT IS THE BEST BAND YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN CONCERT?
THAT'S REALLY HARD... BRIAN WILSON'S BAND PERFORMING "SMILE" AT THE DISNEY HALL... CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG AT THEIR FIRST TOUR AT THE GREEK THEATER IN 1969... THE STONES AT THE WILTERN IN 2002... THE BYRDS (MCGUINN, CROSBY AND CHRIS HILLMAN) AT THE VENTURA THEATER IN 1990... CAT STEVENS AT THE TROUBADOR 1970... NEIL YOUNG SOLO ACOUSTIC AT THE TROUBADOR 1969... THE WHO AT ANAHEIM STADIUM 1970... JIMI HENDRIX AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL... ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION AT THE WILTERN...THOSE ARE ALL STAND OUT GIGS WITH FLAWLESS PERFORMANCES THAT I'VE SEEN... THERE'S HUNDREDS MORE...
19. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
"THING"? LUNCH. SOME COMIC BOOKS. MUSICAL THING? A NEW GIBSON CUSTOM SHOP HISTORIC COLLECTION BLONDE J-200 ACOUSTIC GUITAR.
20. WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW?
MUDDY WATERS, BEATLES, ERIC CLAPTON, TOM WAITS, AIMEE MANN, BOB MARLEY.
www.billmumy.com
Twilight Zone
Lost in Space