|
Starting now and continuing forever (we hope) a member of the outasite Cowsills will give us an exclusive monthly rundown on the grooviest family in captivity. Dick gets the ball rolling - and rocking.
HI! I'd like to thank the editors of OUTASITE! for asking me to write our first monthly column. It gives me a great opportunity to let you in on some of the wild and zany things that happen to us and have been happening ever since we were fortunate enough to get a hit record.
ROAD MANAGERS
In case you don't know, I am one of the road managers for the group. My brother Paul, 15, is my lowly assistant - even though he gets madder than anything when I call him my "assistant."
CROWD SCENE
Well, we have been living in New York for two months now. We live in a 23-room mansion in Newport, complete with ghost and all. But with all that's happening now, we have to be where we're needed - and right now that's New York. So, here we are - all nine of us - in 3 rooms! No, you guessed it - it isn't east! Of course, our manager is getting us a bigger apartment - about 9 rooms, I think. But until then, we have to get up a 7 am in order to all use the shower and be somewhere by 11 am!
|
BUSY DAYS
I don't have much time for dating now. Neither do the other guys. We're either recording or practicing. I always have to be present, because I am in charge of all the equipment and when we perform, I handle all the special lighting effects. This was my own idea, so instead of having a special lighting man, my brothers have me! Lucky them!
BIG BLUNDER
Speaking of special lighting, I remember once in Atlanta, Georgia on our big MGM promotion tour, I was in the lighting room and the guys were performing. Well, you know in the song there is a line that goes "...And suddenly the sun broke through ..." At that moment I was supposed to have a bright shade of yellow spotlight fall across the stage. Maybe I wasn't together that night or something, but when I put the shad across the lights, it came out the most horrible shade of purple you ever saw! I don't have to tell you how mortified I as; or how much my family loved me that night! "Purple sun, eh Dickie?" they would tease me. Well, this went on for weeks.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
This is one of the milder incidents in my life. The others I'll have to save for next time, or I might even let my lowly assistant tell you about some of the crazy things he does. Or maybe even one of my brothers who love me so much.
Anyway, see you next month Cowsill Converts!
| 
