We both went and got hair cuts but we saved our hair and stuffed it in the schools mail box! BILLY: We did a version of Charlie Brown for that album which was my only chance to be a star vocally. [39], The Guard first appeared in the 1983 movie Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.
When Charles Schulz started drawing Snoopy on his doghouse yelling Curse you, Red Baron, Phil went to Dick and said why dont you put that in the song you wrote about the Red Baron and make it a novelty thing? BILL: I think Laurie was Gernhards first option. BARRY: I had turned eighteen already and I was in the draft. Ironically, after I had quit the band in 1969, by 1970 I was playing piano in the honky tonk saloon at Six Gun Territory for two and a half years while I finished up college. They released that as a single and Billy and Barry wrote it. BILLY: We played a community center in Chicago during our 1968 tour for a bunch of hip kids. BARRY: They went long in Ricardo Montalbans segment and they just threw us in there. Ricardo Montalban was the co-host. I think a lot of that has to do with it being a 180 degree departure from Snoopy. ET: Obviously, there was an official image of The Royal Guardsmen that was sold to the public and there was the true image behind that one that was a different group. It didnt go so then he came back and said now you have to do Snoopy. There was a different sound and different tracks you wanted to play. They wanted to get something out there and keep it going. BARRY: I had a ball with the Christmas record.
JOHN: Thats because they had just made us get it cut! I was into the sound effects and finding things to hit that would make neat noises! He sang it with all of his heart.
ET: You were seventeen at the time; did you all go to school together? We went back into the studio in Tampa almost immediately.
I said who is that, God? We were tired, our eyes were puffy and we were just worn out. BILLY: We played a community center in Chicago during our 1968 tour for a bunch of hip kids. The Kingsmen had a hit with Jolly Green Giant and the Sam the Sham had Little Red Riding Hood. It would turn so far one way and then stop and turn the other way. It was booming through the riser I was on. BILLY: We had started to get some royalty checks by this point and we knew they were going to want a single so we went along with it. I had fun with that thing! They test marketed that but it didnt get a really big response.
CHRIS: We wanted to write serious music. I saw this blue-white light just arc as it shorted out on my lip! ET: Did Phil Gernhard have permission from Charles Schulz to use Snoopy? I said who is that, God? I said who is that, God? I would call the gunfights on Saturdays and then play the piano for the can can shows. BILLY: We had started to get some royalty checks by this point and we knew they were going to want a single so we went along with it. Were you pushing for something else? ET: I noticed that the track listing is left off the album cover. We came on stage and started doing all this Procol Harum stuff and they just sat down and didnt move for two hours! We had only been The Royal Guardsmen for two months and played one gig when they joined. The Kingsmen had a hit with Jolly Green Giant and the Sam the Sham had Little Red Riding Hood.
We used to practice at Tom Richards house and we put the Snoopy song together in the garage. Jay quit but he became our personal manager at that time. Tom was the only one in the whole school who had red hair so eventually they figured it was him. ET: Well the Charlie Brown in that song is a different one from the Peanuts Charlie Brown and not painted in the most upstanding of lights. BILLY: I think thats what kept us going. It would turn so far one way and then stop and turn the other way. ET: Did you do any touring in support of Snoopy Vs. Then Christmas of 1967 came around and they wanted us to do Snoopys Christmas which we werent too enthusiastic about but it turned out to be a good move. If you listen closely, Chris does a great vocal on it. I got to put in some instruments that they probably wouldnt have used if I hadnt mentioned I would like to do that. ET: There could not have been much time between when you recorded the song and when they released it because it was on top of the charts already in November of 1966. Did they still want to continue with the novelty records? ET: How much input did you have into the tracks that went on the album? Were you pushing for something else? We were tired, our eyes were puffy and we were just worn out. Tom was the only one in the whole school who had red hair so eventually they figured it was him. I remember them saying they were getting the sound of my flip flops in the recording as I ran down the bells but I didnt think anyone would be able to hear it. It was pure Dick Holler. It was done after the record had already taken off. I wasnt about to just let them throw me on the ground so I went to enlist and I cut all my hair off, I wasnt going to let them do that either. They wanted to get something out there and keep it going. ET: Did you make any television appearances in support of the single?
I knew what it was but I was afraid to tell them! I was into the sound effects and finding things to hit that would make neat noises! The A and B sides of that single were clearly intended for two different audiences. JOHN: When we did the Joey Bishop Show I went to move the boom mic because I didnt sing at that time and I heard a huge voice come out of the sky and say dont touch that! BARRY: We did one show in Seattle at a huge coliseum called The Round.
Even though we had a partition behind us it was still odd. I said who is that, God? We came on stage and started doing all this Procol Harum stuff and they just sat down and didnt move for two hours! JOHN: Tom and I actually got thrown out of Ocala High School for having long hair. The group was originally composed of Bill Balough (bass), John Burdett (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar). Consisting of eight sentinels trained to protect the Supreme Leader from any threat, the Praetorians were equipped with various melee weapons and ornate crimson armor deliberately echoing the equipment used by the Royal Guard.
He ratted me out and we got suspended. The audience didnt accept it though because it wasnt what they thought of as The Royal Guardsmen.
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