BUDDY SALTZMAN R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
May 3, 2012
THIS MORNING I WAS AWAKENED BY A FACEBOOK POST FROM MY FRIEND ARTIE KORNFELD, “THE FATHER OF WOODSTOCK, ” THAT OUR FRIEND BUDDY SALTZMAN HAD PASSED AWAY.
I USED BUDDY ON MY DEMOS WHEN I WAS A STAFF WRITER AT ALDON AND MASTERS WHEN I STARTED PRODUCING. (“MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT MARY”).
HE WAS ALWAYS MORE THAN HELPFUL IN FINDING THE “RIGHT THING TO PLAY” AND WAS WILLING TO SPEND WHATEVER TIME IT TOOK TO EXECUTE IT PROPERLY SOMETIMES WITHOUT CHARGING ME.
ARTIE KORNFELD WRITES…
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“Buddy Saltzman was, from 1955 through 1968 the most used studio drummer in recording history.You have in your collections many hits from “The Locomotion to”, “Any One who had a heart” and on and on. Buddy must have the most #1 records he played drums on.He did about 100 sessions with me.He even played on “The Rain,ThePark, and Other Things”.
John Cowsill now drummer for a long time with Mike Love and the Beach Boys , in gratitude has kept contact with Buddy and brought much happiness.A year ago, when the Boys played in Palm Beach John invited me and surprised me by putting me next to Buddy.His walker that he needed broke my heart .
Buddy died 3 days ago and was buried today.
I was going to go until I found out that his gravesite was within 30 yards of Linda Kornfeld,The Mother of Woodstock.
Buddy Rest In Peace.
Artie Kornfeld
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BUDDY…MAY YOU ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
RESPECTFULLY, ARTIE WAYNE
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Copyright 2012 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/celebrating-two-million-views-today-on-artie-wayne-on-the-web/
BUDDY SALTZMAN WEBSITE http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/buddy-saltzman/
ARTIE KORNFELD http://www.artiekornfeld-woodstock.com/
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THE CONDOLENCES ARE STARTING TO COME IN…
Dear Artie:
Buddy did quite a few hits with me, notably TIGHTER TIGHTER by Alive
and Kicking, and the Cowsills first and iconic hit, THE RAIN – THE PARK.
The Lord got a great drummer.
Best, Jimmy Wisner
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ARTIE..I WAS SAD TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF BUDDY SALTZMAN..WHEN I WORKED FOR BOB CREWE IN THE LATE 60’S I REMEMBER HE RARELY DID A SESSION WITHOUT BUDDY, WHO ACCENTED THOSE FRANKIE VALLI/FOURSEASONS HITS IN HIS UNIQUE STYLE..HE PLAYED ON MY EARLY DEMOS AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS..I HOPE HE I NOW AT PEACE PLAYING IN THE BEST BAND IN HEAVEN..
LARRY WEISS (“RHINESTONE COWBOY”)
AND HERE’S THE ANTHEM THAT WILL WELCOME BUDDY AT THE GATE… WRITTEN BY ALAN O’DAY AND JOHNNY STEVENSON “IF YOU BELIEVE IN FOREVER LIFE IS JUST A ONE NIGHT STAND…IF THERE’S A ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN”, YOU KNOW THEY’VE GOT A HELL OF A BAND!
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“NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU ON A LUDE” REHAB…AND “SECOND CHANCES”!
March 18, 2009
“In the music business, it’s very easy to become addicted to drugs. There is always someone around who has some and is eager to share. Although I smoke grass and do some psychedelics, during the ‘60s, in the 70s I use cocaine to give me more stamina when I have to work late in the office or the studio, and Quaaludes to bring me down from all that stress.
NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU ON A LUDE
by Artie Wayne and Ben Benay
You can say be mine behind some wine
Or you’re a gas on a little grass
But when you’re in a lovey-dovey attitude
NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU ON A LUDE
Now you can say you’re cute when you’ve had a toot
Or you’re okay on Courvoisier
But when you start to feel like you’re in the mood
NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU ON A LUDE
Now one will make you crazy…two will make you hazy
Three you’re lovin’ everyone you know
Now people let me school you
Those little Ludes will fool you
You might marry someone you met an hour ago!
Right now you don’t care…but you better beware
With a witness there in court he’s gonna’ swear
He said he loved her to the greatest magnitude
His legs were rubber and he seemed to come unglued
The judge’ll bring his gavel down and then conclude
NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU ON A LUDE
NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU ON A LUDE
NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU ON A LUDE
Copyright 2009 by Wayne Art Music and Ben Benay Music.
Maybe it’s because I represent the publishing of artists like Sly Stone and Stephen Stills, who are spending millions of dollars on “blow”, that my own “measly” consumption of a gram a day seems insignificant by comparison.
It’s only when my co-writer of “NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU ON A LUDE”, studio guitarist Ben Benay, dies of a drug overdose, do I re-examine the direction my own life is taking.”
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne from the forthcoming book, “I Did It For A Song”
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It started out as great fun. For someone essentially shy like me, drugs made me bigger and bolder. Eventually, drugs and alcohol got the best of me. The fun became depravity. I was without purpose, wrestled with my demons, and lost. The facade fell. I crashed and burned, but the will to survive took over. I was given the greatest gift I’ve ever received . . . sobriety. And with it came a new life.
Five years ago I decided to write a book about recovery. Not mine, but the stories of many of the musicians I had worked with while I was in the business; Paul Williams, Chuck Negron from Three Dog Night, Alice Cooper, Dr. John (Mac Rebennack), Steve Earle, Grace Slick and Nile Rodgers. But I also expanded the concept to include interviews with Richard Pryor, authors Annie Lamott and Pete Hamill, boxing great Gerry Cooney, comic Richard Lewis and several others. Thus, The Harder They Fall was born.
Last week my latest book, Second Chances (McGraw-Hill) was released. It tells the stories of big time business executives who crashed from alcoholism and/or drug abuse only to reclaim their lives in recovery. People like former CBS Records head Walter Yetnikoff shared their intimate stories with me.
I feel truly blessed to have been given the opportunity to write about something I love. Recovery, for people with addictions is the only hope, and my books carry what I believe to be a powerful message that recovery is indeed possible.”
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