For years I have kept it to myself but now with this renewed interest in the Capitol, I have put my escapades into a one act play…namely…I lived up the street at 408 Westchester Ave. My family ran a bakery, J.J. Cassone’s, and I developed the slickest way to get into the Capitol – A Cake for the Band! It worked EVERY time and I got to hang out with the stars after I presented them with their cake. Howard and later, Eddie Claridge, loved it because their stars were happy. It got so easy and I got so cocky that I brought a friend, Doug Abdelnour (who ownd Bedford Photographic) to take pictures. We have Bonnie Raitt, Ginger Baker and Climax Blues Band. But I gave cakes to them all…even met Janis the night she wrote “Mercedes Benz” in Vahsen’s next door.
This will all be documented in my one act musical, “The Cakeman Chronicles” to be performed in Carmel on April 26, 2008, at www.artsonthelake.org
Then at the Unknown Theater in Hollywood in October. And, btw, I go back to seeing double features there in the 50’s and 60’s. In the early 60’s they had “monster” saturdays where they would show a dbl feature horror bill and in the middle would have guys dressed up as Frankenstein and Dracula running up and down the aisles. Hey, we got scared…it was new shtick then.
For years I have kept it to myself but now with this renewed interest in the Capitol, I have put my escapades into a one act play…namely…I lived up the street at 408 Westchester Ave. My family ran a bakery, J.J. Cassone’s, and I developed the slickest way to get into the Capitol – A Cake for the Band! It worked EVERY time and I got to hang out with the stars after I presented them with their cake. Howard and later, Eddie Claridge, loved it because their stars were happy. It got so easy and I got so cocky that I brought a friend, Doug Abdelnour (who ownd Bedford Photographic) to take pictures. We have Bonnie Raitt, Ginger Baker and Climax Blues Band. But I gave cakes to them all…even met Janis the night she wrote “Mercedes Benz” in Vahsen’s next door.
This will all be documented in my one act musical, “The Cakeman Chronicles” to be performed in Carmel on April 26, 2008, at www.artsonthelake.org
Then at the Unknown Theater in Hollywood in October. And, btw, I go back to seeing double features there in the 50’s and 60’s. In the early 60’s they had “monster” saturdays where they would show a dbl feature horror bill and in the middle would have guys dressed up as Frankenstein and Dracula running up and down the aisles. Hey, we got scared…it was new shtick then.