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This is what we are doing right now, we have a good time. There was a change in a lot of the universe and so much of the change has been stopped. We were just a vehicle, one way or another.

Now, I begin to realize that I feel pain in my spine a little bit laughs. All I can do is just to play enough. There are fans out there who believe in you so much. Are you living in Greece? My mama was going to a college for teaching to schools and stuff and she had to study Greek history and Greek Mythology, so in fact she did all my homework until I was in 9 th grade in high school.

I did good in History. I was reading Homer. I liked the way he wrote. He was touched by all the interesting things involved. It was a fascinating read. It has a one-eyed Cyclops and it took him a long time to get home. I used to ride horses. They helped us to do our job too.

I am very proud of that. It seems that I should have been over there already. We are working on playing in China right now. Ahmet Ertegun, who was the boss of Atlantic Records, signed only 5 or 6 people in his whole life personally and we were among them. A mutual friend of ours -God bless him- George Klein, the disc jockey, went to school with Elvis and he is his best man, he said.

I was talking to his friend, he was playing at the Coliseum across the street. I was staying in a hotel just across from the Coliseum and we were working on the album, down the street, next to George. He told me that Elvis was gonna call me in two hours.

It was a great experience. I am a granddaddy and they love it. When my grandchildren call my name, I am very animated.

We got on well with all those people and with Black Sabbath of course. Me and Ozzy are the same age. I liked it when I was there. It was unbelievable to be part of all that. I think it was great for the fans. I was always laughing because of the fun that gives you the smoke. Yes, we smoked a lot back then. When I smoked with somebody else, I always thought he was a nicer person. If I had to share a smoke with somebody I had never met before, he made a better impression on me, because it made him really sociable and personable.

Yes, I did smoke with a person who later became President: Bill Clinton, who is from Arkansas, we are the same age too. We are old friends.

He was a rock star in college. When he was President he said that when he was in Arkansas, he smoked with us. We smoked all kinds of illegal and very special pot laughs. It was funny. I remember those days. To be in a band and have these adventures with somebody is the most important part, I say to young musicians. They are fraternity brothers and they will always be. John Lennon was one of my great heroes. Because The Beatles made great albums. The P. The bands went out there and did tours for one year or two with the worst conditions.

But look at the Stones: They stayed together, even though they had some wild times with the band. They could even play with a bad P. A, when there was just chaos. The Stones are still together, they still get on stage and do a great show. I love the Rolling Stones. I love The Beatles. Back then, I was a Lennon guy and then I was a Paul McCartney guy, they both wrote great songs and were great singers.

And the Rolling Stones, man, they were in the same kind of league from until The Stones were really good at make it simple, there is simplicity in some of their songs.

But both bands wrote a lot of great stuff. Another of my heroes: Frank Zappa. The only time I met him we were at the same festival. We were staying at the same hotel and there was a big Chinese restaurant. It has been great to meet with Frank. They were really nice, they were geniuses: Elvis, John Lennon. Bob Dylan shook my hand when we were in a restaurant and I just took it as applause.

He came to my table and he was the one who wanted to meet me. Bob Dylan comes around me, pokes me on my left shoulder, I turn right and he starts to shake hands with me. He was now one of us. I have shaken hands with Elvis, Frank Sinatra and Bob. What a man?! Their first album for Atco, titled Black Oak Arkansas , was released in During the s, Mangrum and the band toured constantly, with musicians coming and going. Their extensive touring schedule included opening for the hit group Iron Butterfly.

Soon, however, Black Oak became the main attraction. The band, with Mangrum as one of its few consistent performers, recorded fifteen albums from through , plus one collection and a re-release of their early album on Stax. The album Ready as Hell was released in , though there is no evidence of a tour.

Mangrum has been married three times and has several children. Despite reported health problems, including heart attacks, Mangrum still performs whenever possible.

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