Friday, March 7, 2014

Come Wander with Me


This is the name of a song released in 1964. It wasn't released by the traditional route of radio or a 45 record, but instead as a plot device to an awesome show, The Twilight Zone, in the episode of the same name, the last one to ever be filmed. The song was written by Jeff Alexander, who mainly wrote music for television and film, and the episode was written by Anthony Wilson, who was a successful writer for many TV shows, mainly focusing on science fiction, mystery, horror, or just plain weird. It was directed by Richard Donner, who needs no introduction. 
Here's where it gets even more awesome, the story follows a guy named Floyd Burney, better known as the Rockabilly Kid, portrayed by actor Gary Crosby, real-life son of legendary singer, Bing Crosby, and Dixie Lee. He's ironically travelling the countryside looking for the next big hit and willing to pay top dollar for it. That was how the music business worked back then, and if you ever heard a Bing and Gary Crosby song, you'd probably want to shoot yourself. Gary Crosby sounded much better, and more like the character here, on the few rock songs I've heard him on. 
Floyd Burney then runs into a haunting siren who sings a song he must have, bu the name of Mary Rachel, real name Bonnie Beecher, who some thought would become famous, and didn't, and later changed her name to Jahanara Romney, for no reason whatsoever and marriage respectively. She actually sang the song rather well, but apparently she never sang again as far as I can tell, and her acting career failed to impress anyone. She did however kick Bob Dylan in the ass and helped him to pursue music. She would later go on to marry hippie icon Wavy Gravy, which more or less brings us full circle on this fine Flashback Friday. Now for your viewing pleasure:   

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