VINTAGE COLLECTIBLE DINER Pressed Metal Ashtray The Turtles Happy Together NOS

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VINTAGE COLLECTIBLE DINER Pressed Metal Ashtray The Turtles Happy Together NOS:
$1.99

Straight from the Diner time machine, a handsome bronze painted cigarette ashtray originally available from the Park Street Diner in Ayer, MA (01432). New old stock in original box.An affordable must have for the Diner collector. My guess on age is late 1950\'s through early 1960\'s.For rock and roll enthusiasts, this Diner has a connection to one of the best remembered American pop songs on the 1960\'s, the Turtles \"Happy Together\". Read below for the story behind the song:The song\'s composers Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon were the bass player and drummer of the Boston area group The Magicians. Bonner became a regular member of Kenny Vance and the Planotones. Gordon, who died in 2008 at the age of 64, had songs recorded by Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa and The Lovin\' Spoonful. Talking about how the song came together, Alan Gordon said: \"I had nearly half a song already written, mostly lyric ideas, but couldn\'t find the right melodic concept. The Magicians were in the middle of a week-long engagement at the Unicorn Club in Boston, and one early morning I was visiting my divorced father in nearby Ayer, Massachusetts after being up all night. I had stopped to have breakfast at the Park Street Diner in the town and was miserable with no sleep, the endless dumb gigs we were playing and having a songwriter\'s block. About the only melody that was throbbing in my tired, fried brain at that hour was the time-immemorial repeated open string pattern that Allen (Jake) Jacobs, the Magician\'s lead guitarist, would use as he incessantly tuned and retuned after, before, and frequently during each piece we played. Suddenly, some words began to fit and literally minutes later music and lyrics started to take shape. I excitedly and in fairness asked Jake to complete the song with me as co-writer, but he refused, saying it was all \'too simple\' for him to be involved, so my regular partner Gary then helped me with the finishing touches. When Gary Klein at the Koppleman/Rubin office heard the result, he immediately knew the song would be perfect for the new and upbeat image being created for The Turtles, and it was his continued enthusiasm that convinced the group to record it.\"PRICE AND SHIPPING SAVINGS WITH BULK PURCHASES!