It’s a relief, really, not to be out with the crowds.
Most important, I never had any complaints and I never saw anyone throw away their food. Some nights I knew every face that came by, and some I didn’t know any. Some nights I dragged home 10 pounds of beef (it’s still sitting in my freezer). Why am I even doing this? An hour later, I was rolling out a few more orders, and that guy came back to tell me he loved it and to ask when would I be there serving food again.Īfter that, service was smoother. He took a bite once per minute, and I thought this guy is just choking the meal down: He hates it. He took a few bites of the burger and set it down to mind his iPhone. The caramelization of the beef was the only thing holding the patty together. It stuck to the grill press and nearly fell apart. I placed the first beef ball on the griddle and smashed it with the grill press.
I felt out of place, like everyone knew I was some fraud, and thought, This guy can’t be serious. I rolled the flattop into the corner, hyperaware that everyone could see me dragging in several coolers and drawing up a sign on some cardboard right there on the spot. I must’ve run eight or nine pop-ups over two months. He was willing to do anything to make sure his employees kept their income. This made my situation sort of funny: David was allowing me to serve food without proper licensing so he could keep the bar open. So bar owners got smart, and they started requesting food trucks to post up in their parking lots so they could continue business. Bars were closed-unless they served food. Few songs in history can show those chart numbers on the four major music audiences.At that point, in September, there were partial shutdowns around the city. Showing the universal appeal of the song, it also peaked at #7 on the Adult chart, #8 on the R&B chart, and #17 on the Country chart. "Ode To Billie Joe" landed at #1 for 4 weeks and spent 9 weeks in the Top 10 in the highly competitive field shown above. This, after all, was America! Since the height of the bridge is only 20 feet (6 meters), it was unlikely that jumpers would die or be hurt, but to curb the trend, the Leflore County Board in Mississippi enacted a law fining jumpers $100. If you were fortunate, you were among Rock Era fans that could hear Gentry's classic along with other great songs such as "Light My Fire" by the Doors, "Daydream Believer" from the Monkees, "To Sir With Love" by Lulu, "The Letter" by the Box Tops, "Never My Love" and "Windy" by the Association, the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" and "A Day In The Life", "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli, and "Up, Up And Away" by the 5th Dimension.īefore long, officials in the area saw an increase in people wanting to jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge. It was one of the most glorious and competitive times of the Rock Era. "Ode To Billie Joe" debuted on the charts in July of 1967. 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. 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. Suddenly, some words began to fit and literally minutes later music and lyrics started to take shape. 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.Ībout 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. 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 nearly half a song already written, mostly lyric ideas, but couldn't find the right melodic concept.
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