Today in honor of Marty Balin, who was born January 30th 1943, I am pleased to feature a piece of an interview from my Those Were the Days show.
Marty was my guest a few times and was a very fun interview.
Sadly we lost Marty in 2018, but the songs that he performed with Jefferson Airplane / Starship and his solo hits live on.
In January of 1972, I first heard the song White Lies, Blue Eyes by Bullet.
It jumped out of the radio.
It did not become the hit across the nation that it should have as it only topped out at #28 in Billboard. The song hit #5 on WLS in early '72.
Some sources listed the group Bullet as being London based and featuring former members of Atomic Rooster.
This was not true and I had the chance to talk with Ernie Sorrentino a few years ago to set the record straight about this New York based group that produced the song that I still love.
-- Phil Nee
Don't forget to listen to Phil Nee's Those Were The Days Program, tonight from 6 pm - Midnight, on WRCO
Just click on the headphones for 100.9 FM and you'll be on your way to a great night of oldies and memories!
