GIRL GEORGE BERK

** HERE AT LAST...WHAT YA BEEN WAITING ALL THESE YEARS FOR.. **THE ADVENTURES OF GEORGE & the ARIZONA STAR***THE MOVIE****YOU CAN GET IT HERE ****ON DVD OR VHS VIDEOS*****THIS IS NASHVILLE IN THE 1970's....***WITH GUEST SPOTS BY...KRIS KRISTOFFERSON***BLUE CHEER**MIKE WILHELM....J.C.BURRIS.....KSAN D.J.NORM DAVIS**** **DIRK DIRKSEN...ROY LONEY...NAOMI RUTH EISENBERG***WAVY GRAVY***LYLE TUTTLE***TRAVIS T.HIP***LIL BOY BLUE************JUST TO NAME A FEW*****BE THE FIRST ON YOUR BLOCK TO OWN THIS LITTLE PIECE OF MUSIC..HERSTORY.......SEND ME A MESSAGE HERE..IF YOU WANT ONE..AND WHO WOULDN'T******************************** ************************************************************ *** ************************************************************ ***VIDEO BELOW IS:::GIRL GEORGE singing "AL'S BAR SONG"...at THE STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC...MARCH 20,2007.....THE ONE AND ONLY " GUY"..ON GUITAR GIRL GEORGE AND JOAN PEZ HAVE BEEN HOSTING THE OPEN MIC..(EVERY TUE.).......AT THE STARRY PLOUGH..BERK.CALIF............SINCE ..JUNE 30,2000.........THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN PLAYING THERE SINCE 1995.......THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A DOOR CHARGE FOR THE OPEN MIC...SIGN UP IS 7:30 PM...BUT GET THERE EARLY..THERES ALWAYS AT LEAST 21 ACTS......YOU GET TWO SONGS...AND IF YOU GO OVER REAL WELL WITH THE AUDINCE..YOU JUST MIGHT GET ASKED TO BE THE FEATURE ACT..IN THE COMMING WEEKS...EVERYONE THAT SIGNS UP GO'S ON....AND IF YOU END UP GOING ON REAL LATE...AND YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT AND A GOOD ACT...YOU MIGHT GET TAGGED TO BE A COMMING FEATURE (a lot of our feature acts come from the late, late nite acts.....all things balance out).....THE FEATURE ACT GO'S ON AT 10:30pm....AND PLAYS FOR 20 min.........JOAN PEZ AND GIRL GEORGE ARE A LOT LIKE DEAN MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS...THEY BOUNCE OFF EACH OTHER WITH EASE...SPARKS FLY IN THE ROOM...THE TRIVIA QUSTIONS ARE FUNNY AND INFORMITAVE.....AND YOU MAY JUST GET A FREE BEER FOR A FUNNY ANSWER,EVEN IF ITS WRONG....JOAN PEZ IS VERY SUPORTIVE TO ALL THE ACTS...GIRL GEORGE WILL AMAZE YOU WITH HER ENERGY...IF YOU AIN'T SEEN GIRL GEORGE PERFORM....YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET...THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT ACTS THAT PLAY THE OPEN MIC...WITH AN EVER CHANGING CAST.....A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST COME TO WATCH...GREAT SHOW AND ITS FREE....THE STARRY PLOUGH HAS BEEN THERE OVER 35 YEARS..ITS A LAND MARK.....THE HEART OF BERK.......SO IF THIS IS YOUR VERY FIRST TIME ON STAGE...OR IF YOU JUST GOT OFF TOUR WITH THE "STONES"....THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU..MEET A LOT OF NEW FRIENDS...BE PART OF THE STARRY PLOUGH FAMILY.....EVERYONE'S WELCOME...MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME...GREAT CHEAP..HOMESTYLE FOOD,EVERY KIND OF BEER..IN THE WORLD.....WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK....AFTER YOU COME TO OUR OPEN MIC...PLEASE COME TO MY COMMENTS ON THIS SITE AND WRITE YOUR REVIEW....TELL US WHAT YOU THOUGHT..................................................... ...........................................GIRL GEORGE FIRST PLAYED GUITAR WHEN SHE WAS 21...IN 1966...,NORTHBEACH,.....SAN FRANCISCO...THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN SINGING AT JAMS & WORKING IN BARS [AS A BAR MAID,DOOR PERSON ECT.] SINCE SHE WAS 16..[FAKE ID'S YA KNOW].............GIRL GEORGE WORKED AS A DANCER IN THE BIG CLUBS ON BROADWAY "THE PEPPERMINT TREE"..BIG PLACE,OVER 500 PEOPLE [TOURIST IN SUITS & TYES WITH THEIR WIFES]...THERE WAS AN 8 PC.BAND ...."RUSSELL LEE"...A VERY LARGE DANCE FLOOR,& AN ASSORTMENT OF SPECALTY TOPLESS ACTS,SNAKE DANCERS ,EVEN ANTON LAVAY HAD A SHOW THERE FOR A WHILE{WITH.. A LOT OF NAKED GIRLS] ...........GIRL GEORGE DID COMEDY..NUF SAID.............ALONG WITH CAROL DODA.THESE WERE THE BIGGEST SHOWS ON BROADWAY.THE OWER OF THE CLUB TOLD HER [AFTER SHE DIDN'T WORK THERE ANYMORE]..,THAT HE HAD MADE A MILLION DOLLARS OFF HER SHOW IN THE YR...SHE WORKED FOR HIM...SHE WAS MAKING OVER 100 DOLLARS A NIGHT,A LOT IN THOSE DAYS.............. BETWEEN SHOWS AT THE PEPERMINT TREE,SHE'D HANG OUT AT THE "COFFEE GALLERY"..ON UPPER GRANT ST...SAN FRANCISCO............THIS IS THE CLUB WHERE ALL THE BEAT POETS & MUSICIANS HUNG OUT & PLAYED...JACK KEROUAC....,ALLEN GINSBERG,.................THIS WAS THE FIRST CLUB IN TOWN JANIS PLAYED....EVERYONE. HAD BEEN THROUGH THE" COFFEE GALLERY."..............AND OF COURSE THEY HAD AN OPEN MIC..EVERY THUR..ONE NIGHT I WAS THERE BETWEEN MY SHOWS ,WITH A GUITAR ..I HAD JUST STARTED TO PLAY..3 DAYS BEFORE...I KNEW THREE CHORDS.....G-A-D....& ONE SONG...DYLANS."TAMBERINE MAN"........THE GUY THAT RAN THE "HOOT"..OPEN MIC A FEW DOORS DOWN...AT THE."COFFEE & CONFUSION" HE ASKED IF I WOULD OPEN FOR HIM,HE HAD NO ONE TO START THE NIGHT,"I TOLD HIM I ONLY KNEW ONE SONG"....HE SAID "THATS OK HE HAD SOMEONE COMMING IN..& I ONLY HAD TO DO ONE SONG....SO I WENT UP THERE AND SANG "TAMBERINE MAN",.........AND AFTER THAT..... I WAS HOOKED.....I PLAYED AT EVERY OPEN MIC AT THE COFFEE GALLERY.,& COFFEE & CONFUSION.. THERE.......I FOUND MY LOVE,..MY CALLING,..MY BLISS......A LIFE ON THE STAGE IS THE ONLY LIFE FOR ME...............................FOR THE FIRST YR. I PLAYED,I WAS DYLAN,............I'D TAKE HIS SONG BOOK IN THE CLUB .......,LEARN THE SONG,......THEN GO ON STAGE & DO IT.........PROBABLE MY BIGGEST TALENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TENACITY...... WAS I SCAIRED?.... YOU CAN BET YOUR SWEET ASS I WAS,.....BUT I'D DO IT ANYWAY,....AND THE MORE SCAIRED I WAS THE MORE LIKELY I WAS TO DO IT......I'M A SCORPIO YOU SEE .....I CAN'T HELP MY SELF.........AFTER AWHILE..ALAN ST.JAMES..ASKED IF I WOULD BE THE CHICK SINGER IN HIS BAND..HIM & HIS BASS PLAYER COME OVER MY HOUSE..AND BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER EVERY ONE KNEW... WHOS BAND IT WAS,...CHICK SINGER MY ASS,...DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BASS PLAYER [HE STAYED AROUND FOR AWHILE]...BUT ME AND ALAN PLAYED TOGEATHER FOR YEARS..FRIST BAND NAME WAS "SUMMER RAIN"........ALAN WAS 6'5".....LOOKED ALOT LIKE JOHN PHILLIPS[of the mamas & papas] ..LONG DARK BROWN HAIR THAT WAS ALWAYS COVERING HIS FACE..A VIRGO.....VERY QUITE [I WAS THE NOISEY ONE.]..HE JUST BACKED ME UP ..DID'NT CARE WHAT I DID..NEVER QUISTIONED ME.......NEWS YEARS EVE..1969.GOING INTO 1970...ALAN AND ME WENT TO THE FILMORE AUDITORUM..TO SEE HIS FRIEND "BOOTS" PLAY....WHEN WE GOT IN THE DOOR..BOOTS CAME RUNNING UP.AND ASKED IF WE HAD OUR GUITARS,WE SAID THEY WERE IN THE CAR TRUNK, HE SAID GO GET THEM ,YOU ARE GOING ON...SO WE RAN THE TWO BLOCKS TO THE CAR ,GOT OUR GUITARS & WHEN WE CAME IN THE DOOR BOOTS THROU US ON THE STAGE...OUT OF BREATH AND OUT OF OUR MINDS WE LAUNCHED INTO.."TAMBERINE MAN"..WE WERE BOTH DOING DIFFERENT VERSES OF THE SONG AT THE SAME TIME..EVERYONE WAS SO OUT OF IT THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO NOTICE...OH WHAT A NIGHT...SO WE ENDED UP BEING THE LAST PERFORMERS TO PLAY THE FILMORE AUD. ...OF THE 60's DECADE...1969 WAS GONE..EVERY ONE HAD HIGH HOPES ..FOR THE 70'S.............THE "SUMMER RAIN' WERE HOT,WE WERE PLAYING EVERYWHERE,WE AQUIRED ANOTHER BASS PLAYER,BERRY...HE WAS MAJIC...I HAD BEEN IN A FEW PLAYS A FEW YRS EARLYER,THE "BIKINI DREAM " A REAL ARTSY THING WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE POETS{WAYNE MILLER}..I GET KILLED IN THE END....THE OTHER PLAY WAS A SHLOCKY THING WHERE I WAS A CAT..[YRS BEFORE....."THE"CATS..]...I HATE ACTING....I'D REATHER SAY MY OWN WORDS..[THERES THAT SCORPIO THING AGIN].......ANY WHO..... THAT PLAY HAD ENDED ..AND I HAD FORGOTEN ALL ABOUT IT.WHEN I RAN INTO MONTY PIKE,THE WRITER,DIRECTOR,PRODUCER,ACTOR[AND GENERAL CRAZY PERSON] OF THE 2nd. play i'd done....THE PLAY WAS CALLED THE "POTBOILERS"...HE HAD GOTTEN ALL THESE {10 OR 15] LOONATICS TOGEATHER AND JUST HAD TO HAVE ME REPRIVE THE ROLL OF GEORGE ,ONE OF THE CATS.[he had writen for me]....IT HAD BEEN ONE OF THE CRAZYIST TIME IN MY LIFE DOING THAT PLAY....BUT LIKE ALL BANDS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GIG...I SAID I'D ACT IN HIS PLAY.IF MY BAND COULD PLAY ON THE INTERMISION....HE HAD THE TROPACANA CLUB..[ON BROADWAY,SF] BOOKED FOR WEEKS.. TO DO THE SHOW ..SO WHEN WE SANG OUR FIRST SET..THIS ACTRESS FROM THE PLAY WAS SINGING ALONG WITH US...LIKE ALWAYS I DRUG HER UP ON STAGE TO SING BACK UP.......SHE LOOKED & ACTED LIKE MARILYN MONROE.......,[ YEAH--MARILYN MONROE ON ACID] ...SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE WORDS TO THE SONGS SO SHE WOULD READ MY LIPS AND HARMINZE...FAKING IT..... HER NAME WAS CHRISTINA YAKOBIAN...........,SHE WAS 20YRS.OLD[ I WAS 25 YRS.OLD AT THE TIME] ............A GIMINI,TWICE OVER ,HAD ABOUT 6 PERSONATES SLIPPING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER,ALWAYS ACTING,,....,ALWAYS OVER ACTING..IF THERE EVER WAS AN ANTI-ME ..THIS WAS IT...WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY SHE JOINED THE BAND................................ONE NIGHT WE WERE AT "ENRICOS" & SHE SAID WHY ..DON'T YOU GIVE ME A NEW NAME...EVERYONE IS NAMED CHRISTINA..WE WERE IN THE BATHROOM..AND I LOOKED UP AT THE WALL PAPER & IT SAID SUPER STAR ALL OVER IT...SO THERE YOU GO..I SAID HOW ABOUT... STAR...SHE SAID OK,& THAT WAS THE BEGINING OF THE "GEORGE & THE ARIZONIA STAR" SOGA...........SHE PICKED UP THE ARIZONIA A YR. LATER IN NASHVILLE...BUTS THATS ANOTHER STORY......AFTER MEETING KRIS KRISTOFFERSON AT THE COFFEE GALLERY...BOBBIE NEWIRTH...HAD BROUGHT HIM TO SEE US PLAY...KRIS PROCEDED TO DRAG US ALL OVER THE BAY AREA SHOWING OFF HIS NEW FIND..HE THOUGHT WE WERE GREAT..AND TOLD EVERY BODY...HE TOOK US TO A PLACE IN BERK. THAT NICK GRAVNITES..AND IRON BUTTERFLY WERE PLAYING..TOLD EVERY0NE HOW GREAT WE WERE ..THROU US ON STAGE..AND WE PROCEDED TO BREAK EVERY STRING ON BOTH MINE AND ALANS GUITAR...WHAT FUCK UPS....A YEAR LATER I WROTE SHELBY SINGLETON (THEN OWNED OF SUN RECORDS IN NASHVILLE) I TOLD HIM HOW GREAT WE WERE...HE ACTALY CALLED ME WHEN HE GOT MY LETTER...TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO NEW YORK IN 4 DAYS....IF WE COULD BE IN NASHVILLE BEFORE THEN...HE'D SEE WHAT WE COULD DO.....SO I CALLED STAR ..SAID WE HAVE TO GO TO NASHVILLE...NOW!.......SHE WROTE A CHECK...(NO MONEY IN ACCOUNT...OH WELL)........THERE WE WERE IN NASHVILLE ...NO MONEY....BUT WHO CARES..WE WERE ON OUR WAY......FAIRON YOUNG PICKED US UP HITCH HIKING.....TOOK US TO THE REMODIA INN (where the book said all the stars hung out..johnny cash filmed his show there)......WE HUNG OUT IN THE ALL NIGHT CAFFE...THATS WHERE MET SHEL SILVERSTEIN THE FIRST TIME.......WE PLAYED FOR EVERYONE ,EVERY WHERE..HITCH HIKED AROUND....WROTE A PLAY WHEN WE NEEDED MONEY...SOLD TICKETS FOR IT BY THE HUNDREDS..BEFORE WE EVEN WROTE IT FOR A DOLLAR A PIECE....SNUCK INTO THE GRAMMYS...AND EVERY OTHER BIG EVENT THAT CAME THROUGH TOWN....AFTER THE GRAMMYS.. WENT TO A PARTY AND THERE WAS RINGO STARR AND HARRY NELSON...THOSE WERE THE DAYS....A GIRL WE KNEW HAD A,FRIEND ..ASKED ME TO GIVE HIM A RIDE TO THE GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS.....HAD TO DO A STORY...SURE WHY NOT...2 DAYS ..NOTHING BETTER TO DO....SO.. HUNTER S. THOMPSON...JUMPED IN MY CAR AND OFF WE WENT........................WE SIGNED WITH PRODUCER PETE DRAKE..BROUGHT THE HIPPY MOVEMENT TO NASHVILLE..THE FIRST HIP CLUB'S (THE RED DOG SALOON AND THE EXIT IN ) OPENED AROUND US..NO WE WEREN'T COUNTRY..NOWHERE NEAR IT.. BUT NASHVILLE LOVED US...WE WERE FUNNY AND A BREATH OF FREE AIR FROM THE OLD GUARD....ALONG WITH .OUR FRIENDS..KRIS KRISTOFFERSON,CHRIS GANTRY,DAVID ALLAN COE,...BILLY SWAN..,BUCKY WILKIN (AKA RONNY AND THE DATONAS.."LIL G.T.O.)..EDDIE RABBIT..DOUG KERSHAW..ROBERT CARDWELL ...BILLY JOE SHAVER..WAYLON ..KINKY FREEMAN..VINCE MATHEWS..AND OF COURSE ..ZILCH FLETCHER..................WE KNOCKED NASHVILLE ON ITS ASS.........THATS WHEN I FIRST STARTED WRITING SONGS...AND THOSE WERE MY TEACHERS......NASHVILLE.1971 TO 1975..THEN SHEL SILVERSTEIN FINALY SEEN US PLAY..TOLD US "I HAVEN'T BEEN SO IMPRESSED BY AN ACT SINCE I SAW ELVIS PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME"...'.YOU SHOULD'T BE WITH PETE DRAKE.. HE'S TOO COUNTRY..YOU SHOULD BE WITH MY PRODUCER...RON HAFKINE...HE PRODUCES DR.HOOK...HE KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE FREAKS.'...SO OFF WE GO BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO...RON PUTS US OUT ON TOUR WITH DR.HOOK..AFTER A SHORT PRACTICE WITH THE BAND.."GEORGE AND THE ARIZONA STAR" WAS OUT THERE PLAYING THESE BIG CONCERTS ON THE SAME BILL WITH CHUCK BERRY ,STEVIE WONDER ,BLACK OAK ARK.ECT.ECT..HOW COOL IS THAT ...........WE GOT A LOT OF FULL PAGE WRITE UPS...WE GAVE GOOD COPY.......(A LOT OF THEM ARE ON MY "GIRL GEORGE AND THE DRAGONS" SITE.)...A FEW YEARS AGO GUY CLARK WROTE A SONG ABOUT ME AND STAR......THEN SOME FILM MAKERS FROM NASHVILLE..HEARD THE SONG LOOKED ME UP AND CAME OUT HERE AND FILMED ME...FOUND STAR IN LONDON..FILMED HER...AND MADE A MOVIE ABOUT US...(won an award in the Berk.film fest.)THEY HAD TO ADD MORE SHOWINGS AT THE NASHVILLE FILM FEST...THE WHOLE TOWN TURNED OUT FOR IT...ARIZONA STAR WAS THERE ....I WAITED TILL THEY CAME HERE TO BERK.AND SHOWED IT AT THE STARRY PLOUGH TO SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME...THE MOVIES ON MY "GEO.AND THE DRAGONS"SITE TOO......................................................... .......................... WHEN I CAME BACK FROM NASHVILLE IN 1975 I ENDED UP RUNNING THE "COFFEE GALLERY" FOR A YEAR,..I BOOKED THE ACTS ON THE WEEK ENDS.[I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BOOK COMEDY IN THE CLUB,THE BEGINING OF THE GREAT COMEDY WAVE.]....AND RAN THE OPEN MIC ON THURS...THATS WHEN MIKE WILHELM STARTED PLAYING WITH ME...HE PLAYED WITH ME OFF AND ON FOR YEARS......BEST GUITAR PLAYER IN THE WORLD.....HE'S IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME NOW.........[HE WAS THE GUITAR PLAYER IN THE "CHARLATANS".IN THE 60'S]..THE GREAT BLUES PLAYER J.C.BURRIS..[SONNY TERRY'S NEPHEW]... MADE UP THE 3rd.SPOKE OF "THE THREE MUSKATEERS"....WE PLAYED EVERY WHERE,..JC DOING HIS OWN ACT,MIKE,BACKING ME UP ON GUITAR,AND DOING HIS OWN ACT& ME RUNNING AROUND ...RUNNING EVERYTHING & SINGING & I PLAYED A MEAN RYTHUM GUITAR........ WE WERE EVEN ON THE NORTH BEACH FLOAT....,IN THE COULMBUS DAY PARADE...WAVE AT ALL THE PEOPLE NOW....COOL.........................,...,.,.[BACK TO 1966.]..I USED TO HANG OUT AT THE OLD "COMMITTEE"...ON BROADWAY....... BETWEEN SHOWS,....AND THEY WOULD COME SEE MY SHOW ,WHEN THEY WERE OFF.......,LOTS OF REAL COOL FRIENDS THERE LIKE GARY GOODROW,LARRY HANKINS,BRUCE MACKY,HOWARD,HESSMAN...I MET ZALLY [LOVIN SPOONFUL] FROM THEM ...I WAS THERE THE NIGHT OF THE INFAMOUS BUST...[THAT BROKE UP THE SPOONFUL] THE PICTURE ON TOP OF THIS PAGE IS..."ZALLY,..GIRL GEORGE,..& STEVE BOONE" THE ACTORS AT THE " COMMITTEE" ARE THE ONES THAT TURNED ME ON TO THE BOOK ......."STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND"......IT TOOK AGE'S BEFORE I WOULD READ IT,....BUT THEY KEPT AFTER ME TILL I READ IT.....[THIS WAS 1966] ..IT CHANGED MY LIFE......IF I EVER HAD A BIBLE.........THIS WAS IT..............I USED TO READ THE BOOK ONCE EVERY YR. FOR YRS...TILL I ALMOST KNOW IT VERBATUM .....I GOT MY DAUGHTER WINDY TO READ IT WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 8 yr OLD.......,TRYED TO GET HER TO READ IT BEFORE BUT IT WAS A VERY BIG BOOK FOR A KID........AFTER SHE READ IT ..SHE UNDERSTOOD ME BETTER.......,SHE LOVED THE BOOK & HAS READ IN OVER & OVER MANY TIMES..SHE COLLECTS COPIES OF IT........WHEN I FIRST STARTED PLAYING GUITAR & SINGING I ASKED ONE OF THE ACTORS AT THE COMMITTEE..,HOW TO BE A GOOD ACT ....HE SAID.. "LIVE IT"...DON'T ACT IT OUT....."BE IT".........ART IS SOMETHING YOU ARE ,NOT SOMTHING YOU CREATE ...............AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO JUST THAT .....NOT WITH JUST MY ACT..... BUT MY WHOLE LIFE........GROK.......................GIRL GEORGE HAS 3 WEB SITES...TO SEE HER ORIG.SITE...THAT WINDYS BEEN DOING FOR HER FOR 10 YEARS..."GIRL GEORGE & THE DRAGONS" (the one that has all the news write ups,her cd's,and the Nashville Movie about ..HER & STAR..."GEORGE & THE ARIZONSA STAR"..in the 70's)..........JUST GO TO "GOOGLE SEARCH"....TYPE IN .."GIRL GEORGE &THE DRAGONS"....IT'S THE TOP ONE...(IN FACT THE 1ST. 4 SITES ARE ALL GIRL GEORGE)...CHECK IT OUT...THE WRITE UPS ARE ALL VERY FUNNY.......TO SEE MY OTHER MYSPACE SITE ..JUST CLICK ON MY 1ST.FRIEND..YEAH THATS ME.....I CAN DO THE MYSPACE ONES MYSELF....YEAH I'M REALLY KNOWN FOR MY MODESTY......HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL YA ALL...MAY ALL YOUR ROCK 'N'ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE..................HAVE A GREAT 007..............