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| Michael Davis, MC5 (far left) |
"...I had an acoustic guitar and I used to sing folk music and Bob Dylan songs. I loved rock and roll though. I grew up with it in the '50's. I was DEEPLY into R&B and everything that was on the radio. I was deeply into music but I was not a musician at the time.
So I went out there and saw those guys place in Detroit at this small bar. After they finished their set, I went over to say hi to Rob and he introduced me to Wayne and Fred. I had made a radical purchase of some brown Beatle boots. Wayne was like 'Where did you get those boots! Who is this guy?'
Basically, I had been to art school at Wayne University and my whole
direction in life was to be an artist and do drawings and paintings.
Wayne and I got to talking and we hit it off pretty good. We became
friends almost immediately. Like I said, I was a bit older than those
guys and travelled around the country a little bit so I had some things
to say about what was going on outside of Detriot. This was of enormous
interest to them. I lived in New York, down on the Lower East Side.
Anything I had to say about my travels was fascinating to them,
particularly to Wayne. We became pretty good friends and started hanging out. Within a short amount of time, Wayne and I both decided that it would be great if I was in the band. So I decided to start learning the parts to the different songs to see if I could pick it up. It was a short matter of time before the bass player that was in the band coincidentally quit so I was right there to step into the slot. I might have practiced for two weeks on my own. The first gig I played with them was at my alma mater, Wayne State University." - Continued at Perfect Sound Forever
