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Friday, July 12, 1985

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

The Turtles, circa
1965: Howard Kaylan
is at lower left, Mark
Volman at upper right.

HAPPY TOGETHER

Old rock stars never die, they go on
to bigger and better things:
scriptwriting, comedy, TV shows, movie
scores and children's records.

BY HEIDI PRESS
Local News Editor

What happens to the members
of a popular rock n' roll group after
reaching the pinnacle of their suc-
cess in the mid-1960s and falling
into oblivion by the end of the de-
cade?
Plenty.
Ask Howard Kaylan (ne Kaplan)
and Mark Volman, former lead singers
of The Turtles.
In Detroit and Ann Arbor recently
as part of the "Happy Together" tour, a
show of rock n' roll bands from the
19606 named for their biggest hit son
Kaylan talked about what he and his
partner have done since their Turtles
days.
Alter their last single, You
Showed Me, hit the charts in 1969,

the group fell victim to internal
problems and disbanded. However,
Kaylan and Volman weren't out of
work long. ff
According to the 36-year-old
Kaylan, the group had a three-webk
respite before joining the bizarre
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of In-
vention conglomeration. From there,
Kaylan and Volman formed a band,
Flo and Eddie, and performed back-
ground vocals for rock stars Bruce
Springsteen, Blondie and Todd
Rundgren, among others.
Kaylan and Volman left record-
ing for a while, and hosted a syndi-
cated radio program, Flo and Eddie
by the Fireside, in which they inter-
viewed other rock stars.

