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"There was a couch and two chairs,
one on each side, two end tables, a fan
was going back and forth and there
were some magazines. I talked a little
bit with George and with Paul, who
was trying to be very sociable. I don't
remember what we chatted about, and
all of a sudden our audience was up
and it was time to leave."
Meeting the Beatles was the "most
memorable thing" about the tour,
Fried adds. But, unlike the interaction
that the other members of The Cyrkle
had with the Liverpool sensations
throughout the 14-city itinerary, Fried
says he was "too much of a coward" to
mingle with them during their plane
trips. He preferred, instead, to bask in
the awe of their fame and success from
a distance.
As for The Cyrkle, success became
harder to maintain after "Turn Down
Day," its follow-up Top-20 hit And
when Epstein unexpectedly died in
August 1967, the Beatles had already
metamorphosed into Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band and The
Cyrkle's novelty as Epstein's only
American starfish in the sea was nearly
at an end.
The Cyrkle was "already history,"
noted Fried about the group's loss of
momentum that led to its disbanding
in 1968. Both Dannemann and
Dawes became jingle writers in New
York (Dawes later wrote Alka Seltzer's
famous "Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz" ad
song), and Fried felt he was standing
at the crossroads of his life."
He got involved with another group
of musicians who played up and down
the East Coast for about a year, before
trying to decide on a serious career. "I
learned that the only difference
between a musician and a pizza was
that a pizza could feed a family of
four," he jokes.
Fried then conferred with his wife-
to-be, Suzanne, whom he had met
while she was working as a hostess at
the Roostertail restaurant, and the
couple decided to make Detroit their
home. On a small scholarship, he
embarked on a law degree at Wayne
State University and made plans for a
future family. The Frieds now have
two grown daughters: Jessica, a gradu-
ate student at Texas A&M, and
Rebecca, a senior at the University of
Michigan
Despite being raised in a Jewish
family in Neptune, N.J., Fried is not a
practicing Jew. "Ethnically, I feel that
I'm Jewish; there's no question about
it, even though I may not go to shut,
and even though I may not be reli-
gious," he says.
"But there's no doubt in my mind
that I belong to the Jewish communi-
ty. I'm comfortable in that communi-
ty, and I feel that's where I belong."
Indeed, he feels closer to his spiritu-
ality than to his rock 'n' roll fame. And
while record collectors still seek him ,*
out to autograph albums and the Web"
site jewhoo.con2 will soon be adding his k
name to its list of Jewish rock notables,
Fried avoids linking silvery sentiments
to his chain with the Beatles legacy.
"That was like a different life; that
was my past, and I don't have much
connection with it, except when some-
body reminds me of it, he empha-,
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"The Cyrkle did not become fabu-
lously wealthy, and our association 4*
with Brian Epstein did not bring us
untold riches and fabulous lifestyles.
So I guess I'm always a little bit sur-‘*A
prised when somebody comes up and
wants to know what it was like, some
35 years ago. Personally; I wonder why
it even matters." El