Gary Valentine - The first one

[luciebarrett]

the one and only bassist of Blondie

[BlondiEmilio]

@luciebarrett I actually prefer Nigel Harrison and Leigh Foxx. They aren't bass players that suffer stardom delirium...

[chazzyA1]

@luciebarrett nigel was great but Gary was god.....

[bluesnaggletooth]

Thanks for posting this gem!

[thecountofbasie]

Cool...haven't heard this one in a while...think I mighta had it on a ROIR cassette back in the day...so never saw the pic sleeve

[waynealarsen]

I sawthe k

Know at Madame Wong's and bought this from him. I was friends with Joel Turrisi

[alexippo84]

@waynealarsen

i got to know this song from his book 'new york rockers'. He talks alot about the whole new wave scene @ Madame Wong's..good times i suppose

[waynealarsen]

@alexippo84

Alex, it was a good scene at Madame Wong's. I had moved to Hollywood in 1979. and stayed with the drummer's sister Terry. later my GF would sing in Berlin. fun time, no DOUBT!!!!! this is the only good thing about being old is having seen the beginning at CBGB's and Later in Hollywierd

[alexippo84]

@waynealarsen

@waynealarsen

Oh man, don't mean to sound miserable but i wish i had spend my 'youth' in those places in those times..

I envy you, because i kinda know what it was like by reading from the people who were there and yet i couldn't experience it myself..

[Moldrid1026]

You can hear in Gary's vocal the influence of all those years that Blondie shared so many bills with The Ramones.