Terry Kirkman, Founding Member of the Association Dead at 83

[Quad Linda]

RIP

https://americansongwriter.com/terr...ounding-member-of-the-association-dies-at-83/
Kirkman also co-authored Cowboys & Indians on Blood, Sweat and Tears 4.

A client was kind enough to invite us to their company Holiday party. It was in the ballroom at the Westin O'Hare. They booked the Association for their company party, and they were great!!

 

[humprof]

RIP

https://americansongwriter.com/terr...ounding-member-of-the-association-dies-at-83/
A client was kind enough to invite us to their company Holiday party. It was in the ballroom at the Westin O'Hare. They booked the Association for their company party, and they were great!!

Wow. The Association's Greatest Hits is one of the first contemporary rock or pop albums (as opposed to 45 rpm singles) I can remember any of my older brothers bringing into our house. (Along with the Mothers' Freak Out--go figure! Then again, who'd have guessed that Terry Kirkman put in time with Zappa?) I listened to it obsessively.

A handful of The Association's hits, including "Cherish," got the Schmatmos streaming treatment a couple of years ago, but the eventually-withdrawn tracks were never replaced with genuine mixes, sadly. Greatest Hits sounds very surroundy over MacBook Pro speakers, though. (Edit: my AVR's Dolby Surround Upmixer does a great job with it, too.)

 

[Doug G.]

I bought "And Then...Along Comes..." as one of my earliest LPs I bought for myself in 1966. Valiant Records, mono. I played it often and still have it. My two favorite tracks, aside from the two hits, are "Enter the Young" and "Blistered".

RIP Terry.

Doug

 

[gene_stl]

I visited LA in 1967 with a fresh drivers license. My cousin let me use her convertible and I drove down to the beach listening to "Light my Fire"
She had a copy of their(Associatons') greatest hits album (I think it was) which I listened to on the hifi in the living room. Good musicians and singers.

 

[4-earredwonder]

R.I.P. Terry. Will always CHERISH the music of THE ASSOCIATION