Where’s this episode of The Brady Bunch been all my life?
The above photo reopens my childhood adoration of Marcia Brady. There was nothing special between us, like the bond I felt with my first TV crush, Room 222‘s Karen Valentine. I didn’t choose Marcia; she demanded my adoration, as she did the adoration of any red-blooded American boy of my generation. Even though Jan would make a late run for my pre-teen affections, Marcia was perfect in that unattainable way drives boys to master the fingering of a C chord or some other skill in vain effort to rise above.
This image came to me courtesy of Robbie Rist‘s Facebook page. Only Greg got to play guitar on the show. Not Robbie’s Oliver. Not Marcia. Guess our little heads would have been blown had they let her strap on an SG.
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Not a photo, but I was surprised to hear how well Ed Helms played the banjo on Marc Maron’s podcast.
Isn’t he also an accomplished piano player?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W2YuVuHZDc
We all know about Creed Bratton, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehLylzB6jY
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Vincent Gallo were in a band called Grey in the early 80’s.
There are lots of photos of Marlon Brando playing bongos and congas. Here’s one I like:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tgKMqswayw8/TBZgSP9B56I/AAAAAAAADjU/qTtwyWeny7o/s1600/MarlonBrando10.jpg
Here’s a similar one of James Dean:
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/4341/jamesdeancongaqm8.jpg
Those are good ones, BigSteve. I don’t know that the photo that came to mind for me exists, but I was reminded of this bongo-playing thespian:
http://www.looktothestars.org/photo/4958-matthew-mcconaugheys-bongos/story_wide.jpg