I'll Leave You Smiling - 1983

By Steve Richman :

In 1964 Billy Joel and me had piano lessons in Hicksville N.Y. from

Mort Estrin. In 1967 we had the same producer Tommy Kaye. He was introduced to me. Billy Joel told me he liked my music when we shook hands at the club he worked at, My House. In 1968 we played at a big club on Long Island, My Fathers Place. In 1966, I saw

The Rolling Stones at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York.

1966 I recorded my first album in New York. In 1967 I played my first album for The Doors at Elektra Studios. Tommy Kaye called. We recorded album for Aura Studios N.Y. I saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience November 16, 1968, front row seats Boston Garden. Barry met Hendrix on Dick Cavett show 1969. I was friends with Grace Slick at Fillmore East. She invited me to Dick Cavett Show, partied with Jefferson Airplane all day, day after Woodstock. 1970 - Hung out with Steve Martin in San Francisco. He got me into the Troubadour for free to see his comedy act. 1971 Kawai, Hawaii - I recognized actor Vic Morrow having dinner with an actress and he bought me a bottle of wine. They were there filming the Twilight Zone movie. I think he died while filming that.

1973 - Peter Green, guitarist and founder of Fleetwood Mac, who wrote Black Magic Woman for Santana, lived in my apartment on Maui for a week and jammed with my band. 1973 - I kissed Cher in Los Angeles.

Invited to Robert Plants hotel room. He was in L.A. promoting

Houses Of The Holy. 1973 - L.A. Mick Jagger told me I was like Keith, man. I was friends with Buddy Miles in 1973. Barry later played with Band Of Gypsies. 1973 - Barry played lead for Allman Brothers concert. 1974 - Baton Rouge, George Harrison let me in free to his concert.

1977 - I recorded album for Mike Pinera, guitarist for The Blues Image Ride Captain Ride. And my band played at Mike Pineras Halloween party. 1978 - South Beach, I sang Slow Down with Gerry & The Pacemakers. 1978 - I played piano for Mohammad Ali on Miami Beach. He tapped me on the shoulder and said Take five. 1983 - Miami Beach, I played on a Crystal Gayle special with Amy Grant, Debarge, and Tom Wopat.

The cover photo shows Steve, Barry and Boomie (Dad).

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Some of these tracks are needle-drops of recordings from the 1960's.

Those have a lot of surface noise.

All recordings produced by The Richman Bothers Band

along with -

Tracks from 1967 and 1968 produced by

Thomas Jefferson Kaye

Tracks from 1966 produced by Boomie Richman

Tracks from 1977 produced by Mike Pinera

Tracks from 1980 produced by Alan Mirchin and Joe Palmer

Special thanks to Mom and Dad and

Uncle Irv of Irvs Music in Atlantic City.

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