Q: I've always liked the song "East West"...any thoughts on it?
A: Very interesting...
A: The first "on the road again" type-song...
A: The second song that was putting down being a rock and roll band...
A: But it didn't do well.
Q: How come we can't find your movie "Hold On" on video?
A: I bought all the copies so nobody could see it.
A: It was made in the Presley genre...let's try and make a movie in 10 days.
A: Well..we only shot 9 days and that's why there is no ending.
A: Same producers and writers as the Elvis movies!
Q:As long as we're on movies...how about "When the Boys Meet the Girls?"
A: YIKKKES!!!
A: Another Elvis-type production...
A: The same story as "Hold On" except Connie Francis was
A: my love interest!
A: Every shot in the movie is done in profile because I had a wisdom tooth
A: making my face too big on one side!...
Q: Did you enjoy making films?
A:Loved making them.
A: Thousands of kids were hanging outside of the studio.
A:They thought we were the next Cary Grant!
Q:Why didn't you go on tour with the Monkees in '86
with the rest of the Herman's Hermits?
A: They didn't ask me.
A: I left the band in 1972...and they were the Hermits for a while...
A: and then they renamed themselves Herman's Hermits...
A: It isn't the Herman's Hermits without me...just as it wouldn't be
A: the Stones without Jagger!
Q: Any unreleased stuff that can now come out?
A: Alan Klein owns the masters to the original hits.
A: Some great BBC stuff!...
A: It will eventually come out!
Q: What are your favorite Hermit's songs?
A: "I'm Into Something Good"..."Kind of a Hush"..and the work I did
A: in a band called the Tremblers in the 80's.
A: In a live show I do Hermits songs and other people's songs!
Q: How did you get that unique sound on "Mrs. Brown" ?? Is that a guitar?
A: It was a Gretsch Country Gentleman...with a damper on it...under the
A: pickup... you turn it on and you get that sound!
Q:I guess you liked doing the concert on the mall in Washington in May?
A: A fantastic concert!...
A: It was a family audience aged 3-63!!!
A: It's nice to play for 100,000 people!
A: I hope we will return!