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Howard Kaylan: Mother Was A Turtle

Harold Bronson, Rolling Stone, 16 September 1971

LOS ANGELES – Working in the Turtles, working in the Mothers, it's all the same, Harold Kaylan says. But he has undergone a transition nevertheless. Gone is the superstar show-biz Woodland Hills suburban dwelling complete with wife and pool in favor of a small, unimpressive wooden house north of the Hollywood Bowl. "I went from a Mercedes to a Volkswagen," he puts it, "but I didn't understand why until now."

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