Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band
The Mike Douglas Show, aired April 1st, 1971
Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band taped an appearance on The Mike Douglas Show at the Greek Theatre on the campus of California Western in San Diego, CA on April 1st, 1971. Other guests on the show were George Carlin, Chuck Berry & Linda Ronstadt.1 Rick and the Stone Canyon Band played two songs, both written by Rick: “Easy To Be Free” and “Look At Mary.“2 Don’t miss Rick introducing the band between songs at 4:03. Watch the full episode here.
- Linda performed with her first solo backing band, Swampwater. In 1970, Randy had been suggested as a replacement for Swampwater’s original bassist Eric White, but he was living in Nebraska at the time and was unavailable. White ended up being replaced by Thad Maxwell, who can be seen in Linda’s performance on show. Watch it here. ↩︎
- “Look At Mary” was originally on the Rick Sings Nelson album, which was recorded in 1970 during Randy’s 8-month hiatus from the band. Randy’s replacement, Tim Cetera, appears on the studio recording. ↩︎