Much later, "Jungle Book" is recorded by The Amber Lights (Mick Harvey & JP Shilo) and also Tav Falco's Panther Burns for the "Journey Is Long" (Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project) album (2012). Jeff's original is, of course, better." As told by Joe Nolte. It was a hit, and the band finally relented, and we did indeed (obviously) record it for the album. Anyway, we proceeded to play "Jungle Book" throughout the fall of 1979, frequently with Jeff himself singing it. I was pissed, but reluctantly agreed to cool it, Redlights-wise. Randall then called me & said that if we put it on the album, or I played in Jeff's band, I would probably make an enemy out of every Last member. Jul 12, 1979: Evidently Vitus was pissed 'cause I'd planned to put "Jungle Book" on the 2nd album. He doesn't want to do it so I said "fuck it, the Last will do it." Jeff Pierce wrote me out the lyrics to "Jungle Book". Mike & David had to clean up the dressing room.
They did the whole crowd tease thing at the end, Jeff cajoling Phred to come back out, etc. Everybody danced, people pogoed & twisted side by side. Then Phreddie hit the stage & the joint went nuts. We started into "Pushin' Too Hard", bringing it down as Jeff Pierce hit the stage to go into a long fake James Brown-live-record type intro. ":Ģnd set was pretty cool, and encore #1 is now history. I was floored, and said "I gotta meet the guy that wrote this!" I did, and from late '78 through early '80 the three of us were inseparable drinking buddies." He knew this guy named Jeff Pierce, who had had a band called the Redlights, and at some point played me the Redlights' "Jungle Book". "By mid 1978 I'd known Back Door Man's Phast Phreddie for a couple of years, but only now started hanging out with him regularly. US CA,North Hollywood,studio,demoing 5 songs: "Debbie By The Christmas Tree", "Jungle Book", "Kisses for my President", "Kitty Ina Moonlight" and "Tiger Girl" Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals,guitar,keyboard,piano)/ Anna Statman (bass) and Jack Reynolds (drums). The Red Lights Line-up #1 (Los Angeles: Spring-Summer 1978): Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce attending a show by The Germs, with Lorna Doom (aka Teresa Ryan) on bass. Note: (3 members of) The Weirdos, Debbie Harry and Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Photo: Credit Jenny Lens, published in UK Mojo music mag. Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce the store the day The Damned visited. US CA,Los Angeles-North Hollywood,Bomp! record store 5230 Laurel Canyon Boulevard) The G.T.O.s, the Girls Together Outrageously, the music group of groupies that Frank Zappa put together, were the tenants before the Screamers occupied the place. Note: The 'Wilton Hilton' is Tomata Du Plenty and Tommy Gear's house on North Wilton between Hollywood and Franklin. US CA,Los Angeles,The Wilton Hilton,Valentine's Day party Jeffrey's working (Greg and Suzy Shaw's) Bomp! record store.
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