Terry Kirkman, a founding member of the folk-rock band The Association, died at 83.
“We’re saddened to report that Terry Kirkman passed away last night, RIP Terry. He will live on in our hearts and in the music he so brilliantly wrote. Sending hugs and lots of love to Heidi and Sasha!”Michael Ochs ArchivesThe Association was nominated for six Grammys, including three for “Cherish.”“I actually channeled it. Or I was channeled. I really don’t know what the source was. I’ve never understood the process nor do I think I will ever understand the process.
In a piece for The Huffington Post, Kirkman also wrote, “Another strange aspect of the ‘Cherish’ story — one that has particularly baffled me — was that it became such a huge favorite for weddings. Couples by the thousands called it ‘their song,’ in spite of the fact it is so very much about love lost, not victorious love. But who knows? Maybe it was that stirring youth march tempo that did them in.
He played with Frank Zappa in California in the early 1960s before Zappa formed the Mothers of Invention. Terry Kirkman — a founding member of the folk-rock band The Association — helped form The Inner Tubes, which merged into The Men.Kirkman and Jules Alexander formed The Inner Tubes, which merged into The Men.The group opened the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and also performed on a number of TV programs including “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “The Smothers Brothers.”Terry Kirkman / Facebook
Kirkman left the group in 1972, re-joined when the group reunited in 1979 and then left for good in the mid-1980s.Kirkman is survived by his wife Heidi, daughter Sasha, son-in-law and two grandchildren.
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