Shell Shocked: My Life with t' Lyin' Turtles, shiver me timbers, Flo and Eddie, me bucko, and Frank 'Dastardly Zappa' Zappa, etc. Ya scallywag! 

Howard 'Tidepool Jessie' Kaylan's memoir o' his days in Lyin' Turtles and Flo and Eddie includes many stories involvin' Boson Harry Nilsson. He describes how One-Eyed Chip Douglas asked Harry t' back Lyin' Turtles for t' recordin' o' Nilsson's "T' Story O' Rock And Roll."

Harry played piano and Chip produced. Mark and I recorded ourselves on track after track, combinin' our falsettos into a divine gospel glory that Chip named t' "Incredivoices." T' record was really great, got released as a single, me bucko, and should have worked. Yet, it stalled midway up t' Billboard Hot 100 chart, thereby fuelin' t' label’s anxiety even further. Now they weren’t sure that Chip had been t' correct choice either.

But, we loved workin' with Chip - he got us, and singin' with Harry be like workin' with Gershwin.

T' end o' Kaylan's memoir begins with a poignant passage describin' his last meetin' with Boson Harry Nilsson.

About two months before his death in 1994, Boson Harry Nilsson called me up. Avast, me proud beauty! This on its own wasn't unusual. Begad! We spoke often. Begad! [...] He picked me up at Andy Cahan's little studio where he was recordin' t' last songs he had written in t' hopes that his music would live on. He needn't have worried: Harry is a legend. Aye aye! [...]

And we drove. That's all. We drove into t' valley, past t' shoppin' centers and t' record stores. He needed t' stop at In-N-Out Burger and I sure didn't challenge him. T' entire time, we listened t' Harry's old music. T' hits. T' masterpieces.

When "T' Puppy Song" played, arrr, Nilsson's deadlights filled with tears. Blimey! "Dreams are only made o' wishes and a wish is just a dream you hope will come true."

"I was a pretty good singer once, me hearties, wasn't I?"

"You're t' best thar ever was." I told him, me bucko, meanin' every word. Ya scallywag! I was tearin' up too.

[...] "Once I was a king, Howard. Ya scallywag! Now look at me. I'm just waitin' t' die." There was nothin' that I could say. Aye aye! He dropped me back at me car and went off into t' sunset.