LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-OCT 4, 2019…FORTY FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY PINK FLOYD HAD THE NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS WITH ‘WISH YOU WERE HERE.’ THE ALBUM FEATURED A TRIBUTE TO EX-BAND MEMBER SYD BARRETT, ‘SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND.’ THE ALBUM COVER IS LEGENDARY 2 BUSINESSMEN SHAKING HANDS, AND ONE OF THE BUSINESSMEN CATCHING FIRE , SYMBOLIC OF HE’S ABOUT TO GET BURNED. THIS COVER WAS DONE BEFORE PHOTOSHOP, SO THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAD TO ACTUALLY SET THE GUY ON FIRE. TWO STUNTMEN WERE USED, DANNY ROGERS AND RONNIE RONDELL. THE STUNTMAN THAT WAS SET ON FIRE (RONDELL) WAS DRESSED IN A FIRE RETARDANT BUSINESS SUIT. INITIALLY THE WIND WAS BLOWING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND THE FLAMES BURNT OFF RONDELL’S EYEBROWS AND MOUSTACHE. THE TWO STUNTMEN CHANGED POSITIONS AND THE SHOT FOR THE ALBUM COVER WAS IN THE BOOKS.
HERE’S CAPTIVATING VIDEO ON THE MAKING OF ‘WISH YOU WERE HERE’
