Glenn Frey’s Garage Band

My parents threw me a great party for my 16th birthday and graduation from Sunday school. A friend of mine knew a drummer, Lenny Mintz. I had heard he was in a good band called the Subterraneans. We called him about playing at the party. He sent his bandmate, Glenn Frey over to seal the deal. He was sooo cool. The cutest boy I'd ever seen at 16!

This is the 8mm film my dad shot of the party. Glenn Frey and the Subterraneans featuring Lenny Mintz on drums. Glenn is the one with the tambourine. They played "covers." I think they're singing "Shout!" Too bad this is a silent film. lol

"I was playing in a copy band in Michigan called The Subterraneans. We were kind of a beatnick, pre-hippie blues band. And I was befriended by Bob Seger, who's a couple of years older than I was. And we were driving around on Woodward Avenue (in Detroit) in his car one night and The Cowsills came on the radio and I reached for the knob to turn it off. Seger said, 'No.' He said, 'Let's listen to it. Let's hear why they're on the radio and we're not.' And after we listened to the song he said, 'You know, Glenn, you gotta write your own songs."