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How Mark Volman and The Turtles shaped the music industry

JL;DR SUMMARY Mark Volman, co-founder of The Turtles, significantly influenced the music industry through his iconic band and its popular Happy Together tours, despite battling Lewy Body Dementia. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Music IndustryMusic HistoryThe TurtlesMark VolmanHappy Together TourFlo & EddieLewy Body Dementia60s RockSunshine PopFrank Zappa

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
"Volman was reared by a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, died four days after the tours completion, Sept. 5 at the age of 78 in a Nashville hospital."
Tennessee, United States
"he was a professor at Belmont University teaching music business classes."

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