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Sasha steals track name from loving California clown!!!!!!!
i feel...let down.
Born Hugh Romney, this poet, clown, activist and philanthropist changed his name to Wavy Gravy at the Texas Pop Festival in 1969, with a little help from B.B. King.
Wavy was a part of the Beat movement in the late 1950s, hanging out in Greenwich Village with hipsters and folk singers like Paul Krassner, Lenny Bruce, and Bob Dylan. He was a comedian and a comic actor, working for a time at the Committee (San Francisco's equivalent to Chicago's famed Second City troupe). By 1966, he was one of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and living on a mountain top commune near L.A. called the Hog Farm. After a time, the Hog Farm took to the road with its members living in a fleet of converted school buses and traveling the country protesting the Vietnam War. Wavy Gravy achieved his first 15 minutes of fame when he declared from the stage at Woodstock, "What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000."
After Woodstock, the Hog Farm collective journeyed to Europe and eventually ended up in Nepal, distributing medical supplies to Pakistani flood victims. Disturbed by the countless numbers of people suffering from unnecessary blindness (due to easily operable cataracts or severe vitamin deficiencies), Gravy and his fellow Farmers joined forces with the World Health Organization to form Seva, an international medical aid organization.
Seva (named after a Sanskrit word meaning "service") has since expanded its base of services to include many projects where compassionate action can make a difference, including supporting refugees of violence in Guatemala, Native Americans caught in an ongoing health crises, and America's homeless population.
Another more recent Wavy Gravy project is Camp Winnarainbow, a performing arts summer camp located near Laytonville, California. Run by Wavy and his wife, Jahanara, Camp Winnarainbow teaches performance and circus skills to kids of all ages and from all economic backgrounds in an easygoing, everyone-has-a- talent atmosphere.
In addition to his Hog Farm undertakings, Wavy has filled his days with an endless list of benefits and worthy causes. There was Home Aid (for the homeless), Cowboys for Indians (for Native Americans), Blues Against Blindness (for SEVA), countless hours spent in children's hospital wards, and much, much more. He's addicted to helping people, and his enthusiasm is contagious.
In 1995, Wavy Gravy's comedy album Old Feathers -- New Bird (Relix Records) was named Best Comedy Album of the Year by the National Association of Independent Record Distributors.
Master of Ceremonies at both Woodstocks (1969 & 1994), author of Something Good for a Change, mastermind of the campaign of Nobody for President ("Who's going to lower your taxes? Nobody!"), and inspiration for the delicious Ben & Jerry ice cream flavor that bears his name, Wavy Gravy keeps the Sixties alive with his comedy, his wisdom, and his deep love of the earth and its inhabitants.
more here http://www.cleartest.com/testinfo/gravy.htm
Why does that let u down? I think it's more of a nice thing to use someone's name for a track. Most track titles steal something anyway, we just don't know all of them.
Very detailed info but i think most TAs, including me, already knew that. Thanks for letting us know the backgrounds anyway. 
I can't imagine that Sasha would think to intentionally take someone's name for a title of a track. More then likely it just a coincidence. Wavy Gravy is such a flowing set of words, there's a name for words that rhyme like that.
Kinda like Rolly Polly, Humpty Dumpty.
Even if he did decide to use the name, I doubt it was to take the credit of a person who changed his name to it.
Oh well, more drama for no reason. Another day in TA. I do appreciate the article, just wish it had something to do with Sasha.
A coincidence? Are you guys kidding?
I thought Wavy Gravy was common household knowledge, at least in the States...
To me the name referred to the mellow, flowing aspect of the track, and it fits well enough.
interesting info, but who gives a fuck?
i don't know what could be wrong with him picking the name of that dude for the tune, really. and if there's anything wrong, that wouldn't change the fact that the way the track sounds is beautiful.
exactly its not like his name is copyrighted.
If he used his name, isn't it a tribute?
I knew who wavy gravy was when I first heard the track, and it didn't let ME down at all!!!
Who cares man? Who is to stay he stole anything? I wonder how many track titles are something similar to "I love you"...
I heard the new Tiesto single is called DJ Tiesto - TrAnCe CoNtRoL.
I thought that the term "wavy gravy" was taken from shakespeare... as was the title "air drawn dagger"
--> homefry
Hm...I know they named the Ben & Jerry's ice cream "wavy gravey" after him. I thought most Americans would know of him anyway, he was a big part of the whole 60s/woodstock era.
well...it was totally meant to be a joke. i saw wavy gravy the clown on tv today, and thought i might find out some info. im glad you guys are this serious all the time.
well from what i read in the article the song complements and compliments mr. wavy gravy well.
Not stealing
I dont think the name is patented? I can only say he used the name, and not stole the name. and anyway using some people's name as an inspiration for a song title would not bother me at all.
Yes who give a fuck write an essay about something else.
Are you sure its not named after the Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor...it is mighty smooth and yummy...just like the song
tired of it
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| Originally posted by HomeFry I thought that the term "wavy gravy" was taken from shakespeare... as was the title "air drawn dagger" --> homefry |
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| Originally posted by Highmay the term "air drawn daggar" was taken from a shakespearian play... |
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| Originally posted by victor yeah thats what he just said... |
I might just have to copyright my name soon then 
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