Rolling Stone: P.F. Sloan, the songwriting great behind classic singles like Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" and Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man," passed away Monday night after a short bout with pancreatic cancer, the musician's representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. Sloan, who was born Philip Schlein, was 70.
Hat tip to Deb.
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I've posted this before, but my mother-in-law is convinced that EVE OF DESTRUCTION was instrumental in changing American attitudes toward the Vietnam War and she always admired Sloan for that.
"Eve of Destruction" seems once again relevant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo
The Association had a fun song, in tribute to Sloan -- song called, in fact, "P.F. Sloan."
I like Jimmy Webb's version of that song. Great stuff.
He also wrote "Secret Agent Man" which seems to come from a whole other planet than "Eve of Destruction".
Bummer. I loved both of those songs. "Eve of Destruction" seems as relevant today as it did 50 years ago.
RIP
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