Mallard No. 22 wrote:Until the murders it could be said that Manson was on the fringes of the 'scene' in LA. Albeit more by his definition.
Exactly... in fact...one day Dennis was driving along in LA and noticed two female hitch-hikers who picked-up....Later, he had them stay w/him in his home... He came home from a session to a large group that assembled at his home and one was this rather awkward smallish fellow with a high pitched voice who stood up excited to meet him and everyone seemed to worship, which was Charles Manson himself....Him and his family stayed there for awhile, even forcing Dennis out....
Manson recorded several songs and wanted so bad to be accepted... One song was "Cease to Exist" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnfoZ8gnIhk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Dennis ended-up reworking some of the cruder lyrics and changed the title to "Never Learn Not To Love" and here's Dennis on lead performing it with the "boys" on the Mike Douglas show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0v2bVX8j4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Manson was resentful because of the lyrics changed because the Beach Boys promised they wouldn't doctor it whatsoever.... Manson threatened Dennis several times and in fact when Manson and the "family" married Sharon Tate, they were after record producer and musician, Terry Mulcher, who Tate was renting the house from....Manson believed Mulcher and the rest firmly rejected him....the other murders are connected to others who Manson also believed ruined his musical aspirations... That's a brief summary though......
