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LIFE: Rock Stars and Their Parents

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29 January 2011, 2:36am

Pretty funny pictures of famous people with their parents, from back in the 70's LIFE magazine. There are some good Jackson 5 shots, as well as David Crosby and Ritchie Havens.

During the shoot with Eric Clapton and his grandmother:

"They had a parrot in a cage," Olson recalls. "Eric's grandmother left the room, and the parrot talked — it said, 'F—- you!' I couldn't believe it.... So Mrs. Clapp came back and I said, 'The parrot talks. What does he say?' And she said, 'He says "Gobble gobble." I said, 'What?' So Eric came and we're talking and I asked, 'Hey, what’s that parrot say?' and he looked at me like I was crazy. He said, 'The parrot says "F—- you." Apparently Mrs. Clapp's pet had learned the new trick from Clapton's rock & roll friends: "There was a group then called Delaney & Bonnie," says Olson, "and Eric said they stayed here for a couple of weeks and taught him how to say it."