Daryl Dragon of The Captain and Tennille dead at 76

[TexasBushwhacker]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Daryl Dragon, the “Captain” of “The Captain and Tennille,” has died.

Dragon died early Wednesday at a hospice in Prescott, Arizona. Spokesman Harlan Boll said he was 76 and died of renal failure. His former wife and musical partner, Toni Tennille, was by his side.



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I know he'd been ill for some time.

Another article here.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daryl-dragon-dead-captain-captain-tennille-was-76-1172534

[elleng]

1. We remember.

[Aristus]

4. That song always takes me back to my idyllic childhood years in the 1970's.

In 1977 and 1978, life seemed like one long breezy summer day, and their music was a part of that.

[flibbitygiblets]

12. That was the first record I ever bought. $1 for the '45 at Tower Records in Sacramento

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I think I was 10 years old. I drove everyone crazy playing it all the time, then finally I left it in the rear window of our '64 Impala and it melted, to everyone's delight.

[tonedevil]

19. Which Tower?

I lived, still live, close to the OG on Broadway. The one on Watt had more inventory so it started to get more of my attention when I got a car. I understand the movie Empire Records is based on the Watt store.

[flibbitygiblets]

35. That one was from the Broadway store, back before I could drive myself to Watt Ave location

Cause, as you mentioned, that's where kids with cars went. (Remember the "adults only" room in the back, behind the black curtain? LOL)

Didn't know that about Empire Records, now I will put it on my watch list!

[LuckyLib]

24. Tower Books and Records -- gold mines! They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[FailureToCommunicate]

29. Great memory. As a record importer at Rounder, back when vinyl was king, we all

knew John Harford's warning to be too true:

[flibbitygiblets]

36. "They get all wavy and they just won't run". If only I'd have heard this earlier!

That was great!

[jpak]

2. Wasn't "The Captain" abusive to Toni Tennille?

If so, she is a Saint.

[OnlinePoker]

5. No, he wasn't abusive and they remained friends after the divorce.

From this article, she said the reason for the divorce was "He just couldn't be affectionate, he couldn't just give me a hug. ... And I don't blame him because he came from a very, very difficult family and he had a famous but overbearing father."

https://www.today.com/popculture/toni-tennille-reveals-personal-reason-why-she-divorced-daryl-dragon-t85916

[KCDebbie]

9. The Captain's father was famous?

Who was he?

[leftieNanner]

10. Carmen Dragon

Conductor, composer, arranger.

[KCDebbie]

13. Thx for that info!

[Gregory Peccary]

14. He must have been so proud

of "Muskrat Love"

[leftieNanner]

16. Yeah...

no.

[pamela]

18. Hahaha

That was funny. (Although, to be honest, I loved that song back then.)

[dentair152]

22. Yes...but,

While not a great song their's was actually a cover of America's 1973 minor hit. Imagine that, there was two hit versions of this song!

[spike jones]

26. They took some static for singing it at a white house party.

[TomSlick]

25. I was a high school band geek when The Captain and Tinnille were hot.

I was amazed to learn that Captain Keyboard was the son of Carmen Dragon.

[LeftInTX]

30. WTH??

It was 1974....Were they auditioning to be the next Donny and Marie Osmond???

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. I never heard he was abusive, but she said they weren't a good match emotionally

She wanted someone more openly affectionate and traditionally romantic, which was something he seemed incapable of. If he's as emotionally distant as she described, I wonder if he has Asperger's. But she came from a home with an alcoholic father and like lots of children of alcoholics, she spent decades trying to "fix" her broken relationship. They were basically forced to get married by their record label, but she's an adult. She certainly had money and could have left her rotten marriage at any time. She wrote a very self serving memoir a few years ago.

[Freddie]

23. I read her book too

He definitely had issues. Expected the world to revolve around him. I’m surprised she hung in as long as she did. Good that they stayed friends.
His dad was Carmen Dragon, composer, arranger and director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

[OnlinePoker]

3. The Captain and Super Dave Osborne on the same day

I hope to hell 2019 isn't as depressing as 2016 for celebrity deaths.

[Bengus81]

7. And..."Mean Gene" from WWE

[MontanaMama]

15. And Ray Sawyer

Lead singer from Dr. Hook.

[rpannier]

27. The Captain, Super Dave, Mean Gene and Ray Sawyer?! Damn. Sucks

Must be great to be on the other side right now.
That's a lot of entertainment joining them

[MontanaMama]

31. Right?

I loved Dr. Hook. Played “Years From Now” as the recessional at my wedding. My parents thought I was batshit. Makes me smile to this day.

[flibbitygiblets]

37. Great choice! Your parents were def wrong, glad you stood your ground on that one.

[Honeycombe8]

6. I hope it was painless. How sad. nt

[area51]

8. RIP

[underpants]

17. With B. B. King. He was keyboardist with The Beach Boys '67-72

[Raine]

20. more sad news

R-I-P Captain

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Oh wow.

What a loss! What a great duo they were. I remember they had a show too that I used to watch -

R.I.P. and condolences to the family and Toni.

[Dave Starsky]

33. I watched that, too.

I thought Toni Tennille was hella sexy, for some reason.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. There was always something about her that exuded being "for real"

and easy going. Never pretentious or phony.

[Dave Starsky]

38. She's a polite, sunny southern girl from Alabama.

I knew some guys in L.A. who worked with her in the studio. They said she was really nice to everyone.

[Aristus]

40. She and my mother attended dance class together when they were kids in Montgomery.

Her name was Toni Tennell back then.

[MuseRider]

28. For years and years I played

an arrangement of America The Beautiful in summer band, arrangement by Carmen Dragon. I did not know for a long time that he was related to Daryl. Other than that I only knew the Captain and Tennille by the 2 top 40 songs they had. Too bad. Renal failure is not without a lot of discomfort.

[UniqueUserName]

32. RIP Captain /nt