Post #306765 by Asha'man on Wed, May 16, 2007 1:10 PM

I just Googled my dad's name (Arden Clar) and found your posts about Similau. I am another one of the sibs (one of the sons). Sounds like you have been in contact with my older sisters.

Dad did say that Similau was about the Voodoo god of fertility. We had a discussion once on how in his day you had to disguise the meaning of lyrics that referred to sex or love making and that today (early 70's) you could come right out and say it. We were discussing Simon and Garfunkel's "Cecilia" and the lyric "making love in the afternoon, with Cecilia, up in my bedroom".

Regarding the Voodoo Album, of which I have a copy, I recall him joking in a taped interview that he and Richard Hayman had an agreement, dad would give him half of his music if Richard would give dad half the album. By the way, one of the songs on the Voodoo album was named after my oldest sister. It is called "The Spell of Deatra".

Dad also has a film credit as an actor. He appears briefly in a very bad crime drama called Okefenokee. He is the piano player in the bar about halfway through the film. I think he is there for all of 20 seconds and you never get a good look at his face. He is also credited with writing music for the movie.

I hope this will add to your enjoyment of my father's music.