Message from discussion Tupper Saussy: Musician (Neon Philharmonic) and...OUTLAW?!!

From: Daryl Nagamine <nagam...@cyberg8t.com>
Subject: Re: Tupper Saussy: Musician (Neon Philharmonic) and...OUTLAW?!!
Date: 1998/05/03
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David A. Pearlman wrote:

> So the other day I was searching the Net, trying to find a
> discography on Tupper Saussy, writer arranger behind on of the
> best '60's pop acts, The Neon Philharmonic. He seemed to disappear
> shortly after the Neon Philharmonic died in the late '60's.
>
> Well, it appears that he simply disappeared from pop music. It turns
> out that he later became a "revolutionary"/advocate of abolishing
> the tax system/etc. And he wrote a book, "Miracle on Main Street",
> which is considered close to the Bible in certain circles. He has
> also been credited with the "Public Office Money Certificates"
> that organizations such as the Freemen have passed as bank drafts...
>
> Very unusual...
>
> Apparently, Sussy went underground after being sentenced to prison
> for failure to pay taxes. He was caught late last year...
>
> A few questions:
>
> 1) Does anyone have a discography for Saussy? I believe he has
> one or more albums under  his name preceeding the Neon Philharmonic.
>
> 2) Can anyone provide a detailed story of what happened to Saussy.
> This sounds like one INTERESTING story... Does he even care about
> music any more?
>
> 3) Since he is now in jail, perhaps someone has an address where he
> can be contacted?

Wow, this is weird.  Just last week, I was making a tape of some early
Rachel Sweet singles that I own and one of the tracks "Paper Airplane"
was written by Saussy.  The early Sweet singles were two-and-a-half
minute mid-70's country-pop numbers and I assumed that most were either
country standards or the work of the current songwriters of the day
(J.D. Loudermilk was the only recognizable name to me).  It's a rather
corny song which I didn't like when I first got it, but while listening
to the tape in my car, I got hooked on the song.  Now, I consider it
something of a guilty pleasure.

I didn't realize this Tupper Saussy had such an interesting background.

Daryl