This footage accompanies an interview published on my blog between Alan Fields and Jim Goodkind. You can find it here:

We mentioned in the article that Paroo Streich also interviewed Jim Goodkind. That was back in 2020, and that conversation prompted Jim to look around for some footage he knew he had of those Milkwood days. He generously shared this clip from his personal archives with Paroo and the Milkwood Appreciation Society group on Facebook, and he has given permission for me to share it with this article via YouTube. 

To set the stage, so to speak, here's what the video depicts: Jim, Ric, and Ben are playing music for their family and friends at Ric's apartment in Somerville in late 1972. You'll see Ric's wife, Suzanne, Ben's wife, Kris, and Jim's first wife. Jim's brother, Tom, is also there, along with other friends and Ben's white dog, Shauna. The audio you hear is not Milkwood, it is just music overlaid on the silent video.

As Paroo said on her Facebook post, "As far as anyone is aware, this is the only footage that exists of Ric, Ben and Jim performing together, and the earliest footage that exists anywhere of Ric and Ben performing together." I'm so grateful to Paroo and Jim for bringing this historical tidbit into the light!

This video is being uploaded as a supplement for an article I wrote about The Cars. Because the purpose is to non-commercially educate and offer a critical assessment, it is being uploaded under the terms of Fair Use. No copyright infringement intended.

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