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I cannot deny that I had low expectations as I began reading the autobiography of this singer who I always adored as a teen and held on to over the decades as a guilty pop pleasure. The glamour, the celebrity friends, parties, etc., ho-hum, we've certainly heard it all before.
But trust me, you haven't heard this story.
If like me, you are old enough to remember The Captain and Tennille as a top-of-the-charts recording and touring sensation, you'll remember Toni Tennile's soaring vocals, her Southern charm, and her big “all-outdoors smile.”
As for The Captain, Daryl Dragon, the former keyboardist for The Beach Boys, what you'll recall of him was that he rarely spoke while glowering at his wife and everyone else most of the rest of the time. He always wore a hat, eventually hiding behind sunglasses, too.
I spent a lifetime thinking it was an act.
Toni Tennille spent a lifetime wishing it was an act.
Turns out, The Captain was a miserable wretch of a human being and spent decades treating his wife like crap.
But as anyone who has ever suffered emotional abuse at the hands of a spouse knows, it's not always easy to make a clean break.
But trust me, you haven't heard this story.
If like me, you are old enough to remember The Captain and Tennille as a top-of-the-charts recording and touring sensation, you'll remember Toni Tennile's soaring vocals, her Southern charm, and her big “all-outdoors smile.”
As for The Captain, Daryl Dragon, the former keyboardist for The Beach Boys, what you'll recall of him was that he rarely spoke while glowering at his wife and everyone else most of the rest of the time. He always wore a hat, eventually hiding behind sunglasses, too.
I spent a lifetime thinking it was an act.
Toni Tennille spent a lifetime wishing it was an act.
Turns out, The Captain was a miserable wretch of a human being and spent decades treating his wife like crap.
But as anyone who has ever suffered emotional abuse at the hands of a spouse knows, it's not always easy to make a clean break.