Captain & Tennille divorcing. Custody of the muskrat is up for grabs. Cross-posted to LBN.

[Miles Archer]

Captain & Tennille Divorcing
Love WON'T Keep Us Together
42 minutes ago BY TMZ STAFF

http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/22/captain-and-tennille-divorce/



Say it ain't so ... there's no Muskrat Love left for Captain & Tennille ... they're getting divorced ... and the Captain tells TMZ he didn't see it coming.

Toni (Tennille) filed legal docs in Arizona. They've been married for 39 years.

If you don't know ... you should. They had a string of hits in the 70s, including "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Muskrat Love" and "Do that to Me One More Time."

Daryl Dragon (The Captain) is 71. Yeah, it's Dragon.

Daryl tells TMZ ... "I don't know why she filed. I gotta figure it out for myself first." He also said they're still living together in the same house.

[warrprayer]

1. OMG

Noooooo!!!!!

[pipi_k]

2. Whaddaya mean...

"The muskrat"?

I thought there were two of them...

Muskrat Susie and Muskrat Sam!

Did the muskrats break up too?

[Miles Archer]

3. Easy, easy...they're both fine

[pipi_k]

17. Phew!

I'm glad to hear that!



There's almost nothing sadder than seeing broken hearted muskrats crying in their beer...

[Yavin4]

12. The fact that Muskrat Love was a hit song just goes to show...

people did a lot of drugs in the 70s. A lot of drugs.

[panader0]

15. I don't think the druggies were into The C and T

Many, many years ago, I was in the Spirit Room in Jerome, Az, high on acid.
Muskrat Love came on the jukebox. The chirping almost made me insane. I had to go outside.

[Art_from_Ark]

18. They sang that song for Queen Elizabeth II

at a White House dinner back in 1976. The news stories at the time reported that the queen was not amused

[orleans]

20. lol. people *did* do a lot of drugs in the 70s

and those that did couldn't stand that stupid song!

(people who just drank a lot seemed to like it though)

[AngryOldDem]

24. Didn't someone in America write that song?

Not that America's version is any better.

Stupid, annoying song.

[Miles Archer]

33. America recorded it but didn't write it

Willis Alan Ramsey at Threadgill's in Austin, TX (2008). Photo by Ron Baker.

"Muskrat Love" is a pop song by written by Willis Alan Ramsey depicting a romantic liaison between two anthropomorphic muskrats named Susie and Sam. The song was first recorded by Ramsey himself on his sole album release Willis Alan Ramsey (1972) on which the song was entitled "Muskrat Candlelight" referencing the song's opening lyric. A 1973 cover version by America - re-entitled "Muskrat Love" for the lyrics which close the song's chorus - was a minor hit: a 1976 remake by Captain & Tennille afforded the song its highest profile peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrat_Love

[orleans]

35. no. the guy wasn't in america

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrat_Candlelight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Alan_Ramsey

[Burma Jones]

32. Toni Tennille did appear on Pink Floyd's "The Wall"

Maybe this is all a flashback.......

[surrealAmerican]

4. What can I say? ...

... apparently, love could only keep them together for a limited time, at least it was a pretty long time at that.

[trof]

5. Another icon destroyed.

Dern.

[Ptah]

6. For Henry Kissinger:

[In_The_Wind]

7. I guess "Do that to Me One More Time" is out of the question.

I always thought that was an odd breakup request.

[orleans]

21. omg! LOL!!! n/t

[joeybee12]

8. Quick! Someone find Carol Burnett and Tm Conway's take-off

of this!

[Aristus]

9. Sorry to hear that. I thought they were pretty solid.

Their music exemplifies for me the breezy sun-drenched pop of the 70's.

Toni Tenille attended dance class with my mother in Montgomery, Alabama when they were both kids.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. Too bad. My mother divorced my dad after 35 years

My dad was totally blindsided by it. But she had put up with his alcoholism and bipolar disorder enough. She told him she would leave if he quit taking his meds and kept drinking. Guess what? He didn't take his meds and he kept on drinking, yet he was shocked when she had the papers served. The Captain may not have seen it coming, but maybe he should have.

[Yavin4]

11. Well, I guess love didn't keep them together n/t

[rurallib]

13. file this in the "They are still alive?" drawer

in the "who cares" file.

[orleans]

22. lol n/t

[kwassa]

14. What makes the muskrat guard his musk?

Courage.

[tavernier]

16. She sang the muskrat song to the Queen

years ago and almost caused an international incident!!!

[GReedDiamond]

19. The REAL QUESTION is...

...who owns the PUBLISHING?!

[AngryOldDem]

23. Her solo career took off.

If I have to guess, that's the reason. And I have seen her in concert by herself, and she is amazing.

Wish them both the best.

Jesus. Daryl Dragon 71 years old.

[Sancho]

25. Oh no! That was our song!

"Love will keep us together"!!

[Smarmie Doofus]

26. I knew it would never last. n/t

[mockmonkey]

27. When asked to comment, Toni Tennille stated....

"Ya wanna take a bath?"

[CBGLuthier]

29. Nice One!

Always loved that little "cameo."

[LynneSin]

28. I use to watch their Variety show back in the 70s because I had a crush on the Captain

I guess now's the time for me to make my play for him

[Tom Ripley]

30. Does he get to keep the hat?

[Tom Ripley]

31. I liked his brother's band MUCH more...

[KamaAina]

34. I guess she never learned how to train her Dragon