his name was terry melcher. one of l.a.'s top music producers.ing of 1969, melcher agreed to come to spahn ranch to hear manson saying. >> charlie almost expected somebody to pull out a contrast dependency here, sign here. you now have a contract with columbia records. >> but there was to be no contract. because later, terry melcher, politely but firmly rejected charlie manson. >> charlie was really crushed. >> he would not be a rock'n'roll star. he would not be rich and famous. he was a failure. which to manson meant, said his parole officer roger smith -- >> charlie was in serious danger of losing the family. he did something that politicians are masterful at. and that is, he creates this horrible thing out there. that there is going to be a race war. >>. . it was a time of racial strife in america. especially in early. and mentioned blended that information somehow with the book of revelation. to proffer site armageddon and a world ending race war. he called it "helter skelter", after one of the songs on the the beatles map "white" album. his