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GL Dryfoos's avatar

Holy moly! This guy is good! Has he written anything else?

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Peter Richmond's avatar

Then he hung all the servant women who'd slept with the suitors. Geez.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

But, as Woody Allen said in another context, you say that like it's a bad thing.

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Jack Mahoney's avatar

As a writer, when I read something like this, I know I can quit trying. Has the despair of loss ever been described better?

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Peter Richmond's avatar

But then, you say "Woody Allen" as if it's not a bad thing.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

Probably best just not to quote him at all; still, there are those moments.

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June Butler's avatar

Lovely, lofty words, indeed, by Odysseus, but, alas, he was not so faithful as his dear wife.

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Peter Richmond's avatar

I was at the Jack Johnson fight where he beat Bob Fitzsimmons in 1907. In theory, anyway.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

You know, I was there the night Lincoln got shot. I gotta tell you. The play wasn’t that good.

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Peter Richmond's avatar

I was in the audience at Fillmore East when they recorded the double album

No, I wasn't.

Yes, I was.

No, I wasn't.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

Weren’t you also in Hershey, PA to see Chamberlain score 100?

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Peter Richmond's avatar

Dickey Betts was an insanely talented guitarist. He was also kicked out of the band for holding a loaded .44 magnum to his wife's head. And punching her when she was driving. Still, there are those moments.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

Been reading homages to Betts all day on Facebook. You won't be surprised to know that none of them referred to anything other than his guitar playing and where the person was when he or she first (or last) heard Betts play.

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