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GReedDiamond

(5,372 posts)
67. Back around 1976-77, Wild Man used to sit...
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:01 PM
Oct 1

...on the corner of Santa Monica Blvd and El Centro, in an area of Hollywood CA that tourists avoided.

I worked at an airbrush tee shirt studio on that corner, saw him there all the time.

On occasion, he would blurt out "my name is LAIR-eeee!"

Sometimes me or one of the other airbrush artists would buy Larry a taco or burrito from the Mexican joint across from the airbrush studio.

Apparently in later years his music career was resurrected and he recorded new stuff.

Try this one 303squadron Jul 2024 #1
First band duncang Jul 2024 #2
2nd one is "Dead Skunk" by Loudon Wainwright III red dog 1 Jul 2024 #5
Yep duncang Jul 2024 #7
This: Tikki Jul 2024 #3
Here we go TlalocW Jul 2024 #4
"Isn't it better, didn't you know? Just sitting here by my radio. red dog 1 Jul 2024 #6
Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbors BOSSHOG Jul 2024 #8
WooHoo! First one I've heard...Little Faces quaint Jul 2024 #9
Very Close My Friend BOSSHOG Jul 2024 #10
Thanks! quaint Jul 2024 #11
No. Thank You. BOSSHOG Jul 2024 #12
Mr. Blunt and mr. Frank Figarosmom Jul 2024 #13
"Try, my friend, loving all....The things we used to love. red dog 1 Jul 2024 #14
"She's a devil in disguise -- You can see it in her eyes red dog 1 Aug 2024 #15
Christine's Tune Beausoleil Aug 2024 #17
Ding! red dog 1 Aug 2024 #18
That one I know, and Sneaky Pete on distorted pedal steel. Silent Type Sep 11 #54
That's a Gram Parsons lyric! Beausoleil Aug 2024 #16
You got it - "Blue Eyes" is the song red dog 1 Aug 2024 #19
Big Gram Parsons fan here Beausoleil Oct 1 #64
"Footsteps on the stairway -- Bringing something my way red dog 1 Aug 2024 #20
"Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes red dog 1 Aug 2024 #21
Pretty Ballerina sanjermane Sep 11 #56
You got it! red dog 1 Oct 1 #65
"I've been hungry all day long. . For that girl who's wastin' time. red dog 1 Aug 2024 #22
"I'm so happy - Aha! Happy go lucky me - I just go my way - Living everyday red dog 1 Aug 2024 #23
"The ice caps are melting...The tide is running in. red dog 1 Aug 2024 #24
Tiny Tim? Jrose Aug 2024 #27
Yes! red dog 1 Aug 2024 #28
I remember hearing that song back in late 60s-early 70s... Jrose Aug 2024 #33
Yes, I remember hearing it back then too, after I bought the album. red dog 1 Aug 2024 #38
Alrighty then Dr. Strange Aug 2024 #25
"she put a Doobie Brothers tape on Stardust Mirror Aug 2024 #26
But was this abject misery? No no! JoseBalow Aug 2024 #30
is this something new Stardust Mirror Aug 2024 #31
What is this, a quiz? Don't you worry what it is! JoseBalow Aug 2024 #32
Sunlight on the lino, Woke me with a shake JanMichael Aug 2024 #29
Goodbye Girl by Squeeze ms liberty Sep 11 #51
In the darkness the dragon wakes. sakabatou Aug 2024 #34
If I don't do it you know somebody else will...nt Dulcinea Aug 2024 #35
It's Dr John and the version in my head is from The Last Waltz? ms liberty Sep 11 #52
Close! Dulcinea Sep 12 #60
I knew it was something a night, Lol! ms liberty Sep 12 #61
It was better before, before they voted for what's his name... nt Dulcinea Aug 2024 #36
You got it easy, you don't know when you've got it good...nt Dulcinea Aug 2024 #37
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes? Iris Sep 5 #46
Wouldn't It Be Good Dulcinea Sep 5 #48
"Things ain't what they seem...I'm gonna scream and shout it....This is just a dream. red dog 1 Aug 2024 #39
"Miami Beach! Yeah, yeah! What a beach! Yeah, yeah! red dog 1 Aug 2024 #40
Wild Man Fischer! Dulcinea Oct 1 #63
Ding! red dog 1 Oct 1 #66
Back around 1976-77, Wild Man used to sit... GReedDiamond Oct 1 #67
The Wild Man Fischer Story JoseBalow Oct 1 #68
"You know that you don't like me and I don't like you." jmowreader Aug 2024 #41
Sounds like the exact opposite of John Prine's lyrics in "Day is Done" red dog 1 Sep 2024 #43
Close jmowreader Sep 2024 #44
Perfect for the tRump campaign red dog 1 Sep 2024 #45
Another prop has occupied my time...nt Dulcinea Sep 2024 #42
We got time and it aint no crime Figarosmom Sep 5 #47
Not a lyric VGNonly Sep 11 #49
Was it Lou Rawls? n/t Harker Sep 11 #50
Yes! VGNonly Sep 11 #59
Do, Rey, Me surfered Sep 11 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author Island Blue Sep 11 #55
Okay, here goes LiberalLoner Sep 11 #57
I don't like dancin' with crazy Ted Cartoonist Sep 11 #58
"Baby, baby...I love you so...Give me money...Give me dough red dog 1 Sep 24 #62
I been drinkin' and smokin' cigarettes, I been lookin' for a woman I have not met...nt Dulcinea Oct 5 #69
"Green the sea that unfolds waves...Salty carpets flung on land...Foamy fingers seek out caves... Tikki Oct 6 #70
That rusty nail over our front door is where I hung our tears in the rain...nt Dulcinea Oct 12 #71
"Making my friends out of snow, it's Christmas and I'm all alone, red dog 1 Oct 14 #72
"I was in my apartment all alone when I heard a ring tingling on the telly-phone red dog 1 Oct 19 #73
Tiny Tim Dulcinea Nov 2 #81
Yes red dog 1 Nov 2 #82
Some rock trivia. VGNonly Oct 27 #74
Jim Morrison? red dog 1 Oct 27 #75
Yes! VGNonly Oct 27 #76
"I don't like Mondays..." legallyblondeNYC Oct 27 #77
"I Don't Like Mondays"...Boomtown Rats....(1979) Tikki Oct 27 #79
Yesss! legallyblondeNYC Oct 27 #80
"...One comes over Then they all come over..... Tikki Oct 27 #78
Are You Ready for the Sex Girls Dulcinea Nov 23 #87
Yes..that is it. T Tikki Nov 24 #88
When I take my baby home at night Brother Buzz Nov 2 #83
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The morning after blues from my head down to my shoes...nt Dulcinea Nov 25 #89
Carefree Highway (Gordon Lightfoot) Mad_Dem_X Nov 25 #90
Winner winner turkey dinner! Dulcinea Nov 25 #91
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