From airplane to starship...

[bandwraith at aol.com]

Robin:

"That would be David Crosby---the first version of "Triad" was a
demo with the Byrds that was the tipping for Roger McGuinn, resulting
in that gun-totin' hippie's ejection from the band."


Now I ain't claimin' no priority here, pardna' That 'ol rootin
tootin, rip snortin' gun totin' hippie-boy: David "Yosemite Sam"
Crosby might'n well have penned the jig first,... I jes'
was sayin' that Gracie's version reminded me of Yash, is all.

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

Speakin' o' which:

  "You gonna get your wife-grabbin, piss-yellow, slant-eyed
  ass out here, or am I gonna have to come in there?"
  Inquired an unhappy voice... There a diminutive figure in
  a black hat , shirt and guantlets, Bob Meldrum unmistakenly,
  with a mustache so wide Frank could swear its owner had to
  turn sideways to get through the doorway...p. 290

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


Like Stray sez: "Fine idea while the opium supply lasts, but sooner or
later plain old personal meanness gets in the way. Somebody runs the
well dry, somebody rolls her eyes at the wrong husband—"