Billy Taylor

[Joe Allonby]

Well if I don't do, somebody else will...

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:35 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> In Dr John's autobiography, "Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the
> Night Tripper," he tells how as a child, Dr. John ran errands for
> Fess, including fetching him his herion.  This eventually led the
> curious lad to partake of the stuff, leading to his own nearly
> life-long addiction.  He's been clean for years now (a close friend of
> mine, John Fohl, is a regular in his band), left with his life, career
> (a very hard-working musician), and Hep C.
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Humberto Torofuerte
> <strongbool at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Heh, I know this feeling.  I was introduced to Professor Longhair via
>> one of those Dr. John instructional videos and it turned out to be
>> nowhere near as easy as it sounds.  It probably doesn't help that the
>> night tripper appears to have been sedated for much of these sessions.
>