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Posted by jan k. lorenzen on Tue Dec 29 16:19:55 2015, in response to RIP Lemmy (was: Motorhead thread), posted by Olog-hai on Mon Dec 28 20:13:42 2015. Here's my Lemmy story:When Motorhead played NYC the first time at Irving Plaza summer of 81. I took the G from Clinton Washington up to the L to Manhattan and got off at Union Sq. As I was walking towards Irving Place I see Lemmy and Phil coming up out of the IRT stairs, Lemmy has his bass. Oh cool they took the subway. I get to Irving Plaza, and there's a small group out front. There's a yellow Checker cab with the door open and the cabbie is yelling at the guy who's trying to get out. "PAY YER FARE!!" yells the cabby. "But But I don't have any Yank dollars" sez the long haired skinny guy in the back. Lemmy and Phil arrive out front and start laughing. The guy in the back of the cab is Fast Eddie, their guitar player. "YOUSE AINT LEAVIN' UNTIL YOU OR ONE O YER FREAK FRIENDS PAYS THREE DOLLARS!!!" Eddie begs Lemmy, anybody anybody, to pay the fare for him. He looks worried and very embarrassed. Lemmy and some of the crew are still pointing and laughing at him. We laugh too, but a little uncomfortably because the cabby is really getting irate and we saw Taxi Driver which was filmed literally a few blocks away. Who knows this cabby could be packing iron and lose his shit over three dollars. This goes on for another ten minutes or so until the manager comes out and pays the cabby three dollars. Got to hang with Lemmy at the back bar after the show (Phil collapsed and went to hospital), I got him to autograph a movie section page from the Daily News, Lemmy picked out the Escape From New York ad, "Oi, that'sf wot were doin' next, yeah?" |
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