Re: Memories of Elliott Smith
> Anecdpte time: One of my big regrets was not actually saying hello to
> Elliott Smith. I passed him on the stairs at ULU a few years back I
> suppose it was now. He was coming down as as I was going up.. A slight
> man, looking like aan American Badly drawn Boy.. To this day, I wanted to
> shake his hand and say 'thanks'.. but the moment passed oh too quickly.
> He played to a rapt audience.. acoustic on a stool.. Between everty song
> enthusaistic applause followed by reverential silence.
> I saw hi twice more.. At teh RFH at one of the Meltdowns I think it was..
> and then a memorable helter skelter drive down to Brighton in the Autumn
> of 2000 (agian, I think) where I ahve the poster ripped from the wall of
> the place carefully preserved. I maty stick it in my hall, like an art
> gallery as it is.. a fitting tribute? well, my tribute anyway.
> Ruffian
> PS, 'Junk Bond Trader'= sublime..
Ruffian, wow, you're a fortunate one, I never had the pleasure of seeing him live....
I was very surprised when I'd heard he'd committed suicide. (this was after Figure 8 came out, I think. Yes, that would be a very appropriate tribute. Poor soul. I never knew much about his life, only that his music was/is brilliant. "Junk Bond Trader" YES, I concur, sublime. I just wonder what made him veer off into that direction. He will be very missed, by you and I anyway.