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Speaking of music and memory..

A guy named Hilly Kristal ran the famous nightclub CBGB's for something like 30 years. My band was lucky to play there a few times in the '80s.

It was said about Hilly that he remembered every single band that ever played at the club. Years later I ran into him on the street and he immediately recognized me. Not only that, he asked how every member of the band was doing by name. We were never famous or anything, he just had this love of music and musicians and a steel trap mind for these details.



There's a movie titles CBGB about him/the club, played by the late Alan Rickman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scW0Dqims9c

I'm guessing they play a little fast and loose with history, but its a good watch.




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