04/28/03: The Cult-like Mindset

[Griff]

Originally posted by sycamore
... When you're sad, you listen to Billie.)

I caught an interview with Oscar Peterson, man Billie was a sad case. He was descibing this gig they did where Billie brought down the house in the first set and the band was feeling pretty pumped up. Then they tried to start the second set. They repeated the intro five or six times but Billie had gotten a fix between sets and she just stood there. Oscar said he promised his Mom he wouldn't do any drugs, it stood him well even though not using in jazz circles was considered a pretty quaint idea.