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As I write this, I am listening to “Sister Ray” by the Velvet Underground.
Thank you, Dave Mackenzie, for first turning me on to this song, back during that magical summer of ours, back in 1984.
[Recent Conversation:]
Friend: I don’t think you can truly understand The Velvet Underground until you’ve lived in New York for at least a year.
Hugh: I’d say the same is true for Charlie Parker.
Funnily enough, I first heard of Charlie Parker, hanging out with Dave in the now-defunct Edinburgh Wine Bar in Hanover Street, back in 1985. While Dave was busy hitting on some girls, I got into a long conversation with this old jazz enthusiast, who enlightened me. I was on a real Coleman Hawkins kick at the time. The rest is history etc.
