The Village Voice Is Shutting Down

[BamaRefugee]

9. I owe a lifetime debt to the Village Voice

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I was a youngster in Manhattan, 1972 or so, had moved there from Atlanta with $400 in my pocket. You could actually do that in those days!
I was going to Strasberg for acting school, driving a cab, being a waiter, the NYC Dream
One day, I saw an classified ad in the back of the Village Voice (which I totally loved and read religiously) for a singer/guitar player for a band. I really don't play guitar that great, but after 2 of my acting buddies who COULD play got turned down for their auditions, they urged me to try, because they were convinced the band really just wanted a lead singer.

So I went, got the job, and began touring around the world with a band that had a Number 1 hit that you probably hear somewhere almost every day still


Great great times, money was unbelievable, and SO MUCH MORE fun to live in Mahnattan and not be starving all the time