Seeking a jpeg of Kurt's 80's era Hearse w Dancin' Skeleton Pinstripes
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Back in the Mid-80's - Kurt was a Tour-head legend.
He was blond, had a few missing teeth, a giant sized smile and always wore an enormous oversized floppy top hat.
We referred to him as "the human hit."
I am pretty sure he is no longer with us.
32 years ago I traveled from Boston to the Greek Theater shows.
Upon landing in Berkeley I was introduced by a connected pal to Kurt whom I'd met on tour in the East Coast.
We spent a pleasant pre-show afternoon toodlin' around Berkeley in his custom painted Cadillac hearse with the dancing skeleton pinstripes.
During our drive I offered him up a number of engravings of deceased - leading figures in our nation's history in exchange for certain salable substances that enabled me to afford a cross country, multi-show return to the Eastern Seaboard!
A memorable experience to be sure....
My interest here is only in sharing an image of his incredibly cool Cadillac Hearse with a friend.
Can somebody throw me a frikkin' bone?
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I don't have a picture of it,
I don't have a picture of it, and you're right, he died many years ago. I think GD were still playing at the Kaiser when he died, might have been Greek. He had a sister on the scene and it was she who told me he died.
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RRG said Kurt died at the
RRG said Kurt died at the camp ground at Red Rocks in the mid 80's. She knew & him may have it.
We rolled with Kurt and on the east coast spring '82. Ended up partying with him in our hotel rooms until the next day a few times. He had no Hearse then. We drove him around
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If it's the same Kurt (and I
If it's the same Kurt (and I'm not sure how it couldn't be), he lasted well into the '90's- he used to visit us at Psychedelic Solution from time to time. Showgoer might know when he passed.
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in here -- about 1 and 4 min
probably in here -- about 1 and 4 min mark?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pF2m-QPcE0
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Indeed the very one!
Indeed the very one!
That is for sure him at 4:17 in the video.
Many thanks all - if anyone has an image of that Hearse - please post it!
Incidentally, if any of you have a collection of Dupree's Diamond News - there is a single cel cartoon image I've been hunting for decades...
It depicts a large, stern-faced African American Security Guard (who sorta resembles Clarence Clemons wearing Terminator Shades) next to a tie dyed hippy who is looking at him.
The captions reads: "I caught you smiling during Birdsong."
Love to see that one...
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Might find that cartoon here
Might find that cartoon here
https://www.gdao.org/items/show/825804
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Well not at that link
Well not at that link apparently, but possibly in that collection