As his lounge lizard alter ego Buster Poindexter.
And with the New York Dolls, from their brilliant 2006 reunion album, exhorting all of us to "Dance Like a Monkey."
Now that he's gone, the world is without question a significantly duller place.
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It's been a horrible time in the last 10 days or so for musical talent passing away: Jerry Butler, Gwen McCrae, Roberta Flack, Robert John, Joey Molland of Badfinger and David Johansen. Death, take a holiday - please.
BTW, and I couldn't find a good clip of him in it, but David Jo's funniest performance is in the amazing Richard Dreyfuss movie LET IT RIDE. Which if you haven't seen it, is an absolute comic masterpiece. A sort of updated racetrack farce a la Damon Runyon, and utterly hilarious. My favorite dialogue: Dreyfuss to rich socialite babe Michelle Phillips: "May I buy you a drink?" Her reply: "I don't see why not...I'm on the pill."
Why didn’t I meet more women like Michelle Phillips when I was single?
By the way Steve: I believe we saw The NY Dolls open for Mott The Hopple at Radio City Hall. They surprised me by being good. I had gone to the show ready to dislike them.
Same story as The MC5. The right band at the wrong time.
Captain Al
Capt. Al -- I saw the Dolls a lotta times at a lot of places, including Kennys, Guildersleevers, and their home turf the Mercer Arts Center. My first column for Stereo Review was about them -- I hadn't read it for ages, but it holds up and I'm gonna post it tomorrow.
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