Bill Hicks story

[johnnie]

Run time: 02:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaUvt81gH9c   Posted on YouTube: March 11, 2010 By YouTube Member: AmericanBillHicks Views on YouTube: 10438   Posted on DU: March 15, 2010 By DU Member: johnnie Views on DU: 462

 

[abq e streeter]

1. Thanks for posting; I had no idea this movie had been made

I hope they did a good job of it; Hicks deserves nothing less.

[abq e streeter]

2. BTW, sent the youtube to a friend who knew Hicks , but had apparently forgot he'd told me that.

This is an email I just received from him.............


Cool...Did you know that Hicks was a friend of The Planets, during their last few years?
He was based out of Texas at the time and was still doing small clubs.
I recall him at a Planets gig in Lubbock....he got onstage and did his Mick Jagger imitation, while the band gimped their way through 'Satisfaction'. After the gig, Danny, Joe Don, Hicks and I went look for a party. He was a HARDCORE party favor guy. I tried my hardest to make Hicks laugh, but I just couldn't do it. He said he hated the fact that some people try to make comedians laugh.

A few months later, he put us all on a guest list to see him at a club in Austin.
He was very funny, but I just considered him a local yokel till I saw him on Letterman.

Here's an HBO gig of his:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1604695578417499645#