OT: I did not know Basil flowers

[mrbigstuff]

I didn't know him, either.

Wasn't he in Hendrix' band?

[rz]

mrbigstuff wrote:
I didn't know him, either.

Wasn't he in Hendrix' band?

No, he owns a hotel in Torquay...

[digby]

No, no, that was Basil Flowlty. He was an innkeeper that ended up, through a hilarious set of circumstances, sitting in with Hendrix's band... with a moose head stuck on his head, which is why there are no photos of this lineup of the band.

Rumor has it that a young Buddy Miles happened to have car trouble and had to stay at this very inn. He took one look at the moose-adorned drummer trying to see the cymbals, grabbed the drumsticks and reportedly snarled "Back off, Bullwinkle. I'll show ya how it's done." After a spirited jam incorporating "Manic Depression" and "Wipe Out", Jimi asked Buddy to join the band.

Fun Fact: The last Hendrix saw of Basil Flowlty, a waiter from Barcelona was trying to pull off the moosehead, and Buddy Miles, mistaking the waiter's accent ("Meestah Flowlty, Meestah Flowlty!" ), voted for calling the newly-formed band "Bad Gypsies". One typo on a gig poster later, Band of Gypsies was born.

[lazydays]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about or how we got there from a basil plant. :dunno:

[mrbigstuff]

digby wrote:
No, no, that was Basil Flowlty. He was an innkeeper that ended up, through a hilarious set of circumstances, sitting in with Hendrix's band... with a moose head stuck on his head, which is why there are no photos of this lineup of the band.

Rumor has it that a young Buddy Miles happened to have car trouble and had to stay at this very inn. He took one look at the moose-adorned drummer trying to see the cymbals, grabbed the drumsticks and reportedly snarled "Back off, Bullwinkle. I'll show ya how it's done." After a spirited jam incorporating "Manic Depression" and "Wipe Out", Jimi asked Buddy to join the band.

Fun Fact: The last Hendrix saw of Basil Flowlty, a waiter from Barcelona was trying to pull off the moosehead, and Buddy Miles, mistaking the waiter's accent ("Meestah Flowlty, Meestah Flowlty!" ), voted for calling the newly-formed band "Bad Gypsies". One typo on a gig poster later, Band of Gypsies was born.

I enjoyed that, and got it, too.