Hey, Lil’ Billy.
“Don’t call me that.”
How’s things?
“Ah, you know: band ain’t making any money, got a wife and kid already, car’s fucked up.”
Things’ll turn around.
“Yup. Until then, I’m still cute as hell with a great head of hair.”
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You should enjoy those things now.
“Oh, yeah.”
Why did he change his name from Somers
I think the story was that Billy started out when he was too young to work, so his fake idea name was “Sommers” or “Somers”
Something like that.
“No Longer A Kreutzchildd, Not Yet A Kreutzmann”….brilliant. Keep up the good work!
Billy in the band costume shared by Garcia. The remainder of the band was waiting for the shirts to come in their size, but by the time they arrived, tie dye had taken over. Brian Epstein had a difficult time forcing these youngsters to look uniform.