August 27, 2008 on 6:09 pm | In Insanity, Music | 1 Comment
My uncle Mick, a veteran of the 70’s, was putting some of his old scanned pictures up on the web and gave me access to his albums. There were some pictures of the family, some pets, some camping trips I didn’t go on, stuff like that, but as the pictures started to get older, the subjects got weirder. There was a psychadelic sunset painted on my uncle’s wall. An ex-girlfriend who probably had a story behind her that I was never privy to. And this gem, an autographed photo.
From the signature, this is Big Jim.
The hair says “John Holmes,” while the suspenders say “Doug Henning”, while the pants say “pink, and you’re wearing suspenders with us”. Big Jim rocks the hell out of that brick wall too, so don’t you start static with him. I have no idea who Big Jim is, why my uncle has an autographed picture of him, or if this is a photo that the band carried around just to sign for fans. I don’t even know what band this was. I might even be related to Big Jim and not even know it.
So Mickey, if you remember who Big Jim was, let me know. I’d love to hear the story behind this picture.
In the meantime, Big Jim is my computer wallpaper.
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Hey Ethan. This is Linda, Big Jim’s 70’s girlfriend. Love that pic…what a legend (in his own mind.) Wrote a song for me “My Baby Has Red Lips.” His biggest hit. Oh, now this will put you over the edge…..Big Jim painted the psychadelic sunset on your uncs wall! But how did Uncle Mickey get this autographed pic?? And how did I find it here?? And who the hell are you??? It’s so CRAzzzy.
Comment by linda — August 29, 2008 #