Monday, December 12, 2005

R.I.P. Richard Pryor











"It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused."

from Salon.com:

"He was a funny motherf---er"

Miles Davis on Richard Pryor
I met a young black comedian who was doing an opening act for some of our concerts, Richard Pryor. Man, he was a funny motherfucker. He didn't have a reputation yet, but I knew he was going to be a big star. I could just feel it in my bones. I booked our band into the Village Gate and hired Richard to open for us. I have forgotten where I first heard him, but I just wanted people to know how great this motherfucker was. I paid him out of my own pocket and produced the whole thing. I think we were there for two weekends and the band and Richard just tore the place up. Richard opened and then we had some Indian music played by this sitar player and then my band played. It was really successful and I even made some money on the whole thing. Richard and I became good friends after that, and we would hang out and get high and just have a great time together. (New York, mid-1960s)

From "Miles: The Autobiography," by Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe (Simon & Schuster, 1989)

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4 comments:

manuela boyle said...

To the angry young Yorkshiremen I know, a much worse body-blow than Bestie.

Anonymous said...

Why your blog have a name in spanish "casa del ionesco" if you post in english?? I think you write in spanish or you're spanish or latin, I'm mistake haha. I'll read your blog soon. Bye bye.

chuck said...

WHAT CAN I SAY? HE stood out because he was SPECIAL... and a man of HEART.

High Power Rocketry said...

People keep saying how they are shocked he died at 65, taken so young...

Considering, Im shocked he made it this far.

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