19 Dec
2003
19 Dec
'03
5:59 a.m.
on 12/19/03 2:25 AM, David Slusser at slusser@pixar.com wrote:
As for Chet Baker, James Gavin has a recent book out that's pretty interesting, but after a while, just like Art Pepper, you stop feeling sorry for the guy.
Apart from the fact that it is quite inhumane--not to mention simply bad policy--to incarcerate people for simple drug possession, was there really any point in "Let's Get Lost" or "Straight Life" where you felt sorry for either Baker or Pepper? It seems quite apparent that they were both major a-holes whose addictions poisoned their lives and the lives of everyone around them. As musicians, it's Pepper hands down. --Mike