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keithglimmer
I notice he's wearing the handcuff bracelet in many of those pics. Doesn't that date it to late 78 or 79? Don't remember seeing it before then.
I think he's got a well above-average physical constitution (obviously) but most of it it just dumb luck.Quote
keithsman
Great Pics, thanks for sharing, some photos i have never seen before there.
77' was the year Keith went from elegantly wasted to wasted imho.
In a couple of shots there he looked like he was dying, how wrong could i be, here he is 75 years old in December this year and seemingly healthy.
I just shake my head and think how did he survive all that, was he faking some of the drinking and drugging, how did he manage to live when so many others have died or become casualties, only Keith himself knows the answer to that question, personally i think above all else he is a survivor.
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keefriff99I think he's got a well above-average physical constitution (obviously) but most of it it just dumb luck.Quote
keithsman
Great Pics, thanks for sharing, some photos i have never seen before there.
77' was the year Keith went from elegantly wasted to wasted imho.
In a couple of shots there he looked like he was dying, how wrong could i be, here he is 75 years old in December this year and seemingly healthy.
I just shake my head and think how did he survive all that, was he faking some of the drinking and drugging, how did he manage to live when so many others have died or become casualties, only Keith himself knows the answer to that question, personally i think above all else he is a survivor.
I don't buy into the myth that he was a "smarter" junkie than others. He just never got that hot dose that stopped his breathing. He was on the razor's edge for a long time I'm guessing.
True, which I only found out recently...I was watching the No Security show, and the scars on his shoulder muscles were very noticeable in certain lighting.Quote
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keefriff99I think he's got a well above-average physical constitution (obviously) but most of it it just dumb luck.Quote
keithsman
Great Pics, thanks for sharing, some photos i have never seen before there.
77' was the year Keith went from elegantly wasted to wasted imho.
In a couple of shots there he looked like he was dying, how wrong could i be, here he is 75 years old in December this year and seemingly healthy.
I just shake my head and think how did he survive all that, was he faking some of the drinking and drugging, how did he manage to live when so many others have died or become casualties, only Keith himself knows the answer to that question, personally i think above all else he is a survivor.
I don't buy into the myth that he was a "smarter" junkie than others. He just never got that hot dose that stopped his breathing. He was on the razor's edge for a long time I'm guessing.
He also was a skin/muscle popping junky not an IV shooter. Not as much of a huge instantaneous CNS depressant effect.
Mostly skin popping.Quote
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keefriff99I think he's got a well above-average physical constitution (obviously) but most of it it just dumb luck.Quote
keithsman
Great Pics, thanks for sharing, some photos i have never seen before there.
77' was the year Keith went from elegantly wasted to wasted imho.
In a couple of shots there he looked like he was dying, how wrong could i be, here he is 75 years old in December this year and seemingly healthy.
I just shake my head and think how did he survive all that, was he faking some of the drinking and drugging, how did he manage to live when so many others have died or become casualties, only Keith himself knows the answer to that question, personally i think above all else he is a survivor.
I don't buy into the myth that he was a "smarter" junkie than others. He just never got that hot dose that stopped his breathing. He was on the razor's edge for a long time I'm guessing.
He also was a skin/muscle popping junky not an IV shooter. Not as much of a huge instantaneous CNS depressant effect.
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Redhotcarpet
Im pretty sure that s late 1978 not 1977. He wasnt with Lil before that.
What is the story with Lil? It can't have been a long relationship since here name does not pop up much. What has always been cool about Keith is that it seemed like he tired to have relationships; and not one-nighters.
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Redhotcarpet
And it wasnt three days of climbing walls - it took him a few years to quit with the help of methadone before the - and inorder to be able to tour in 1981.
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His Majesty
He became an alkie instead.
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Redhotcarpet
Im pretty sure that s late 1978 not 1977. He wasnt with Lil before that.
What is the story with Lil? It can't have been a long relationship since here name does not pop up much. What has always been cool about Keith is that it seemed like he tired to have relationships; and not one-nighters.
Uum.....
Nancy Spungeon
Marianne Faithfull
Don't tell me they were more than one nighters?
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RedhotcarpetMostly skin popping.Quote
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keefriff99I think he's got a well above-average physical constitution (obviously) but most of it it just dumb luck.Quote
keithsman
Great Pics, thanks for sharing, some photos i have never seen before there.
77' was the year Keith went from elegantly wasted to wasted imho.
In a couple of shots there he looked like he was dying, how wrong could i be, here he is 75 years old in December this year and seemingly healthy.
I just shake my head and think how did he survive all that, was he faking some of the drinking and drugging, how did he manage to live when so many others have died or become casualties, only Keith himself knows the answer to that question, personally i think above all else he is a survivor.
I don't buy into the myth that he was a "smarter" junkie than others. He just never got that hot dose that stopped his breathing. He was on the razor's edge for a long time I'm guessing.
He also was a skin/muscle popping junky not an IV shooter. Not as much of a huge instantaneous CNS depressant effect.
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lem motlow
It’s strange, these pictures are said to come from Spanish Tony but he said he never talked to them again after Knebworth in 76.
This looks like 78/79 to me...
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Redhotcarpet
And it wasnt three days of climbing walls - it took him a few years to quit with the help of methadone before the - and inorder to be able to tour in 1981.
It almost always takes years to walk away from it. One kicks the habit many times before actually quitting for good. I didn't think Keith went the methadone route though. He once said it's awful stuff and it should all be dumped in the ocean.
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Redhotcarpet
And it wasnt three days of climbing walls - it took him a few years to quit with the help of methadone before the - and inorder to be able to tour in 1981.
It almost always takes years to walk away from it. One kicks the habit many times before actually quitting for good. I didn't think Keith went the methadone route though. He once said it's awful stuff and it should all be dumped in the ocean.
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Rockman
what is idiotic IMO in the dope game is skin popping.
mmmmm maybe but there was a Jack Bruce interview where
he said it was the main reason Keith had survived .... and eventually Jack didnt
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Rockman
what is idiotic IMO in the dope game is skin popping.
mmmmm maybe but there was a Jack Bruce interview where
he said it was the main reason Keith had survived .... and eventually Jack didnt
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emotionalbarbecue
the brunette on the picture...
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Rockman
what is idiotic IMO in the dope game is skin popping.
mmmmm maybe but there was a Jack Bruce interview where
he said it was the main reason Keith had survived .... and eventually Jack didnt
I guess my point is if you're going to shoot Heroin you got to go IV. Otherwise snort it or, smoke it. If youre going to introduce needles, and the baggage that brings with it, don't waste your time.