This was around 88-89 or so. Didn't know he had become a recluse... interesting. He was a nice enough guy during the con (Swamp Con, if you can believe that), but I was just stunned that after I went through all the trouble of sending it to him next day air, he wouldn't even call with a thank you or anything. Burn on me, eh.
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Ah, degrees of seperation time! My current houseguest is Lyle's cousin! (Haven't been introduced yet, though.)
Don't know him personally, but my family knows his- his dad was a Criminal (or was it Civil- I forget) Sheriff in New Orleans.
That said, perhaps he was just having a bad day. I know he does a lot of good work in the community- his mom died of ovarian cancer, and he's usually up for fundraisers for it. He also nearly single handedly saved Mardi Gras by forming the Krewe of Orpheus when several major Krewes with racist membership policies were told to integrate or cease parading...so they ceased parading.
TarionzCousin
Second Most Angelic Devil Ever
When I was about eleven years old, I went to summer camp at a large University. One day, Wilt Chamberlain was shooting hoops at one of the outdoor courts. His entourage/bodyguards had closed off the area so nobody could get to him.
Of course, I climbed through the ten-foot thick hedge and ran up to him with a pen and a piece of paper, asking him for an autograph before his people could eject me. The hundred people watching started cheering.
He said "No."
Ahhhh, the memories of youth.
Of course, I climbed through the ten-foot thick hedge and ran up to him with a pen and a piece of paper, asking him for an autograph before his people could eject me. The hundred people watching started cheering.
He said "No."
Ahhhh, the memories of youth.
Got an autograph and everything; he's a very nice guy.
Thunderfoot
Hero
And he still play like nobody's business.kenobi65 said:
Saw a taped concert from about a month ago, WOW!
I feel like you do, Thunderfoot. 
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