Yeah, Mike.

Lee had his "dark" side. It came with booze. He was loyal to his friends, though. Not sure I was considered one of them but he could be surprisingly intimate and honest. I consider this a virtue. He was usually nice to me except when tanked. He could be very difficult. I guess no more than Picasso or Miles Davis, though. Does it come with the territory? Don't know but don't want to think so. There was a lot that was left out of his book but maybe that's the way it should be. Somehow, to me, I like to know all about a person. Woody had his problems but somehow it made him more human when I could understand why and where he was coming from. I feel the same about Lee. I'll tell you this, Lee had a rough life.

He had a conscience though. When the Baby Sitters, on their record album, appropriated a song that was written by Marcia Berman in Los Angeles and whoever listed the song on the record as traditional screwed up, Lee was visibly upset. It was beyond his control and he turned red-faced and felt helpless. He hated that kind of thing.

Frank

Frank