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Thread #12000   Message #3326627
Posted By: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
21-Mar-12 - 06:29 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Tex Koenig's Passing (1940-1999)
Subject: RE: OBIT: Tex Koenig's Passing (1999)
Yes he is Duke...

Quotes from Tex (in no particular order of significance)

1/ ITALIAN SAUCE "If it ain't got pork in it, it isn't a TRUE Wop Sauce..."
2/ KNIVES & MARTIAL ARTS "If you have to open it, that's too long..."
3/ AIKIDO "ENTER..."
4/ TRANSPORTATION "Let's hop a crab..."
5/ BEING INCREDULOUS "HOW MUCH?..."
6/ THINGS "I can get it in New York..."
7/ FRANK ZAPPA "Bob, he took his guitar and played so fast, it was like he was wiping the      
                           neck..."
8/ BOB DYLAN "Bobby"
9/ DESPERATION "I got you covered..."
10/ MY GUITAR "I'm a Gunsmith, I'll put the Grovers on it for you..."
11/ TELECASTERS "That's a board with strings on it, they used to cost $90 and the guys
                                 would give them away..."
12/NEW YORK/THE VILLAGE "Tuli Kupferberg & The Fugs, The Cafe Wha, Ginsberg, Dylan,
                                              Hendrix, Billy Roberts & Hey Joe...
13 GIGS How was the Gig?..."I got paid..." (interpretation is up to you)

Rest in Peace Amigo...And if there's a Chinatown in the afterlife, you undoubtedly have found the best Restaurant & Chef...BR