FPSHOT
May 27, 2001, 01:08 AM
On the 1974 tour Jim Keltner was supposed to be in the band with Andy Newmark but backed out in the last minute.
So, they continued rehearsals into the forst week without Jim.
George kept phoning asking hime to come and finally he did and said 'OK I will come and play but I do not want paying for it (still 6 weeks to go), but I am sick of driving that old VW Bus.
George said So I get it, you want a car then?
It turned out he got a Mercedes 450 SL. Months later there was some feedback from the band saying 'howcome he got a Mercedes while all we had was money.
Someone's driving a 450
and his friend are so wild
they're still in their stick shifties
but they feel they have much more style
The part 'Someone's driving a six-wheeler' is a reference to the six-wheeled Elf Tyrell Formula One racing car that appeared in 1976/77.
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George in I Me Mine; 'I met Kissinger and Ford. Ford was very friendly, Kissinger looked like an Arab, talked like a German and was tanned all over, like Clark Gable, he was a bit like Charlie Chaplin, like a Rutle.
So, they continued rehearsals into the forst week without Jim.
George kept phoning asking hime to come and finally he did and said 'OK I will come and play but I do not want paying for it (still 6 weeks to go), but I am sick of driving that old VW Bus.
George said So I get it, you want a car then?
It turned out he got a Mercedes 450 SL. Months later there was some feedback from the band saying 'howcome he got a Mercedes while all we had was money.
Someone's driving a 450
and his friend are so wild
they're still in their stick shifties
but they feel they have much more style
The part 'Someone's driving a six-wheeler' is a reference to the six-wheeled Elf Tyrell Formula One racing car that appeared in 1976/77.
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George in I Me Mine; 'I met Kissinger and Ford. Ford was very friendly, Kissinger looked like an Arab, talked like a German and was tanned all over, like Clark Gable, he was a bit like Charlie Chaplin, like a Rutle.