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Christopher Scott Garvin

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Jan 18, 1994, 11:39:02 PM1/18/94
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Tried to post here a while ago; couldn't do it.

Question: Who is Billy Clyde? I know he wasn't insane; that's explained in "Weather Is Here". But who is he?

Can't wait for Key West spring Break. This 10-below weather is making me crazy. Had to barbecue the other nite to put it all in perspective. Maybe some margaritas this weekend, too, if the snow keeps falling...
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C.

Twelve-Volt Man

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Jan 19, 1994, 11:52:45 AM1/19/94
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Christopher Scott Garvin (gar...@nason103.its.rpi.edu) wrote:
: Tried to post here a while ago; couldn't do it.

: Question: Who is Billy Clyde? I know he wasn't insane; that's explained in "Weather Is Here". But who is he?

This is the dedication of the song The Weather is Here, Wish you were
Beautiful on the album Coconut Telegraph:

This is for Billy Clyde Tugel. I hope you make it to Tahiti one day.

I suppose BCT is just a friend of Jimmy's...that's my GUESS. --
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CHARLES R. CENTER

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Jan 19, 1994, 3:47:22 PM1/19/94
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Billy Clyde Tugel, the person to whom the song was dedicated, was a fictional
character on one of the hottest soap opera's at that time, All My Children.
Billy Clyde was a pimp who would often share with his working girls and his
clients his dream of escaping to the tropical island of Tahiti once he had
secured his fortune as a pimp. Obviously touring and playing at night gave
Jimmy plenty of time to keep up with daytime T.V.

Charlie, Parrothead since '77

Michael Barts

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Jan 19, 1994, 3:55:01 PM1/19/94
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In article <2hidh6$k...@usenet.rpi.edu> gar...@nason103.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Scott Garvin) writes:
>From: gar...@nason103.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Scott Garvin)
>Subject: Lyric query
>Date: 19 Jan 1994 04:39:02 GMT

> Question: Who is Billy Clyde? I know he wasn't insane; that's explained in
>"Weather Is Here". But who is he?

Correct me if I'm wrong fellow parrotheads but Billy Clyde is Billy Clyde
Tuggle (sp?) a character on a now defunct ABC soap called Ryan's Hope circa
early-mid 80's. He was a sleezy sort (a pimp at one time I believe) who
eventually disappeared mysteriously to, it was rumored, the islands. I forget
the exact nature of the insane reference. God, I can't believe I actually was
a soap fiend in a former life.

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