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breno
R.I.P. Billy Name
July 18, 2016 08:43PM
Warhol Factory VIP, Velvet Underground photographer & cover designer, etc. etc.
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MrFab
Re: R.I.P. Billy Name
July 19, 2016 12:51PM
Wow, had no idea he was even still around. And with the recent loss of Tony Conrad, not many left in the VU/Factory crowd.

I believe "That's The Story of My Life" was inspired by him: "But Billy said/both those words are dead..."
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M. Johnson
Re: R.I.P. Billy Name
July 19, 2016 03:02PM
"I've been Billy Name and filled my pockets with sand" - Lloyd Cole, "Cut Me Down" (1985)
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breno
Re: R.I.P. Billy Name
July 19, 2016 06:24PM
Factory alumni still hanging in there:
John Cale
Maureen Tucker
Mary Woronov
Gerard Malanga
Baby Jane Holzer
Viva

Not sure how many others. Not a lot, at this point.
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HollowbodyKay
Re: R.I.P. Billy Name
July 19, 2016 06:30PM
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Not sure how many others. Not a lot, at this point.

Evidently, Joe Dallesandro is still hangin' ...

I presume that he counts as a "Factory Alumni?"
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breno
Re: R.I.P. Billy Name
July 19, 2016 07:47PM
That has to be the best opening phrase of any IMDB bio.
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M. Johnson
Re: R.I.P. Billy Name
July 19, 2016 03:04PM
According to Wikipedia:

He photographed the covers for the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat and their eponymous third album as well as the photographs in the gatefold sleeve for The Velvet Underground and Nico
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MrFab
Re: R.I.P. Billy Name
July 19, 2016 10:43PM
Ah yes, Little Joe Dellasandro. With the passing of Holly "from Miami FLA" Woodlawn a few months ago, he's the last surviving figure from "Walk On the Wild Side." And that might include the musicians, too.
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