Wayne Kramer has passed peacefully.
How amazing that he got sober, married his beloved Margaret, started a family and did so much for the American wing of Jail Giutar Doors (Billy Bragg does similar in the UK).
He played with my beloved Pere Ubu, and it was recorded.
It's 5am. i am warm in bed on this February Monday. I'm listening to him and suddenly remembered going to see Television and being in the bar upstairs afterwards and he was there. I asked him to sign my ticket and he did. So long ago ... he has a great book and a lot of this interview is in the book.
At around 7mins he hears The Voice that tells him "you need to play a melody instrument." He puts the drumsticks down. But i wont spoil it. Here's the book -
