Drugs And Musicians, Together Forever Did you know that musicians often take drugs and drink? Yes, you did. Think about it, though. How many famous "popular" musicians never had a problem with substance abuse? Well . . . Ornette Coleman is supposed to have tried heroin only once, to see what attraction could make the other three members of his border-breaking early-'60s quartet hock their instruments. His experience didn't change his conviction that heroin just made people lazy. Another edge-walker of jazz, Sun Ra, always told his musicians that drugs were a distraction. He also told them that women were a distraction. But then, Ra had a congenital testicular abnormality, and he regularly informed people he was from outer space. [continues 1261 words]
Drugs And Musicians, Together Forever Did you know that musicians often take drugs and drink? Yes, you did. Think about it, though. How many famous "popular" musicians never had a problem with substance abuse? Well . . . Ornette Coleman is supposed to have tried heroin only once, to see what attraction could make the other three members of his border-breaking early-'60s quartet hock their instruments. His experience didn't change his conviction that heroin just made people lazy. Another edge-walker of jazz, Sun Ra, always told his musicians that drugs were a distraction. He also told them that women were a distraction. But then, Ra had a congenital testicular abnormality, and he regularly informed people he was from outer space. [continues 1248 words]
