When we first asked him to participate in our video, he almost ran us out of his camp like an ornery bear roused from his cave. He had seen all but two of his friends killed in Vietnam during a very active tour of duty.
West Side drinks heavily and makes no attempt to disguise it.
He camps out all year round, sleeping in four sleeping bags during the coldest nights of the Winter. And in the tradition of a true train tramp, West Side is proud to claim that he receives no welfare money and earns every penny he drinks.