Talk:Chuck E. Weiss

message: How could he spent his life in a single room without leaving when - at the same time - he played in a house band (where he met Tom Waits). Could somebody please check these statments? --Vertigo Man-iac (talk) 12:30, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Living in a room without leaving 

message: (they met in 1974 at Ebbetts Field, where Weiss played in the house band)[2]  - this is false ("house band")   Ebbetts Field NEVER had a "house band" and to my knowledge, Chuck E never played there once as a headliner or opening act, unless he might have sat in with Waits.  Ebbetts Field featured national headliners on the way up (e.g. The Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd) and never featured a local "house band."  Often different local acts were allowed to play an opening set before the headliner.   I know, as a "local" I went there all the time.  Chuck E DID hang there a lot.  One night in 1975 as we were leaving the stage at Ebbetts Field (we opened for Jimmy Buffett) and headed for the dressing room, we almost tripped over Chuck E and Tom Waits, who were on their knees on the hallway floor rolling dice.
Also, at the referred [2} citation, there is no mention of a "house band" with Chuck E in it.  I recommend this "house band" line be removed.  It is myth, untrue, and unnecessary.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davequ (talk • contribs) 22:15, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  house band Ebbetts Field 

message: Levi Dexter's band was The Rockats, not the Rockettes.
http://www.punkglobe.com/levidexterinterview0610.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.50.153.147 (talk) 23:01, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Levi and the Rockats 

message: I took an interest in his bio bcz of his appearance as the musical guest, at the end of a Letterman show earlier this year. My recollection, whose accuracy i am not confident about, is that they broadcast about 4 identical choruses and no verses; to the extent that i trust that impression i have two theories, both presupposing that they booked him, and he turned out to want to do "(Just like) Boston Blackie", whose verses are at least a little strong for broadcast TV:
# There was a you-can't-say-that-on-TV confrontation, with Weiss saying "There's nothing in the contract about what i'd sing, and i'm fulfilling it by showing up and being willing to sing this particular one of the songs i've previously released", to which CBS perhaps replied "Fine, we'll record it live on our stage", but decided "He's being an asshole, screw him! We'll cut all the verses; his fans will still enjoy hearing the chorus, but we'll make him look like a fool to our main demographic, for singing choruses and no verses."
# They were entirely happy with what the studio audience heard live, and they had known they'd have to reduce the length for broadcast; and Standards and Practices said "Sorry, none of the verses is acceptable in full". Rather than chop up -- and perhaps juxtapose parts of -- different verses, to fill the proper length of 2 or 3 verses, we'll just limit all the verses to the live performance, and repeat what is still a fine chorus in spite of the repetition; he's a professional and he'll understand that it doesn't always work out perfectly."
   On the other hand, perhaps i was just spaced out by the long repetitive portions and didn't really register the somewhat nonsensical verses even if they (or some of them) were broadcast.   I tried searching for comments on the broadcast, to no avail; perhaps someone who recorded it or already knew the whole song can verify whether it was significantly butchered or not -- assuming that there's some kind of "there" there, i.e., something worthy of mention in his bio or in an article on the song, its references, etc.   Oh, i didn't register the fact that it's a brand new release from this spring.   I'm adding reference to Boston Blackie, the century-old stories.--Jerzy•t 13:12, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Letterman gig 

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message: Was? Is he gone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.48.246.188 (talk) 17:36, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, afraid so.  He was 76, so no real surprise. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:23, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was