A question that bothered me so

Capttony · Post by **Capttony** » February 28, 2006 8:52 pm

Does anyone know who the song He went to paris was written about. I've always wondered this, but never really did the research on it.

bananaman · Post by **bananaman** » February 28, 2006 9:14 pm

Some guy. I think.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. Actually it's in the parrothead handbook that comes along with the box set. I just can't get my hands on mine right now.

aparrotheadindenver · February 28, 2006 11:47 pm

"He Went to Paris" I believe was written about a man Jimmy befriended
at a club in Chicago. If I remember correctly his name was Eddie, and
he encouraged Jimmy early in his career.

Maybe someone else will know a little more...

phansheridan · Post by **phansheridan** » March 1, 2006 10:22 am

Eddie Belchowski (sp?) a whino Jimmy met in New Orleans on Bourbon Street and taught Jimmy the ins and outs of the New Orleans club scene

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » March 1, 2006 10:25 am

I think that's the same guy he talked about when he was introducing that song on the "You Had To Be There" album who was in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish-American war.

HTparrothead · Post by **HTparrothead** » March 1, 2006 7:37 pm

a quote from the book that comes with "Boats Bars BEaches Ballads"
" Chicago is where I truly cut my teeth as a performer, working as the opening act at the Quiet Knight. I opened for a variety of people from Neil Sadaka to Bob Marley, and when I got frustrated with the crowds, the old one-armed clean-up man with the big German Shepherd always consoled me. It took me a few days of asking to find out that Eddie was more than a janitor. He was a gifted painter and a wonderful pianist. He would stay up after the club closed, and he would sing me songs from the Spanish Civil War where he had fought as a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade against the Fascists. Eddie Balchowsky was indeed an inspiration. He was larger than life, and as Mark Twain said, "he'd gone out into the terrirtory". This song is a tribute to his spirirt."

Capttony · Post by **Capttony** » March 2, 2006 11:12 am

cool...thanks everyone

seaswirl3 · Post by **seaswirl3** » March 2, 2006 5:19 pm

Love your avatar capttony