BOC: Patti Smith/Allen Lanier

[Ted Jackson jr. EL 84]

> >
> > ---
> > I didn't get on with Allen Lanier (a guitarist on _Horses_), her boyfriend at
> > the time.  He was a member of the band the Blue Oyster Cult and came in for
> > the project as this great guitarist.  He obviously felt that he was due a
> > certain kind of treatment, and didn't feel that I was granting him the space.
> > It escalated and escalated until it got a little frightening.  Confrontation
> > with her was indirect, but with Allen it was sheer testosterone.
> > ---
> >
> >
> > - Andy
>
The thought of Allen [all 120 lbs soaking-wet of him] getting ballsy
with someone is funny enough.  But who must this dude be if Allen
scared him?  I think my mother could probably piss-pound Allen!
theo