[Rocco DiPippo]

Twenty years ago I owned a sound and lighting company in the Northeast. I got a call from Tiny Tim's management to provide sound and lighting for a gig he was doing in Rhode Island. The joint was owned by mobsters.

I set up the sound and lights in the afternoon then returned to work the show later that evening. When I returned to the club about 1/2 an hour before show time, the club was very sparsely populated.

Around 9:30pm Tiny Tim took the stage and started with "Tiptoe Through the Tulips." Within two minutes the club owner, someone straight out of the Sopranos, walked up to me behind the sound board. He was pissed. He looked at me and said, "What the f*ck is this sh*it?" Apparently when he booked Tiny Tim he had no idea how "unique" he was. Lol!

Then there's the story of a John Sebastian gig I did during which a similar Sopranos character came up to me during the show saying he wanted to "Smash that f*ckin' guitar over his head."

Good times!

[JonPreston]

I saw him live at the Camelot lounge and club in Brooklyn in the late 60s? I went for the sideshow appeal because there was absolutely nothing to like. 😆

[nickcarraway]

If it was 20 years ago, that was a special show. It says he died in the 90s!