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Wavy Gravy - origin of the name

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heineken515
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Under the category of "I did not know that" - from the all knowing Wikipedia :

Origin of name Wavy Gravy

At the 1969 Texas International Pop Festival Romney was lying onstage, exhausted after spending hours trying to get festival-goers to put their clothes back on, when it was announced that B.B. King was going to play.

Romney began to get up; a hand appeared on his shoulder. It was B.B. King, who asked, "Are you wavy gravy?" to which Romney replied "Yes."

"It's OK; I can work around you," said B.B. King, and he and Johnny Winter proceeded to jam for hours after that.

Romney said he considered this a mystical event, and assumed Wavy Gravy as his legal name.


 
Posted : April 12, 2017 9:13 am
BrerRabbit
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So what does Wavy Gravy mean?


 
Posted : April 14, 2017 7:54 pm
Stephen
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It was in the recently published Kirk West interview that during the 90s when Kirk was working every day w/the band on tour, because of the cool hippie clothing he was wearing at the time, Dickey threw an arm around him and said "Kirk you're our Wavy Gravy!"


 
Posted : April 15, 2017 5:42 am
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