Quahog wrote:
...There was a legendary player there who I didn't really know, but my impression is that the "spirit" there faded after he died. I think they put up a memorial wall to him there, so you may have seen that during your visit. I wish I could remember his handle...
You're speaking of John Carter, known far and wide as GONZO. He died of a massive heart attack driving home on I-95 from Jax airport following the 2000 bash in Phoenix. John was one of the finest gentlemen to ever hold a playmaker.
He once composed a song and posted it to the BadBart newsgroup where it still exists in the archives:
SANDBAGGER'S BLUES
by Blind Lemon Gonzo
My box is out of range
and I doan know what to do
My box is out of range
and I doan know what to do
Boss man done re-set the system
but it still too drunk to screw
I come in Monday evening,
but the bar play QB1
Oh, I dropped by Monday eve'nin
and the bar, it play QB1
Ain't no trivia in town nowhere
Ain' no way to have no fun
Lookin' for that heaven
where the monkeys never shine
Searchin' fo' that par-a-dise
where them monkeys they don't shine
They say it's number fo'
Might as well be nine
I rack up one near per-feck
and I wan' the whole world to see
I hit a sco' near perfeck
and I hope the whole world will see
But when the sco-board showin'
I got beat by DAVETV
I bet half my Showdown
on that lowdown number five
I put down half my Showdown
on that turkey number five
But that quiet man in the corner
Sandbag me, he shuck and jive
So now you heard my story
it's a old song sad and true
my box still out of range
and I doan know what to do
I got those
low-down
dark-brown
half-frown
flea.......... bitten hound
bull dozin'
finger fartin'
brain lockin'
(pause for effect)
double dealin'
woman stealin'
plain old
Q-B-One-in'
An-TAG-o-nist-in'
Zealot playin'
'Bused News sayin'
Playback prayin'
Spo'ts trivia layin'
Monkey shinin'
(Another pause for effect as crowd screams old black church cliches
from the audience)
those a** bucket, mother-f***in' long haul truckin'
Sandbagger's BAL-ue-Hooooooos......
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R.I.P. GONZO. The guy that put Houlihans on the map.