THE RIGHT SONG — WITH JUST THE RIGHT BUZZ AND THE RIGHT collection of friends — has the power to inspire all kinds of things. Angst. Gusto. Big laughs. And 300% tips.
I picked up the 4 guys in this video somewhere over on the "Dirty 6th" stretch of 6th Street one night. It was a month ago, maybe 2. On a Friday night, possibly a Saturday. They may have been visiting an old college friend from Chicago. Or was it Houston?
Maybe one of them will see this thing and clear everything up for me.
What I do recall with utter clarity is dropping the 4 of them off right in front of Kung Fu, a newish hip bar just off West 6th St., as a classic Keith Richards "Sympathy For the Devil" guitar riff announces their arrival.
They seemed pretty happy.
The fare was $6.00 and change. As the happy drunks spilled out of my cab, the guy in the front seat handed me a $16 wad of cash. Another guy drunkenly threw in a $5 bill as I watched the big guy who had just channeled his inner Mick Jagger telling his laughing buddy — "Best fucking cab ride ever!"
Here's a tiny slice of it. You be the judge.
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