This is Billy Bartlett.
My favorite drinking hole in Memphis is the Buccaneer. The running joke at the bar was that I was the only regular that didn't drink. My buddy Billy Bartlett drank enough for ten people. He also hated anything on the jukebox or live that wasn't Dean Martin. He mistakenly came to the bar during one of the Gonerfest day shows a few years back and pronounced that it all sounded like a bucket full of shit.
When I was in Memphis for my wedding, I found out that Billy Bartlett passed away earlier this year. Here's to Billy Bartlett for the hours of endless entertainment only a drunken dirty old man can provide. RIP Billy "Nipples" Bartlett, I almost wish I had let you grab my ass.
Here's a video of Billy and Johnny Williams.
(Video taken with my camera by Scott Rogers)
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