Arnaldo Dias Baptista - Let It Bed - 2004

A link I left from the NY Times has a short interview with Arnaldo Baptista in which his accident is mentioned.  I knew him and the others way back when there was no drug use, practically, among them.  In the interview and other e-zines I read last night I learned how serious the accident was.  He fell head on from a fourth floor, was in a coma, and for several years had serious motor impairments.  He knows this accident has left lifetime sequels. As he said, "You can't always get what you want."  As in the LP "Let It Bleed", by the Stones, one of my favorite ones too.

Arnaldo had been in and out of facilities since 1972.  The accident was in 1982. I feel very grateful to his companion, Lucinha, for taking care of what he can't or won't.  He was always stubborn. The brothers bickered about guitars. Arnaldo would not play in a band that used Fenders.  Sérgio gave in.  He uses the golden Regulus their brother Cláudio built.

I want to  show a video I found of Arnaldo playing a standard piano in 2004, the year Lobão and Pato Fu released "Let It Bed."  It's quite impressive. It's called "Everybody Thinks I'm Crazy". Hey, I'm crazy , too, dude.