SOMETHING ABOUT THE WATERBOYS

Suppose for just a moment there was a fellow who named his band the Waterboys because “a Waterboy was something fluid and ever-changing” and also because it was part of a lyric (“And I am the Water Boy, the real game’s/ Not over here”) from Lou Reed’s Berlin.

April 1, 1986
Dave DiMartino

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