(TV) Tom's height & hands

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@volpe.dot.gov>]

Again not to get too hung-up on metrics, but my recollections from the many live performances (and as some of you might have gathered by now--for better or worse, I was always paying extremely very close attention to details of his performance), in particular a show at Hampshire College in in Northampton, Massachusetts in November 1982 (the night the power at the school failed right for 15 minutes right in the middle of very long extended version of "Down On the Farm", from Dreamtime),  when I got within 3 feet of him----is that Tom is more lanky than tall; I would bet a copy of MM that he's much closer to 6" flat (6' 1" tops). 

How's that for a run-on sentence!

I also know from observation that (as Michael C. once said) Tom has extermely large hands relative to a a man of his size.  "All the better to play the guitar with, my little red riding hood." Or are large hands no advantage for a guitarist? Guitar playing list-members please weigh-in (I guess that 's everyone on the list except me.)
 
 
Ms Secret X can you tell us Tom's approx. height?

Leo

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip P. Obbard [mailto:pobbard@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 11:10 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) City Lights & Tom Verlaine


Well, the man is something like 6' 5" - much taller than you might think from
the photos. The few times I've seen him I've been surprised at his size.
Skinny, yes, but big!

--Philip

--- Brian Young <raggedglory57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was surprised Verlaine even subconsciously would make the "bigger is 
> better" argument after seeing his pictures from the mid-'70's.  His arms 
> look so skinny that I could put my hand around them. Does Tom have a macho 
> aspect to his personality?


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