A recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur "Killer" Kane, of the rock band The New York Dolls, is give | dG1fandEMDROc25MTGc
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00:00I'm spoiled from the past, and it's hard to put those memories, it's hard to put them
00:08away.
00:09Then I found these memories.
00:10One, two, three, four.
00:11New York Dolls impact was a bomb going off.
00:12They came out of a New York City that was broken on the rocks.
00:13They had a pinhole of life in the early 70s.
00:14And Arthur.
00:15I know Arthur.
00:16Arthur.
00:17Arthur.
00:18I would take like a deep breath, and then like bang out a bunch of notes.
00:19Arthur was struggling with alcohol.
00:20I had the unique experience of being a rock star's wife that had no money.
00:34He was in several other bands.
00:35I couldn't get off the booze, I had no money, we had no friends.
00:36He started beating me with the cat furniture.
00:37I left him, and that's when he jumped out the kitchen window.
00:42I was demoted from rock star to a schlep on the bus.
00:49Where's Arthur tonight?
00:51Oh, you know, he couldn't make it out.
00:53He's got church in the morning.
00:54Church? Wait, you know, what are you talking about?
00:56I remember he said he had a band.
00:58That's all he had on his mind is getting the Dolls back together.
01:01Oh, Arthur, I understand you'll be in town
01:05playing Morrissey's Meltdown Festival this summer.
01:08He was so full of doubt.
01:09For 30 years, I've been ignored and been living in obscurity.
01:13Arthur had been out of music for a while.
01:15He hasn't played with these guys in 30-something years.
01:17They're always asking, can Arthur play, can Arthur play?
01:20I'm still lost.
01:21I said, Arthur, people love the Dolls, and they want it to happen.
01:28All of the cards are being laid out on the table,
01:31just, you know, it's something that's meant to be.
01:34Can't believe I know a rock star.
01:38I may be a dreamer, but the dream has come true.
01:43We are the heroes!
01:49I'm a little bit old, but then I can still be a groupie, I guess.