befriending

By Chlo Chlo

On 23 September 2007

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befriending

dan chrysler was sitting outside the gypsy tea room in dallas, texas. we were waiting outside the venue to see our favorite band and he sat right beside us playing his old and beat up guitar while people lined up around him. he is homeless and was just trying to find a place to sit. he never begged or bugged anyone. he just sat and played. after listening to his music for a bit, a friend and i requested an old johhny cash song, which he miraculously new by heart. he started playing and me, and my two friends began to sing along with him. as we sang people around us began to sing along and soon a large amount of the concert goers were rockin' out to the old transients cover of "folsom prison blues". we talked with him and he told us a few "dirty jokes" we were best friends from that point on.... he had a skull on the end of one of his guitar strings and we thought is was really inventive of him to lodge his cigarette into the ends of his strings. he told us that his last name meant "town crier". we all talked for about 45 minutes and asked to snap this photo, then we had to finally get into the show. he was one of the most friendly men all of us had met. he was sweet and funny and not at all like the creepy homeless man stereotype everyone had labeled him as. danny chrysler will always be our favorite singer.

13 Responses

  • Mangelberger Jens

    On 22 December 2007 Mangelberger Jens said:

    Do you the title of the CASH song? The picture is very nice!!! Greetings from Germany and Merry Christmas!!!!

  • Jonathan Epp

    On 11 January 2008 Jonathan Epp gave props:

    Great Photo and commentary!

  • Shannon Dagher

    On 7 February 2008 Shannon Dagher gave props:

    What an excellent street portrait...and even more awesome backstory. Well done; great submission, love. :)

  • Traci Howard

    On 8 February 2008 Traci Howard gave props:

    I love this picture - awesome image and story!!

  • Cathy Cale

    On 20 February 2008 Cathy Cale gave props:

    Terrific picture & story

  • Alexis Gerard

    On 3 March 2008 Alexis Gerard gave props:

    Great story and great portrait

  • Natalie S

    On 29 March 2008 Natalie S gave props:

    Very nice job - love the story

  • Alicia Bright

    On 29 March 2008 Alicia Bright said:

    This is such a great portrait, it seems to have really captured the spirit of this guy. And the story makes him even more charming, great job.

  • Tessa Sherman

    On 22 May 2008 Tessa Sherman said:

    Great photo. Even better story. Very touching.

  • Albin Gábos

    On 25 May 2008 Albin Gábos said:

    That's great but I miss the details in place of the story. The picture a little more noisy.

  • Lucy Mills

    On 23 July 2008 Lucy Mills gave props:

    outstanding. I love it

  • John Linton

    On 1 August 2008 John Linton gave props:

    This rocks!

  • mr. alex

    On 16 August 2008 mr. alex gave props:

    i love this one!

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