Our guy in Australia has come through with this fabulous footage of Jobriath tickling the ivories and talking about the Chelsea’s creative spirit. Jobriath is credited as being the first mass-marketed glam rock star, and the first to be openly gay. This clip is from Nigel Finch’s 1981 BBC documentary. Jobriath spent his last days living in the pyramid at the top of the hotel until he died of AIDS in 1983.
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One response to “Jobriath Rocks The Chelsea’s Pyramid”
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Wow. Fabulous, indeed.
Puts me in mind of all my teenage fantasies (fears/hopes) about NYC when I was a teen and before I lived here.
And who’s living up there now, I wonder?LikeLike
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