Great (if sad) story. My buddy and I were sitting at the Keno Bar at Circus Jerkus? late on a Sunday night around 1990. About 1am, this guy with a strange gait comes tooling towards the bar. It was Redd, on his way to the keno lounge, which back then was right next to that bar (not sure what it is today but keno has long since moved). He had some little Asian spinner on his arm, or maybe we would have approached him and bought him a drink. For years I’ve regretted not doing that, would have been a memorable experience for sure. RIP to one of the all-time greats!
Here’s a great story written back in 1996 about Redd’s relationship with the cabbie community in Vegas. Quite a hilarious read…. https://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col097-2/
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