Quote Originally Posted by StuBass1 View Post
As a side note. I happened upon Paul shortly before his tragic death and had lunch with him [[it was apparently breakfast time for him). I hadn't seen him in some time and he sadly looked not good, but in our conversation, I did ask him the story behind David's departure from the group, and his answer..."David was on Cloud Nine"... From my personal observation from years earlier in their heyday at shows, it did seem to me that David tended to suck up all the oxygen in the room, and the other guys may have resented it...Just my take...
So how did you take his comment of David being on Cloud Nine? Was it about David being caught up in fame or was he alluding to a substance abuse issue? Do you recall what else you two talked about over lunch/breakfast?