"The viola is the saddest of all instruments, and no matter how fast you play you can't get away from the melancholy."John Cale
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Tour 1965
New York 1965-12-xx
In December the Velvets enjoy a short lived residency at the Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village, New York. Maureen Tucker plays tambourine - drums were to loud according to the owner, They get fired after playing the Black Angels Death Song. But they get lucky: Andy Warhol asks them to join his upcoming multimedia extravaganza Up-Tight.
"Before Andy left with his floating tribe of ragamuffin gypsies, he invited us to the Factory. There was something he wanted to talk to us about. In exchange for 25% of whatever money we made he would manage us, buy us new instruments and equipment, and get us gigs and a recording contract. The second day we went there, he sprang his first surpise on us. He wanted Nico to front the band."
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