So, I e-mail a buddy of mine this Doghouse Riley post about the recent troubles of Henry Lee Summers. The post shows a picture of Henry Lee looking pretty rough and discusses Henry Lee’s recent arrest for “DUI in a Southside trailer park after he careened through the park, bouncing off cars, trucks, and at least one home, elbowed a Sheriff’s deputy in the head, and was Tasered.” My buddy responds:
Oh, Henry Lee. Pretty generic, but he did have a couple of good rockers in a period noted for its bad music. Having lived in Bloomington for seven years, I did have
occasion to see him free (he would play parties, festivals, Little 500, etc), and he tried hard to entertain, anyway. I also used to go to Broad Ripple during my Indy days, and there would occasionally be a pretty decent cover band with a dumb name like the Lizards, or the Crocodiles, or some such thing. Anyway, he was their drummer, oddly enough. Anyway…In fairness to Henry Lee–if you’re in Indy long enough, you will eventually be at some point in a trailer park on the south side. And the only way to deal with that is to stay in your car, and be drunk.
Just thought I’d share that pearl of wisdom.
Back in the ’80’s, the sound man of a band I was with and I had occasion to party with Henry Lee and some members of his band backstage at the Patio. Even somked a joint with him. And these were the days when he was letting it be known that he had ‘cleaned up his act.’ Something to do with his family, I believe.
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I met him after the indy supercross at a friends house a few weeks ago. Apparently Henry and this guy’s(my friend) mom are good friends and hang out often. We talked about the incident, for which he was recently released from jail, with a fair ammount of detail. I didn’t really know who he was at the time, only that everyone seemed to know him. A friend of mine told me later(as we left)…