Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 39-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
I wrote the words to “Waiting For Rudy” while staying in a rent-controlled building in San Francisco that was said to be scheduled for demolition once an elderly tenant had died. Rudy.
“Waiting For Rudy” from Flood Plain (K, 1993) (download):