www.stillisstillmoving.comJohn Belushi (left) and Poodie Locke, date unknownWord has reached Lonesome, Onry and Mean that longtime Willie Nelson stage manager Poodie Locke passed away shortly after 3 p.m. this afternoon. The cause of death is said to be a "massive heart attack."
Reports of Locke's passing have just gone up on Austin360.com, and Nelson has informed fans via his Web site and Twitter.
LOM's source, who asked not to be named, said she learned via a phone call from a member of Locke
www.myspace.com/hickoidsWe've received quite a few rememberances of Poodie Locke, Willie Nelson's stage manager who passed away Wednesday in Austin of a heart attack. But none of the rememberances quite have the zing of Saustex Media label honcho Jeff Smith's.
Smith, singer of the Hickoids and former owner of Austin's Hole in the Wall, remembers Locke kicking him out of what is now Emo's in Austin:
"Poodie owned what is now Emo's in Austin. It was called Raven's and then Poodie's Red River Saloo