I know it's debatable to have this in the baseball forum but anybody who has been to Fenway a few times (or the general area) knows this guy. I used to see him a few times a week jamming out Hynes Convention Center T stop on the green line and of course in Kenmore Square on my way to Sox games. That guy could jam on the guitar for hours... sadly he passed recently. All raise your cups to Mr. Butch, a Boston legend!!! :breakdance: Street icon 'Mr. Butch' dies at 56 Scooter crash claims popular homeless man By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff | July 12, 2007 Dreadlocked, homeless, and usually cheerful, Mr. Butch was an iconic presence in Kenmore Square for years before moving his base of operations to Harvard Avenue in Allston a decade ago. Ranting in rhyme with a beer in hand ? a tall boy, preferably ? he would panhandle one minute and offer to share his take with a friend the next. ??Mr. Butch,?? whose name was Harold Madison Jr., died yesterday of injuries from an early morning crash when the motor scooter he was driving hit a pole, friends and family said. The subject of YouTube videos, a MySpace tribute page, and a Wikipedia entry, Mr. Butch may have been the most famous street person in Boston. He was so popular that The Boston Phoenix wrote in April that it was considering changing the criteria of the ??Readers? Pick: Neighborhood Character?? category because Mr. Butch won so regularly. At 56, he had lived on Boston?s streets for about 30 years. In Kenmore Square and his Allston neighborhood ? areas rife with college students and people who prefer less traditional approaches to life ? some saw in Mr. Butch a latter-day Thoreau, a man who chose a path that didn?t involve taxes, rent, or office cubicles. Instead, he helped the elderly cross streets, joyously played air guitar, philosophized, and sang. More... http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/07/12/street_icon_mr_butch_dies_at_56/
