Originally posted by Jörg König@6 Jun 2003, 19:57
Joey Gallo, gestorben 1969, als Songthema vorgeschlagen von Co-Autor Jaques Levy.Mehr fällt mir im Augenblick nicht ein; wieso gerade das hängengeblieben ist, weiß ich auch nicht. Das Alter… der Alkohol…
Hat mich selbst intressiert :
Joey Gallo, better known as Crazy Joe Gallo, was a gangster who worked for Carlo Gambino. He was a gunman and a racketeer.
Gallo earned his nickname in mafia , he tried to overpower mafia boss Joseph Profaci and his crime family to obtain power over New York's streets. Gallo was helped in this war by his brothers Larry and Albert. Albert was himself nicknamed Kid Blast.
Later, Gallo also tried to battle against Joe Colombo and the Colombo crime family. Gallo was one of the first mafiosi to predict a shift of power in the New York streets from the Italian mafia to black gangs, and he started becoming friends with members of the black gangs.
On April 7 , 1972
, Gallo was at a restaurant, „Umbertos Clam House“ on 129 Mulberry street in Little Italy, New York City when he was gunned down after the Colombo family put a hit out on Joey for killing a high-ranking member of the Colombo family.
He was immortalised in the song Joey by Bob Dylan & Jacques Levy on his 1975 album Desire
Quelle : www.thefreedictionary.com
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