I watched the documentary "New York Doll" again last week. Some of the film making is a little rough, but it has such a compelling story. Even if you're not a Dolls fan or a Mormon, it is a great tale, and if you happen to be both, even more so.
It's the story of one of the founding members of New York Dolls, Arthur "Killer" Kane. Shortly after having great success in the 70's this pioneering glam rock band imploded. Arthur floundered for many years until he one day became so drunk he jumped out of a second floor window. While he was in the hospital recovering he saw an ad in the TV Guide for a Book of Mormon. He sent off for it and the sister missionaries came, taught him, and he was baptized. He said he prayed about the Book of Mormon to know if it was true. He said he got an answer right away, and the only thing he could liken it to was "an LSD trip from the Lord."
He said he was "spoiled from the past" and for so many years he yearned for a New York Dolls reunion. It was his heart's desire to relive those days. It would be easy to say "he's joined the church and found God, so why would he want to go back to his heathen days?" But it was his prayer and it was answered. Morrissey was a big Dolls fan when he was younger, and he called them up to get together for the Meltdown festival in London.
How cool is it that? The Lord can use even Morrissey to answer someone's prayer.
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