Queen in Pictures

Oklahoma City, April 19th 1974. Taken by Richard Galbraith.

Yep, those are definitely Inglewood. Great to have a shot with Billy Squire, as he played Jailhouse Rock with them that night.

Freddie Mercury, Mary Austin, Peter Freestone, and a few others. June 1991.

Gregsynth shared it with me. He said it comes from a new book from Thor Arnold and Lee Nolan called "Freddie Mercury: Don't Stop Me Now - From New York"

Wow, I guess it means the book is finally ready and already on sale. The man in the middle is Thor Arnold, and on the left Lee Nolan probably. I liked Thor's thread, he wrote some very interesting stories without any sensationalism and getting into too private details. I remember that he wrote about this last visit to Garden Lodge. Here are some quotes, thanks to the newly created QZ archive on QueenConcerts:

"The last time I visited Freddie in June 1991, I arrived at the Garden Lodge and went immediately to Freddie's bedroom upstairs. There was Freddie with 3 cats in his bed including Delilah. It was apparent that these precious felines were providing comfort to Freddie in his last 5 months. That scene was quite sweet and touching. I'll never forget it."

"I did stay in the Mews and the jacuzzi was something to behold. It reminded me of a Roman Emperor's bathhouse. I do not remember any particular artwork from 25 years ago, but I remember there was a lot of Canary Yellow."

"Freddie said goodbye to us in June of 1991 and did it very gracefully. He did not call me after this and I left him alone as well."

"Visits to Freddie were always exciting. Although when going out at night, Freddie usually did not come out, like he had in New York. I guess, when you are so well-known like in Britain, it was preferable to just to stay home. He had his live-in friend/workers there and Jim and Mary. During the early London visits he sent us out to have fun times with the locals by ourselves. In the later visits, we mostly stayed at home with Freddie but he also encouraged us to "go out some and have a good time for him"

"Freddie loved all of our adventures and encouraged Lee to take pictures (in those days- slides). Lee had prepared a slide show set to music. Freddie loved it and requested it three times in New York.('82 and '83) It made Freddie as happy as a lark. As a matter of fact, Freddie asked Lee to please bring it to London for our last visit at the Garden Lodge in June of 1991"

"By the way, Lee reminded me just yesterday that Freddie had told him more than once, "Kathleen, make these photos WORK for you!" This was said for one last time when he escorted Lee around his beloved garden in June of 1991."

"We watched him lovingly gaze at his godson playing on the swing Freddie had placed in a prominent place in the perfectly manicured greens, very near to the front door, at his beloved Garden Lodge. This was observed on the morning of our last day at Freddie’s house that June of 1991."

"As I mentioned before, Freddie himself planned wonderful dinners for us when we were there in 1991, beautifully executed by Joe and Phoebe. Freddie would send us off in the morning to “do” the streets of London, and would have dinner waiting for us when we got home from our trek through the city. He was too tired to join us, unfortunately, but was always “up” and fun during dinner. He DID take us out to lunch one day. I wish I could remember where we went. We snuck him out through the front door of the Mews where we were camped so as to try and fool the paparazzi who were always lying in wait. I think we did a good job, because I don’t believe we were followed. A funny thing happened at the table with the waitress. She thought she needed to tell him that “fromage” meant cheese. He was very polite to her, but when she walked away...OMG
We certainly laughed at his reaction."

 Linky found on Amazon....  www.amazon.com/Freddie-Mercury-York-Dont-Stop/dp/1645849481

This wasn't forbidden to do?

Please, for the love of god, never do this again.

I'll save you the trouble. GO FUCK YOURSELF. Both of you.