10th Anniversary Of Chet Baker’s Death
James Maycock, Independent, The, May 1998
"WHATS YOUR favourite type of high?" inquires Bruce Weber towards the end of his film Lets Get Lost. Chet Bakers answer is unsettling. "Oh, the kind of high that scares other people to death," he sighs. "I guess they call it a speedball. Its a mixture of cocaine and heroin."
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