Dr. Abrams was a near-daily pedestrian in the Silver Lake area for decades, his often-shirtless, leathery torso tilted forward, eyes on a neatly folded newspaper. The foot traffic and small-town currents of Silver Lake provided him a rare audience amid a city known for mostly empty sidewalks.
Dr. Abrams lived next to the reservoir with his wife, who worked with him in his medical office. Before he closed his North Hollywood practice, Dr. Abrams saw most of his patients in the evenings, sometimes as late as 11 o'clock.
From songfacts.com:
The song [Fitz and the Tantrums' "The Walker"] immortalizes the late Dr. Marc Abrams, who famously could be seen walking every day on the East Side of LA and passed away on July 21, 2010. [Bandleader] Fitzpatrick explained he was known around Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood for, "speedwalking around in little short shorts, no shirt on, leather-tanned skin with a newspaper, morning, noon and night."
"I never knew when the guy practiced medicine because all I ever saw was him walking around, every day," Fitzpatrick added. "So we took him as our hero character for the song to explore the idea of just what people's perceptions of someone can be and just having the courage to walk to the beat of your own drum..."
Dr. Abrams lived next to the reservoir with his wife, who worked with him in his medical office. Before he closed his North Hollywood practice, Dr. Abrams saw most of his patients in the evenings, sometimes as late as 11 o'clock.
From songfacts.com:
The song [Fitz and the Tantrums' "The Walker"] immortalizes the late Dr. Marc Abrams, who famously could be seen walking every day on the East Side of LA and passed away on July 21, 2010. [Bandleader] Fitzpatrick explained he was known around Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood for, "speedwalking around in little short shorts, no shirt on, leather-tanned skin with a newspaper, morning, noon and night."
"I never knew when the guy practiced medicine because all I ever saw was him walking around, every day," Fitzpatrick added. "So we took him as our hero character for the song to explore the idea of just what people's perceptions of someone can be and just having the courage to walk to the beat of your own drum..."
Dr. Abrams was a near-daily pedestrian in the Silver Lake area for decades, his often-shirtless, leathery torso tilted forward, eyes on a neatly folded newspaper. The foot traffic and small-town currents of Silver Lake provided him a rare audience amid a city known for mostly empty sidewalks.
Dr. Abrams lived next to the reservoir with his wife, who worked with him in his medical office. Before he closed his North Hollywood practice, Dr. Abrams saw most of his patients in the evenings, sometimes as late as 11 o'clock.
From songfacts.com:
The song [Fitz and the Tantrums' "The Walker"] immortalizes the late Dr. Marc Abrams, who famously could be seen walking every day on the East Side of LA and passed away on July 21, 2010. [Bandleader] Fitzpatrick explained he was known around Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood for, "speedwalking around in little short shorts, no shirt on, leather-tanned skin with a newspaper, morning, noon and night."
"I never knew when the guy practiced medicine because all I ever saw was him walking around, every day," Fitzpatrick added. "So we took him as our hero character for the song to explore the idea of just what people's perceptions of someone can be and just having the courage to walk to the beat of your own drum..."
Dr. Abrams lived next to the reservoir with his wife, who worked with him in his medical office. Before he closed his North Hollywood practice, Dr. Abrams saw most of his patients in the evenings, sometimes as late as 11 o'clock.
From songfacts.com:
The song [Fitz and the Tantrums' "The Walker"] immortalizes the late Dr. Marc Abrams, who famously could be seen walking every day on the East Side of LA and passed away on July 21, 2010. [Bandleader] Fitzpatrick explained he was known around Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood for, "speedwalking around in little short shorts, no shirt on, leather-tanned skin with a newspaper, morning, noon and night."
"I never knew when the guy practiced medicine because all I ever saw was him walking around, every day," Fitzpatrick added. "So we took him as our hero character for the song to explore the idea of just what people's perceptions of someone can be and just having the courage to walk to the beat of your own drum..."
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Marc R. Abrams, M.D.
August 19, 1951
July 21, 2010
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