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The Cure: Part 1 with Hanif Abdurraqib

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CHAPTER

The Life and Times of Robert Lowell

Lawrence Tollhurst was a pleasant enough boy, but lazy and with minimal talent. But he was a very good friend of Robert who showed long standing patient loyalty towards him. Lowell is also when Robert gets really into the artist, Alex Harvey. And can you imagine being like the drama teacher and like 40 years later, being like, why don't I shit on this kid? Amazing. In 1973, Robert starts his first band with his sister, Janet, his brother, Richard, and some friends. They call themselves the Crawley Goat Band. There are no known recordings of this band. Man, Lowell is going to get it. It's roughed up. This whole time,

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