Norm was one of the first great players I ever got to watch in person. It was the late 90s and he was in Cincy for a bit. I was in awe watching him float around the table.
JAM, Any battle stories of him and Keith? I'm sure they had lock horns at some point on the bar box.
Ian
I first met Stormin' Norman in Baltimore. Keith and he were friends, but I'm not sure if they got in combat before I met Keith or not. I will ask Keith when he wakes up.
Keith didn't want to engage in action with him in Baltimore because he knew they were on the road trying to make a score. We both hung out with Norman and another road player he was with, to include their stakehorse.
Their stakehorse was from Virginia, who told me he had a plate in his head. He actually scared me a little bit. I had been away from pool for a long while.
We were hanging outside one evening, in front of Sonny's restaurant, and the stakehorse showed me a gun he had in his car. Something about him gave me pause. I was not comfortable in his presence.
Norm, on the other hand, was very sweet. His partner and stakehorse did leave Baltimore eventually, and Norm stayed on for a while.
The year was 2002. That, I know for sure. It was the beginning of my journey with Keith, who at that time was living at the Regal Inn, next door to Sonny's pool room. OMG!
Norm was a good bar table player. He did eventually run out of money in Baltimore after his stakehorse left and was needing money to get back home. Next time I saw him was in Toledo at the Glass City Open.
