I Knew Jerry Flint!

I will never forget the day in 2003 that I decieded that on my new radio talk show Car Concerns, I would offer my listeners the very best that Automotive Journalism had to offer.

I knew that it would be a long shot for an old New Car Dealer who was starting a radio talk show about anything and everything automotive to capture the likes of World Famous Jerry Flint as my first interview of great car minds.

Never one to shy away from a challenge, I made the call to Forbes Magazine in New York City and demanded to talk to the author of the "Back Seat Driver" column.

I was told to hold and within minutes a raspy, man-sized voice answered, "Jerry Flint." And so began an incredible friendship.

Jerry didn't know who Harry Douglas from Knoxville was from Adam, yet he took my call and spoke to me like we had been the best of colleges for years. I was an instant fan of Jerry Flint style.

Since that day I was one of the lucky ones who could pick-up the phne and dial Jerry direct to his home in New York City or catch up with him at his upstate New York cabin on any given weekend.

I will never forget the time that he did a live Saturday interview with me on Car Concerns Radio while I was at Citadel's WNOX 100.3 News-Talk and Jerry conducted the interview while a Frieght Train made its pass-by. It never interrupted the first word out of his mouth.

It seemed to me like Jerry was always at his typewriter or computer because I would often email Jerry and ask if he could comment on a column that he had just written or what his thoughts were on any given automotive subject matter and he would shoot an email back in amazing time fashion. Often he would be on the show with me the next morning.

I didn't meet Jerry in person until the 2008 North American International Automobile Show in Detroit. The night before the opening of the show I was one of the lucky ones who had got invited to the General Motors "STYLE" show which was star-studded. To me, their was no-bigger celebrity at the event than Jerry Flint.

I'll never forget that Kid Rock was on stage bellting out a tune when I noticed out of the corner of my eye a figure appeared in the doorway with a beautiful woman on his arm. It was umistakeably Jerry Flint. His presence filled this gathering like no other I had ever known. When Jerry Flint walked into the room, one took notice.

It never did me any good to argue with Jerry about any automotive issue. His opinion was always overbearing and would swallow yours up in one gulp. Jerry could have made million had he been a Trial Lawyer. No Jury would ever think for one minute that he might be wrong.

Hey, I knew Jerry Flint!


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