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Terry Lawson

I was only a casual background item at the old Trident. I did work there when it was Horizon’s, and my mother even worked there (around 1960) when it was called The Yacht Club (I remember her calling it “The Yacht Dock” though). Most of my memories come from dating the infamous bartender Terry Lawson.
Remembering Terry Lawson…
Can you believe that Terry Lawson would have been 60 years old this week?

I started dating Terry in 1974 when I was barely 17 years old. He used to smuggle me in to the dark corner bench seat at the far end of the bar. Sometimes I would have to sit in his old VW with his dog “Say Man” waiting for the weekly meeting to end (that was back when they still let him park on the parking deck). I remember watching Robin and Eric come out the kitchen door, cutting it up and making me laugh. Terry moved with me when I went to college in LA in 1976, then I accompanied him to Maui in 1978. We hung out with Bobby L. at The Blue Max, who even invited us to a private performance there by Stevie Nicks. Terry and I stopped living together shortly after that. But we remained friends until the end. Later on, (I think it was 1980, but those times are hazy at best) I went to work at Horizon’s as a “Hostess with the Mostess”, but didn’t last long.

I used to call Mary Lawson each year on this day to wish her a Happy Birthday after Terry had passed, but now that she is gone too, I thought I would honor his memory by posting my thoughts here.

Happy Birthday Terry!

YOU!

Teren (Umphress) Lawler
Marinite27@aol.com

Mark

I worked at the Trident from 1974 to 1976 when it was temporarily closed before reopening almost a year later with a new crew & menu. The era covered here is 1966 to 1980 when the Trident was "Magic!" Mark Danforth Lomas 805.845.2888 MDLomas@gmail.com

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Jones Pollard says:

December 29, 2016 at 4:20 am

What can you say about Terry except INCREDIBLE!! Being a busboy on his shifts was ALWAYS a hoot...I would pepper his requests for anything with hawaian (sp?) slang that apparently only he and i knew and laugh all shift !! We played tennis a few times, ate dinner at Wally & Mary's , and just never had anything but fun ( could anyone NOT have a fun time with him??)..During the 80's, I played on a softball team with his brother Rob, and Terry & Wally often attended our games, Terry ALWAYS giving that special energy to even something as mundane as a softball game..Often think of him today..What a guy!! Jones P.