Nathaniel Ayers was a double bassist at Juilliard, but he suffered a series of psychotic episodes in his early 20s, was treated with thorazine at Bellevue, and ended up living homeless on the streets of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles 30 years later.
Nathaniel Ayers bio je kontrabasist na Juilliardu, ali je kao dvadesetogodišnjak patio od serije psihotičnih epizoda, liječen je kloropromazinom u Bellevueu, i 30 godina kasnije završio je kao beskućnik na ulicama Skid Rowa (siromašna četvrt) u centralnom Los Angelesu.