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Subject :
A Rilly , Rilly kewl email about Wilbur Walton Jr.

From :
Laird, Ernest
Sent :
Monday, August 28, 2006 9:12 PM
To :

Subject :
Hi from the Birthplace of the Mardi Gras


Hi Robert,
The last time we saw each other was about 1983 in Egan’s or The Chukker when I lived in Tuscaloosa. Forearm crutches, long leg braces, 36 yo then, yellow VW Beetle. That was me. I still have the crutches and braces and am now older, fatter and uglier to boot…………

I write to add a wee bit of Wilbur Walton lore:

I pledged Sigma Nu in the Fall of 1967, and Wilbur had years earlier pledged Sigma Nu and perhaps was initiated. The Sigma Nu House was then chock full of guys from Dothan, and, of course, “Everybody Knows” Wilbur and has a Wilbur story. He performed at basement parties after formal rush for several years. The evening was with pride called “Wilbur” by the Sigma Nu’s and others at The University of Alabama, and the large house would be packed to hear him and his band. The crowd would spill into the yards front and back. (My ears would ring for days after a band party in that basement. My present hearing deficit began then and there.) He was revered and beloved. ……

Thx for doing the heavy lifting keeping the connection alive between Alabama and Cuba.

Take care & Best,

Ernie……..

PS: I always liked better the B side of “Georgia Pines”.

Ernest A. Laird
Associate Vice President
Financial Advisor
2862 Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama 36606
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ernest.laird@morganstanley.com


& from TOMMY MANN dah SWAMPMANN!
From :
tommy mann
Sent :
Monday, August 28, 2006 2:23 PM
To :

Subject :
K-OTICS /TOMMY MANN

IN MY INFO. I SENT ,THE DATE WE LAST PLAYED WAS MARCH 4, 1967
NOT 1966.

From :
tommy mann
Sent :
Monday, August 28, 2006 2:23 PM
To :ROBERTOREG

NEXT TIME YOU SEE GRIFFIN ,ASK HIM WHY HE HAD TO WEAR
LONG PANTS IN THE EARLY SUMMER OF 1966? SEEMS HIS
KNEES HAD BURNS ON THEM. CAN YOU SAY WOOF, WOOF?

SWAMPMANN