Saturday, May 03, 2008

Loved the song.
Touched my heart.
Thanks for the site. Roll Tide!

Sharon Herndon

SH~
You can purchase the CD at Bama Fever or at other stores plus online @
http://daybeardied.com

best,
rr



Hey,
Dat wuz you sittin at the 1st bar in the club Sun.
I just didnt realize it.
I hadn't seen you in over 40 years.

I saw you in a pic that Frank Tanton had taken there and said "damn, that was Robert Reg' and I was standing there gettin a fresh Cpt' Morgan & a lime 2 foots way "

By the way, I emailed Devon Patrick, the keyboard player for the Outer Mongolian Herd. He has your address and the blogspot addy now.

Kenny http://www.myspace.com/kenbright

Y'all know how much I love to brag
but OLD FATE
put the mirror up TO MY FACE
tonight &
so I decided to write my epitaph.

So I decided to find a brag...

I DISCOVERED IT:

HE DID SOMETHING FOR HIS PEOPLE!

RR~
MEAN AND HATEFUL?!?! Oh, you've not seen mean, my friend,
until you've seen me in action.

And thanks a lot for posting the very picture of Rodney & me that I SPECIFICALLY asked you NOT to post.

You could've posted the OTHER pic of us in this pose, but nooooooooooo, you just HAD to post the close-up of the original so people can see my weird right eye bulging. HMPHHHHH!!!


Very Truly Yours....well, I will be when I'm through bein mad atcha,
BQ~

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Hey y'all~

GOD!!!!
I HATE THIS.

I'm gonna have to start a new rule.

I must post on Blogger before I leave the site.

I had the most wonderful diatribe about my life...
THE LIFE OF THE MOST SAD & LONELY & MISERABLE MAN IN TUSCALOOSA &
FOR FIVE BUCKS
I WON'T TELL YOU THE STORY!
[ed. note: Believe it or not, I fit in with this town.
Growing up in Gotham City, they alwayzzz told me,"KEEP ACTING THAT WAY BOB & YOU'LL END UP IN TUSCALOOSA!")

Anywayzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Unfortunately, my computer farted & I lost all of it.

BUT FROM NOW ON...

NEW RULE!

PUBLISH BEFORE LEAVING BLOGGER .COM!!!!

The biggest thing going on in my life right now is the music of
WILBUR WALTON JR

Click on the link below to purchase Wilbur's first recording in 35 years
http://playgroundrecordingstudio.com/_wsn/page2.html

Or click below to download Wilbur's four new tunes
http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumID=ALB000018284




all three images courtesy of http://myspace.com/playgroundrecordingstudio

I got my CD from PayPal today & slipped it into my son's truck's box.
Frist thang out of his mouth wuz,
"Who's tearing up that guitar?"

We rilly needed something to cheer us up seeing as how one of C.'z BUDS got killed in a car crash this morning
http://tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080501/LATEST/83058621
http://tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080502/NEWS/896178128/1007
& his cell was ringin' off the hook.

I met the kid who died for the first time on my 58th birthday Tuesday at Pepito's in Northport so it hit me hard as well.

Pretty soon both of us were yelling
"AHH! MITTUH REDBUD!"
out the windows
listening to Wilbur's wonderful work.

From Greg Haynes' http://heybabydays.com

"RIGHT STRING BABY...WRONG YO-YO!"
"GEORGIA PINES", etc. DEPARTMENT~

WILBUR WALTON JR IS BACK!
The legend performed in his hometown of Dothan on April 13 & I missed it.
LIFE'S NOT FAIR!

Before long, the Candymen, King David & The Slaves [ed. note: In the Bible Joseph was sold into slavery by his 12 brothers in Dothan]
and others will return and the planet will return to normal.

GH



RR....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIEND !!!!!!!!!
58....Hell i got roaches older 'n dat.
Great news about the continued interest in THE DAY BEAR BRYANT DIED.
Keep up the good work.

BTW Hoffman invented LSD but probably never used it like some wierdos I know.
Let me know if he was
a regular user and I'll join the hip parade.
He was 102.
What if LSD was the secret to longevity !!!
PCB



image courtesy of http://www.charliemusselwhite.com

Wednesday night I hung out with WORLD CLASS SON OF A BITCH
Charlie Musselwhite...

I had 5 BERKELEY BARB magazines from '67 & '68 with New Orleans House ads pitching Charlie's performances
& walked up to the stage, showed him the manila envelope labeled
FIVE CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE ARTIFACTS FROM '67/'68

MUSSLEWHITE, the thug he is, grabbed my manila envelope, almost tearing it in two & threw it down on stage & kept on playing that harp.
Pissed me off so I went to pick the manila envelope off the foot of the stage and he grabbed it with the toe his boot and kicked it back to his drummer.

After the show he wouldn't give the envelope back to me but he hung out with me long enough for me to drink a beer with him so I guess losing my stuff was worth the price of admission plus I got to hang out with one of the world's greatest musicians.

Tom Ely of Daleville has done everybody at ZERO, NORTHWEST FLORIDA a tremendous service by posting at least 4 videos of Rodney The Rocker taking it to the stage one mo' agin with ARS at Thunder Beach Monday night. The videos get stuck but it's still great to see Justo back rockin' THE SEA HAGS just like in the old days.
Click below to see Rodney Justo move 'em & groove 'em...
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33452794

BAMA QUEEN, even being as mean & hateful as she is,
came through with the stills.
Here's four examples of her work at the ARS concert Monday Night in PCB.
You can see the rest at her myspace site http://myspace.com/fiddledeedeeme
but you'll need to join myspace in order to see all uv 'em.
MUCHAS, BQ,
we don't care what nobody say,
YOU ALLZZZZZZZZZ RITE WID US!






Dean Daughtry


Rodney "THE ROCKER" Justo


THE ROCKER & THE BAMA QUEEN


ROCKIN' RODNEY with daughter Holley & the grandkids

Robert,
Just thought I'd pass on the following link on ebay for a Mar-Teks record. Maybe it'll make you feel better (look at how much money WE could be making) or maybe feel bad (it ain't gonna happen).

Just think, if this one record (2 songs) is worth that much then the CD I sent you must be worth $171.63 or $171.92.
Hell, we didn't make that much money on the whole lot of discs we sold in '67.
Robert Mims
The Mar-Teks
P.S. I'm gonna follow the bidding and see which loyal, faithful FAN buys it.....or not.



I had forgotten about this picture. It was a publicity
shot taken in 1967 somewhere around Dothan.

The members of the band (l to r): Jimmy Watford
(vocals), Stanley Jones (drums), Jimmy Johnson (lead
guitar), Charlie Roberts (bass), and Robert Mims
(keyboard).
-Robert Mims

Another picture of The Mar-Teks taken in
Dothan at the National Peanut Festival.

IN MEMORIAM


Dr. James J. "Jim" Coleman
October 11, 1950 - April 18, 2008
From Paula~

Hi,
I really enjoyed the pictures and letters on your site. Thank you for that, Jim and I were really becoming close friends and then(kind of sparking)"hillbilly term" and then this.

I just spoke to Jim Thursday, and I didn't feel right about the way the conversation started out...I said, (like I always do) GOOD MORNING HANDSOME!!....this was a strange comment back, Jim said.....You are my true friend, and I can't wait to see you in June, it will be a great time for me.

I really felt something wasn't right, now I know, my feeling was right. I wish I could have just one more day with Jim.
Thanks Robert, God Bless You!!


Y'all have a great weekend.
We got the Crawfish Festival in town tomorrow so I'll be rockin' by sundown!

Best,
rr http://cottonkingdom.blogspot.com
http://snakedoctor.blogspot.com

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Apr 30, 2008 11:01 AM

Happy birthday to you- kick me in the ass and call me a jerk sorry forgot well did not forget thought of you but got lost in my homework
please forgive me please
Birthday Boy
"Happy Belated" sugar

happy beltane

image courtesy of http://www.myspace.com/friendlylight


Beltane was a day representing many things to the Celtic people. It was the second of the four fire festivals. To most it celebrated the sun God, Baal(British)/ Bel(Irish)/ Beli(Welsh)/ Belanos(Pan-Celtic), although the sun appears to have been originally revered as a goddess. Bel means bright or shining and there is no sexual distinction attached to it. The Gaelic nouns for the sun are still female. In Wales, Rhiannon, who is also a solar deity, would come back from the land of the dead/winter on this day. In Scotland, the Seelie Court arrives and takes control back from the Unseelie Court.

As a festival day, it was celebrated with much merriment. The Maypole was a central part of the celebration with a wreath placed at it's top. The pole represented the male forces and the wreath the female. The current practice of adorning the pole with ribbons is a more recent invention although the circle dance is ancient. Men chased women on hobby horses trying to catch them, much like Pwyll chasing Rhiannon. (She could not be caught unless she wished to be.)


The great central bonfire was an integral part of Celtic sabbats. Home fires were extinquished and relit from the sacred fire of the ritual. Fields and homes were sometimes blessed with the flaming foliage. In Ireland, no one was allowed to light a Beltane fire until the High King had lit the first fire on Tara Hill. Accounts from the Romans also mention wicker cages filled with animals that were burned...





ZYGONE
It's better to be coming down than to have never been high at all.
-- Mal Function
Wanta yak with the Capn? Click on:
YAK


Give them what they want. Give them their money's worth.
-- skypilotclub motto
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
R.I.P. ALBERT HOFFMAN, AGE 102

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/world/europe/30hofmann.html?ref=world

Dear dear man, a ball of energy, and so useful and kind to spirited people, and women, and all of us, sadly, he's gone.

I was fortunate that he lived long enough for me to meet him, he kindly invited me up to his house, just 4 weeks ago. March 24th. Life has some twists and I caught one. Sad, but good. At 102, yes.

I had given a speech at the World Psychedelic Forum in Basel, home of historic medieval alchemists, over the weekend, and was honored to be asked to meet the great wizard himself. It was a lovely ride up into the hills, going from Easter flowery spring, to howling winter in a few klicks. His house perches over a great fall of fields down to France on one side, and back to solid snowy Switzerland on the other. It's a a concrete flat-roofed modern home, not large, set with cherry trees and swaying alpine firs, pasted with ice.

His dear wife had just passed away around Christmas, after a long illness, and you could see how hard it had been for him, that he'd been through a terrible ordeal.
He was so sweet to me, chatted and joked about musicians and black market LSD, chocolate and cherry trees, instructed me very seriously about the importance of hanging upside down every day, to improve the blood flow to the brain.. The snow flying outside, I sat on the warm polished wood bench by the window and he sat in a small ornate chair, with an ornate brocaded footstool. We compared chocolates. His old friend Juri Styk brought along some little cakes which we split up but no one touched.



I asked him about purification of LSD, wasn't it a long process? He denied it vigorously, saying " LSD is very easy to make, you just do the recipe and if it crystallizes, that is it, it's done and very pure. No need to do anything else. " And then launched in to a rapid exchange in German with his lovely daughter sitting on the couch, a petite elegant mother of two paying very close attention to her father. ( Juri later told me it was about Dr. Hofmanns eldest son, who had rejected LSD all his life till just recently, and then absolutely loved it and wanted more.!)

I wish my German had been better, I could have spoken to him more easily. His English was excellent, anyhow, and I told him a little about the Grateful Dead, and he lit up and said he had always been hearing about them, they played existential music, yes? And from small beginnings, it got large? With the help of LSD, the energy and telepathic melting together as they played... he understood that. He asked about Jerry. And Juri reminded him about the Acid Tests, and he lit up again and said "Oh yes, the Acid Tests. and the Grateful Dead played there long ago?, and you were there? " And I smiled, yes, and pulled out the Acid Test diploma I had made for him. I presented it in the usual fashion, saying that he had proven beyond doubt that he had fulfilled all the requirements and had certainly passed the Acid Test, and had earned this Acid Test diploma!
He took it and tried to read the Paul Foster decorations, and then had me sign it, with both my names, and date it. He said it was no good unless I signed it. I took a picture of him holding it up. He was really delighted! Not just being polite, either, but actually giggling.



Dr. H. bragged proudly that he now had three women to look after him. And he hoped they wouldn't argue about him.

And then it was over, and we stood up, and Dr. Hoffman staggered , almost fell as he got to his feet, and I steadied him up. He must have weighed about 85 pounds, so small and light. And perfectly mannered, took my arm and walked me to the door. Juri took a final picture of him with my camera, and the doctor smiled and asked me to come back, and bring the sun please. The wind whipping the snow out of the trees as silent puffs of feathers. The walkway to the car was thick with ice. A few cat tracks showed the way. I didn't get to meet the cat, who sleeps on the doctor's bed since his wife passed away. Now wheres the cat sleeping tonight?

I had been thinking hard yesterday and today, about getting this meeting all written down, as the conversation ran to many topics in my short hour or so with him. I wrote a couple of letters to friends today, about my visit with the great man, and didn't realize he was dying today. Chances sometimes only come once, and I'm so glad I took this one. I'm really sad, mostly for myself. Wanting more, not to be.

All my love to my dear, living friends, MG

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

NORTHERN SOUL ~ KEEP THE FAITH!

Curried Soul from The Greatstone Soul Hotel
The Greatstone Soul Club Presents
A NIGHT OF 100% ORIGINAL, QUALITY SOUL MUSIC
Rare 6ts Soul, Northern & Crossover

Saturday 19th APRIL, and always 'Every Third Saturday Of The Month'
The Night Runs From 8.00pm til 2.00am
Tax £4.00 otd. Includes Buffet


This Months Special Guests Djs
PETE BEST & CAROL VARE

Your Dj's For The Night, Mark B,Tony J, Paul H,
Stevie Zelenyji

The Greatstone Hotel
The A56 Chester Road, Stretford,
Manchester M32 ORN ( 5 mins from Jnt. 7 M60, 2Mins. from MUFC )
More Info Tony 07973-809492
tjackson@hss.co.uk
Mark 07939-872534 markbaildon@bowdoncheshire.freeserve.co.uk

Rooms Available-Hotel 0161-865-1640

Soul @ Joe's
St. Helens Soul Club
presents
Soul at Joe'S
St. Joseph's catholic club
peasley cross
sutton
St.Helens
Merseyside
wa9 3bn
01744 21493
First Friday every Month 8 till 1 car park, £3.00 otd
Reg:DJs Chisser Freddie T. & Moz
Music:6ts Soul & R&B, Motown& Northern Soul
Guest DJs Dec:(Kev Murry Liverpool) (Ronnie & Andy
Burtonwoodclub) small friendly club good mix of 130 soulies from N.west area
contact: chisser 01744 818598 & 079 763 996 168
Freddie T. 01744 635409 & 86079 461 714
Moz 01925 572110
e mail at001q7873@blueyonder.co.uk

East Kirby Miners Welfare

please let it be know that east kirkby miners welfare is on the 6th of april and not on the 30th march the 30th was booked by carl an dendog promoters last year so i apologise for the mix up and thank you to all those who have contacted me to let me know but we hope to see you all there on the 6th april for the first anniversary when we have got two top djs on chris cooper from pilsley and ian from soultime promotions going to be a good night so we hope to see you there on the 6th of april once again sorry for the mix up

Manchester Soul
http://www.manchestersoul.com/

The Oakfield Northern Soul Club
The Oakfield Northern Soul Club has found a new venue.
We open under a new name which is-SOUTH MANCHESTER SOUL at Didsbury Cricket Club,Wilmslow Road Didsbury,Manchester on the 27th January at 8pm til late.
We have our resident Dj,s.....Les Hare...Malcolm Owens and Mark Tobin.
Pay at the door £5 for non-members this includes membership.
Those who were Oakfield Members will be charged £4 .
Hope to see our old members there on the night.


Birchley St. Marys Northern Soul Club
Went to Birchley St. Marys Friday 14th absolutely cracking night, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif) just shows what a bit of time and effort will achieve, the organisers pulled out all the stops to make the place a success. I think this will be one of the top clubs on the circuit if last night was anything to go by. I'll certainly be going again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yes.gif) Keep up the good work. KTF

The OLD SHOES Soul Club

THESE OLD SHOES SOUL CLUB - IMPORTANT - Please Read

For this month only, These Old Shoes will be on:
Thursday July 17th (and not July 10th)
River Bar, Tower Bridge Road
£4 in - 8pm - Midnight
Resident DJs: Martin Thomson, Alan Handscombe, Jo Wallace
Special Guest: Yann Vatiste

FUTURE DATES FOR YOUR SOUL DIARY WILL BE:
Thursday August 14th - Special Guest: Mark Raison
Thursday September 11th - Special Guest: Vic Ranger
Thursday October 9th - Special Guest: Terry Jones



Bury Town Hall : venue for The North Manchester Soul Club
http://www.geocities.com/northmanchestersoulclub/

C.F.O. 7~ mysterious Northern Soul group

Hey y'all~

In these damn days
you gotta find yo' DAMN allies.


best,
rr


St. Helens Soul Club

Soul at Joe's (St Helens Soul Club)
Next event - Friday 2nd May Guest DJ's Keith Brady & Jacko
1st Friday every month
St Joseph's Catholic Club
Peasley Cross
Sutton,St Helens
Contact club 01744 21493
Regular DJ's - Chisser 07963 996168
Fred 07946 171486
Moz 07922 936284
email:at001q783@blueyonder.co.uk

Lowton Civic Hall ~ Major Northern Soul venue

http://www.wlct.org/Leisure/Halls/lowton.htm

AUSTRALIAN NORTHERN SOUL WEEKENDER ~ PERTH
gallery_2737_10_34557.jpg

OKeh Soul Promotions ~ Stoke on Trent


Oakfield's Northern Soul

NORTHERN SOUL DOWN UNDER!

Soul Time ~ Stratford

"Although I know that it is heresy to suggest such an idea in the midst of an age of progress, it may be that ultimate truth lies in the spiritual attitude of the southerners who are always going fishing. A person who has achieved an immunity from the everlasting inner demand that he improve upon his earthly position must possess an unusual degree of cosmic equilibrium. He must have learned in some way that composure of the human spirit is all that actually matters. He has attained, without conscious effort, the serenity for which all men strive."
--Clarence Cason (1898-1935) (Submitted by BJ Hutto)

http://www.alaskasportsden.com/Quotes.htm
SUBMITTED BY DHS SENIOR '68 BRUCE WALLACE


Playground Updates
Sent:
Tue 4/29/08 7:15 PM
To:
BassAce123@aol.com




Hi Friends of PRS.
We have updated the songs on our MySpace page at
We have also added a PRODUCT page on our website... Mr. RedBud by Wilbur Walton Jr. is now available for Pre-release sales. As well as The WaCo Ramblers and SOUL RESURRECTION. In the future we will continue to add weird and sundry stuff for sale on our product page, that is only available from Playground.
Thanks for listening
The Playground Team

NEW Tunes!!

The Playground Team has inserted 6 new tracks for your listening pleasure on our MySpace page that would be www.myspace.com/playgroundrecordingstudio ….

As we are headed over to New Orleans for the Ponderosa Stomp to see our buds Wiley & The Checkmates with Ralph “Soul” Jackson, Roscoe Robinson, plus Teenie Hodges and The Hi-Rhythm Section is playing with Syl Johnson and Louisiana’s Last Rockabilly Jay Chevalier with the Haunted Hearts band… we’re gonna leave you with some new PRS tunes

CLEAN LIVIN By …..Reuben Howell

Reuben spent a fair amount of time in the Big Easy with bass player and cowriter Al Arthur.. CLEAN LIVIN is a Po-Pa-Ree of many musical genres represented here on the Gulf Coast We miss Reuben!

LADIES MAN By…….. You tell us who this is. We know that Wilbur Walton Jr. recorded this song, but we don’t think this is Wilbur. We’re pretty sure Buddy Buie had a hand in the writing of this song. (we’ll have to look it up in our catalog). Another cut of this song was done by Chuck Reed … Anyway …somebody tell us who this is!

TIT FOR TAT By…. Doris Allen

Another version of this vocal performance is scheduled for release on Soulscape UK later this year. We have bastardized this version by replacing some of the instruments. The work is not complete as we will add horns…. part of it was recorded in 1984 and part of it in 2007. The additional players are Fred and Cynthia Dummalot, Tom Latenzer and Clayton Lancaster…. from ’84 It’s John Hall and David Adkins.

BIRMINGHAM JAIL By…. Jay Chevalier

According to Jay and the tape boxes this was record in Vegas in 1965. Now known as Louisiana’s Last Rockabilly Jay was performing in Vegas in ’65 to SRO crowds. Jay still maintains a couple of bands and will be at “The Stomp” with the Haunted Hearts

NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO By…. The Truths Inc.

Three Dudes from Birmingham with David and John Rainey Adkins from 1973. We are including this for our Northern Soul friends. We have a 45 release by THE TRUTHS INC on Playground Records scheduled for July. This cut won’t be on the 45 but still a danceable UNIT as they say

MIAMI MIAMI …….By Mason Arnold & The Delta Wildcats

This was recorded by the Chief in Jackson, Mississippi in 1980 on some sort of weird record deal. The Wildcats include Chief, Mississippi Bobby Maxwell, Ken Shaw, Jim Dickinson and backing vox include Jewel Bass and Jill Lancaster…. no horns on this… sorry SS… you still might like it…. it Rocks pretty good…

Thanks for listening! PRODUCT is now available at www.playgroundrecordinstudio.com





This will effect us all---READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check this out...
Proposed changes in taxes after 2008 General election:

CAPITAL GAINS TAX

MCCAIN - 15% (no change)
OBAMA - 28%
CLINTON - 24%

How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will
adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.

DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN - 15% (no change)
OBAMA - 39.6%
CLINTON - 39.6%

How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama or Clinton become president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.'

INCOME TAX

MCCAIN - (no changes) Retain Current Levels:

Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250

OBAMA - (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)

Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750


CLINTON - (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)

Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750

How does this affect you? No explanation needed. This is pretty straightforward.


INHERITANCE TAX

MCCAIN - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
OBAMA - keep the inheritance tax
CLINTON - keep the inheritance tax

How does this affect you? Many families have lost businesses, farms and ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will not only lose them to these taxes.

NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY BOTH CLINTON AND OBAMA

* New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet
* New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)
* New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)
* New taxes on retirement accounts

and last but not least....

* New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!


Can you afford Clinton or Obama?
I can't!!!!!

Monday, April 28, 2008


Then there is LOU REED, the asshole of the century.
He finally got sweet when we talked about Steve Paul's Scene and The Candymen.
He loved it.




There's Lyle Lovette, the nicest guy in the world!
He got teary-eyed talking about Roy Orbison with me.

These are pix with Billy Gibbons. He was great. He's like Justo. He's remembers everything about our tours together.


Billy told me about playing Tampa University Stadium. ZZ TOP, ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION, and our opening act, KISS!

He remembered me and Ace Frehley (guitarist for Kiss) going out front in the crowd of 60,000 to watch ZZ's set. Somebody dosed Ace and while we were watching the show Ace passed out! I threw him over my shoulder and carried him backstage.

Billy said he remembered me having Kiss's make-up all over me.

More good stuff! Later Gator!!!

Robert Nix and Alison........................
......................................

Hey y'all~

Bama Queen http://myspace.com/fiddledeedeeme
can't have a good time unless she's shoving status symbols in front of your face!

I'm working my ass off dis afternoon &
neck thang ya know
I got BAMA QUEEN on dah line
bragging about hanging out on a dock in Panama City before the Atlanta Rhythm Section concert at the beach tonight.

ANYWAYZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...

ALWAYZZZZZZZZZZ
TRYING TO FRONT ON FOLKS!

THE DOOWANG HYPOTHESIS ON THE PREFERENCE FOR SCHLITZ MAY HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwq-S2vTPM4
NORTHERN SOUL VIDEO FEATURING WILBUR
ON 24 HOURS OF LONELINESS

JL:

I have a challenge for you.

How do we get the above YouTube NORTHERN SOUL clip of Wilbur placed near THE GEORGIA PINES JAM?

BEST,
RR

P.S. On this Northern Soul Video you find groups of people who really love Wilbur.
They include:

NORTHERN SOUL ~ KEEP THE FAITH!

Curried Soul from The Greatstone Soul Hotel

Soul @ Joe's

East Kirby Miners Welfare

Manchester Soul

The Oakfield Northern Soul Club

Birchley St. Marys Northern Soul Club

The OLD SHOES Soul Club

Bury Town Hall : venue for The North Manchester Soul Club

C.F.O. 7

St. Helens Soul Club

Lowton Civic Hall ~ Major Northern Soul venue

AUSTRALIAN NORTHERN SOUL WEEKENDER ~ PERTH

OKeh Soul Promotions ~ Stoke on Trent

Oakfield's Northern Soul

NORTHERN SOUL DOWN UNDER!

Soul Time ~ Stratford

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Wilbur Walton Jr. and the Strange Gang on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YpVtW4cKvo


image courtesy of http://www.myspace.com/albex

FOR SOME REASON I RILLY LIKE THIS PICTURE...

Thanks for the nice reference and link!
Dave Strickland
http://SouthernGarageBands.com



ZYGONE
It's better to be coming down than to have never been high at all.
-- Mal Function
Wanta yak with the Capn? Click on:
YAK


Give them what they want. Give them their money's worth.
-- skypilotclub motto
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2008

So solly, miz molly, haven't been keeping up on the website, been applying my time and energy to the Vietnam novel for time is running out and there isn't a moment to lose. Daggone cold wet wintry weather won't go away but that doesn't discourage the grass any and the green is growing up and aroound the limbs knocked off the trees in the storms and soon they will be swallowed, not to be discovered until the mower runs into them, crash, kablang, dang, broken blade.

So here's a taste from the novel:

A SVN AD-6 Skyraider, gift of the U.S. Navy, huge single engine prop driven fighter-bomber lumbers in for a landing, flown by a Vietnamese Air
force pilot. A cross wind catches it as it touches down and the pilot adds power to straighten out. He has to slam on the rudder to compensate for the added torque and the tail slews around and the bird comes sliding sideways down the runway.

We stand riveted as the plane skids past us and careens into a Marine helicopter. A loud crash and screeching of torn metal, the skyraider crumples the side of the chopper, pushes it up against the fence, the fighter bomber's wing embedded in the helicopter's belly.

The wail of the emergency siren goes off and the crash truck heads out from the tower. Before it reaches the crash, a jeep screeches to halt. Three Vietnamese MPs jump out, pistols drawn. One jumps up on the wing of the plane and aims in at the cockpit.

The crash truck roars up, spewing foam, covering the chopper and plane. Up on the wing, the MP is pulling the pilot out of the cockpit. He pushes him down off the wing and the other two MPs grab his arms and hoist him into the jeep. The driver guns the engine and they whip around and tear down the runway to the SVN end of the field.

"Justice is swift in the unsettled frontier," Cochran says.

Marines are pouring down the flight line, surrounding the wreck, gawking and gabbing.

"No time for lollygagging," Captain Beamus says. "We've still got a mission to fly."


Whoa, Boss...

You got my attention right off the bat.

Because my Daddy was a paid member of the Republican Party in Alabama in 1968, Nixon gave me a job at Rort Fucker during the summer of '69!

There were only four of us~
three from Dothan & one from Enterprise but we had GS-4 jobs for the summer making
almost 5 DOLLARS AN HOUR IN 1969 IN ALABAMA!

We worked for Special Services but we did whatever we wanted.

We'd go out to this airfield near the Ozark Gate & watch these Vietnamese tear the rear wheels right off of these old helicopters landing them.
It was HOOT!
It was also sad but
OUR
main concern in the summer of '69 was whether the Falstaff

was iced down for the ride back to Dothan
after work.

best,
rr