An Old Irish Tune

The Southern Confederacy adopted a song that rivaled "Dixie" as their anthem. The song was
"Bonnie Blue Flag." The tune came from an Irish song called "The Irish Jaunting Car"


I wonder is Matt could play that on his bagpipes

Johnny and Edgar Winter

I believe the first blues album I purchased was by Johnny Winter.
Johnny and Edgar Winter's grandfather was a cotton merchant in Leland Mississippi. Being a family of some means the cotton dealer sent his son to VMI. The son came home but didn't stay in the cotton business. He went into the military and met his wife in Beaumont Texas. They lived a while in Leland but moved back to Beaumont where Johnny and little brother Edgar were born. Both were albino but they had extraordinary talent when it came to music. Edgar was the first man in Rock-n-Roll history to use a synthesizer. His trademark song was "Frankenstein." If you "Youtube" Edgar Winter and find his live performance, he will show you how to play every instrument on stage.
Johnny has been a pioneer in blues. If you listen to some of his music you may, like me, believe that Stevie Ray Vaughn as a kid listened to Johnny's music. This cat can play.

Youth In Asia

I was also told that euthanasia wasn't a Chinese Rock Band, but with the new health care system, I may get to experience it.

Waterboarding

I just found out that waterboarding wasn't an Olympic sport.

Roll the presses

"Give me control over a nation's currency and I care not who makes its laws."


Barron M.A. Rothchild





How many trillion since Janurary

Neshoba County

The Neshoba County Fair in Mississippi has long been a week of horse racing, festivities for all ages and THE place where politicians come to stump. First held in 1889 the fair has long been a stage for State politicians. President Reagen, then a candidate, spoke at the Neshoba Fair.



Neshoba in Choctaw means wolf.

Go West Young Man

Reno Nevada is further west than L.A.


and I thought California was really out there