| Mason-Dixon Line on 17:42 - Aug 30 by phact0rri |
Where at in Tennessee mun? I spent a good bit of time in Knoxville and east Tennessee... and I have loads of friends still there. |
I don't know if you've read this before, I feel certain I must have mentioned it, but back in 1987 I found myself in Jackson, TN, en route to Shiloh, when I wanted to get something autographed by one of my great heroes Carl Perkins. He'd always been a towering giant in my mind and when I pitched up in Jackson I'd headed to the nearest convenience store and explained what I was about and asked where he lived?
To cut a long story short I found out which house was Carl's and I walked up and down at least a dozen times rehearsing what I was going to say by way of an introduction to a man whose music had, along with Hank Williams, the Sun era Presley, Lefty Frizzell, Jimmie Rogers and my own romantic sense of adventure inspired me to cross an ocean and thumb my way around half a continent to say thank you in person to somebody I thought had made history.
I walked up and down outside the house, smoked several cigarettes and got right in my head exactly what I wanted to say. Finally I put the last fag out, took a deep breath, marched up the drive and knocked on the door... baited breath and anticipation.... NOTHING. I knocked harder, still nothing. After all that palaver there was no bugger home!
Farkin' typical!   |  |
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