Papa Mali/Sam Bush/Hot Tuna Bluffton 9/17/2005

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> Hey Y'All,
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> I got a call from my buddy Jason a couple of days ago asking me if I would be at Ripplefest to see Jorma. I wanted to go, but I was working a long day of catering at one of my accounts in Michigan. It was in the back of my mind for a couple of days. I got up and left for work around 4:00 am yesterday. My Regional Chef and I drove up to Chelsea, Mchigan to perform the catered event for our clients. We spent the better part of Friday there prepping all the food. The event went very well. We broke it down, and headed back to Toledo with our crew around 4:00. We then unloaded and returned the trucks we had used. It was now after 5:00 and I said, what the hell. I took a quick shower, changed, grabbed my gear, and headed south for the hour drive. i got there as Papa Mali was just starting. My friend Tim had the board patch, so I plugged in. The Ripplefest is a 2 day festival hosting some national as well as regional bands. It is literally a couple of hundred yards off of I-75. They have like a small barn with a stage and roof above. It is open on the sides and back. The sound was very good. Bales of hay were strewn around the dance floor, they do make nice seats! Always a pleasure to get to hang with the great John Hurlbut! Hope to see him later in the fall. Of course it is always good to see Vanessa, but I did miss Cathy A, hope you are doing well. Great seeing Andrea and Todd there as well. I can usually count on running into some of the usual suspects in any part of the country. I met a new friend last night, Pat of Roastafarians Coffee Company. They roast organic coffees from all over the world, Kindness in every Cup.
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> I was talking to Tim, amazed at the tiny crowd of about 200 for Papa Mali. He explained that some plain-clothsed police popped 17 people the night before. Many people had left as a result. The crowd was very, very, small. I would venture to say there were less than 1,000 folks on hand. Papa Mali is a blues artist originally from New Orleans. I have seen him a number of times over the years. My favorite show was when he sat in with JJ Grey, Curtis Burch, and David Bromberg at Harvest Fest in 2001(This is where Melissa dropped someone's D-8 in the mud). I enjoyed the set his 3 piece band played. He started at 7:02 and played for about 1:35. A nice Dehlia's Gone(Johnny Cash), Since I Laid My Burden Down, Bottle Up and Go, and a long Guilded Splinters. I thought it was interesting that they covered a True Religion with Hot Tuna headlining tonight.
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> Next up was Sammy! I have seen him three times this year. The first time, was at the Newport in Columbus where Nate was introducing me to people as his father! Usually Sam's setlists do not variate enough for me. Tonight, he dipped farther into his catalogue. I loved the Grandpa Jones tune, Eight More Miles to Louisville, as usual. The Whisper My Name, was a nice treat from back in the early Newgrass days. He did the usual tribute to Bob Marley. Mr. House had a nice bass solo in that segment.
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> They pulled out a 20 minute version of When You Gonna Wake Up! Teh encore was a 19 minute version of Same Old River, the longest I have ever seen. During the set, it started getting chilly and a bit foggy, as fall is starting to set in here in the midwest.
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> Jason originally was thinking about leaving early, but the peer pressure asserted by me put an end to those thoughts. He did have a brain fart as he could not get proper signal from his AD2K to his laptop. Thanks to a quick call to Dan the Man, the problem dissappeared. Jorma, Jack, and Barry hit the stage a bit after 11:45. I ran a 90 meter tape in hopes of a long set as they were scheduled to play 11:30-1:30. A Let us Get Together served as the opener. There was a mix of a few Blue Country tunes in addition to the Hot Tuna standars. Barry busted out the banjo for Bread Line Blues and Prohibition Blues during the set. Jorma introduced Another Man Done Gone. I guess they called an audible at the line of scrimmage because they launched into Parchman Farm. The only sound difficulties occured at the beginning of this song with some crackling for about 10 seconds. This segued nicely into my favorite, Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning.The set rolled along nicely with a sweet Genesis, I Know You Rider, Embryonic Journey, and a lengthy as usual Good Shepherd. The set clocked in at over 2 hours! Back up for a S.F. Bay Blues. It was a very fast pack up and into the car. I bid Jason goodbye as he headed south to Cincy, and I was heading north to Toledo. The fog was intense for half the trip. I got in at about 3:30 a.m. A 24 hour stretch of work and music. Here is how it went down:
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> Papa Mali
> Ripplefest
> Bluffton, Ohio
> 9/17/2005
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> 7:01
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> ?
> ? 6:23
> INSTRUMENTAL 4:48
> SINCE I LAID MY BURDEN DOWN 7:38
> DEHELIA'S GONE 6:27
> ? 7:00
> WALK ON GUILDED SPLINTERS 9:08
> ? 7:30
> BOTTLE UP AND GO> 7:40
> DRUM SOLO> 2:20
> JAM> 2:41
> BOTTLE UP AND GO 1:37
> YOU GOT TO DO YOUR THING 8:08
> TRUE RELIGION 9:40
> I FEEL LIKE GOING HOME 4:45
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> 8:36 (1:35:46)
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> SOUNDBOARD>ROLAND VS 2400CD>DAP1
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> Sam Bush Band
> Ripplefest
> Bluffton, Ohio
> 9/17/2005
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> 9:10
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> INSTRUMENTAL 4:37
> MAKE MYSELF A BETTER MAN 7:25
> EIGHT MORE MILES TO LOUISVILLE 4:50
> WHISPER MY NAME 4:00
> LIVELY UP YOURSELF 5:15
> IS THIS LOVE 17:06
> INSTRUMENTAL 5:01
> HOWL AT THE MOON 3:05
> INSTRUMENTAL 3:29
> WHEN YOU GONNA WAKE UP 20:10
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> 10:26 ()1:16:20)
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> 10:30
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> SAME OLD RIVER 19:24
> BRINGIN' IN THE GEORGIA MAIL 6:10
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> 10:53 (1:42:38)
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> MXL991>ROLAND VS 2400CD>DAP1
> FOB/DFC/KFC/ZFC
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> Hot Tuna Acoustic
> Ripplefest
> Bluffton, Ohio
> 9/17/2005
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> 11:46
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> LET US GET TOGETHER 6:17
> BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN 6:06
> HESITATION BLUES 6:50
> PARCHMAN FARM> 6:59
> KEEP YOUR LAMPS TRIMMED AND BURNING 5:38
> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BARRY
> SERPENT OF DREAMS 8:04
> I'LL LET YOU KNOW BEFORE I LEAVE 3:05
> BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME 5:23
> BREAD LINE BLUES 7:02
> 99 YEAR BLUES 9:16
> I SEE THE LIGHT 7:15
> PROHIBITION BLUES 7:38
> THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN NO MORE 7:25
> GENESIS 4:47
> I KNOW YOU RIDER 7:51
> EMBRYONIC JOURNEY 3:43
> GOOD SHEPHERD 14:24
> JUST BECAUSE 6:25
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> 1:49 (2:04:55)
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> 1:50
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> SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES 6:35
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> 1:56 (2:11:39)
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> MXL991>ROLAND VS 2400CD>DAP1
> FOB/DFC/KFC/ZFC
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> Congratulations to Kate and Nate, there are going to be having a baby!!!!!! Looks like Nate will be purchasing even more blow up toys next year!

Just watched the Panic portion of Farm-Aid on the webcast. nice Surprise Valley and Expiration Day. Dave Matthews joined for the closer, None of Us are Free. Very short as expected. Was Hubie there???? Did Jeff run the HPF2????
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> Late,
> Z-Man
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>

Jerry Joseph Snowmass Late Show 9/2/2005

Jerry Joseph Snowmass Late Show 9/2/2005
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> Hey Y'All,
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> After packing up and fighting the huge crowd at the Panic show, we headed up to the Blue Door for the late night show. We hustled and arrived to be rerouted to get our wristband, and then back over to the Blue Door. What a pain in the ass! The place was over halfway filled when we arrived. We wormed our way up to the stage, as we had every intention of running at the foot of the stage after the great recording from last night. Eric, Jr., and Wally were already on stage jamming! Jr. was sporting a t-shirt that read "I Love Mormon Pussy". Due to our state, set up seemed much more difficult if you know what I mean! We got to see about 19 minutes, until they stopped playing.
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> After a short break, Jerry, Jr., and Wally came on stage and opened with a nice combo of Goat>Brother Michael. I liked the Comes a Time sandwich that came out of Thistle. Eric joined into the frey for a New Psychology of Love. He stayed on stage the rest of the evening(morning). The North>Nicaragua>Tight closed out the set. Our man Sam Holt joined for the long encore. Always great to get a Road to Damascus! I only wish they would have played longer. They had the room rockin'
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> It was fun hangin' with C. Fox, Zee, John Adams, Craig, Boz, Aly, Ashley, Chelsea, Peter, Andy, Lyon, etc.Here is how it went down:
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> Jerry Joseph and Friends
> The Blue Door
> Snowmass Village, Colorado
> 9/2/2005
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> 11:20
> Jerry/Wally/Jr.
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> GOAT> 19:35
> BROTHER MICHAEL 10:20
> 1936 JESUS 8:27
> THISTLE> 9:17
> COMES A TIME> 3:07
> MOHAWK> 3:32
> COMES A TIME 1:30
> *NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF LOVE 12:15
> WILD, WILD, WEST> 6:34
> NORTH> 12:17
> NICARAGUA/JAM> 5:00
> TIGHT 6:
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> 12:50 (1:29:51)
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> 12:58
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> *#WAY TOO LOUD> 9:55
> *#ROAD TO DAMASCUS> 8:12
> *#SHOUT> 3:46
> *#?>
> *#ROAD TO DAMASCUS 5:33
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> 1:24 (1:57:23)
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> *WITH ERIC McFADDEN
> #WITH SAM HOLT
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> SCHOEPS MK4V>KC5>M222>NT222>SOUND DEVICE 722>DAP1
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>
> On to the Condo where we stayed up most of the time before we had to leave. At 5:30 a.m., Charles, John A., and myself had to drive back to Denver. I must admit, the daylight drive sure was different than the night drive from 2 days prior! Beautiful country.
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> Did everyone get their fall Phil tickets? If anyone has 1 extra late night Phil for Vegas, please contact me!
>
> Late,
> Z-Man
>
>

Derek Trucks Ferndale, Mi. 9/8/2005

Derek Trucks Ferndale, Mi. 9/8/2005
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> Hey Y'All,
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> I received a call from David H., a Michigan taping buddy, earlier in the day reminding me we met 1 year ago this week at the Derek show in 9/04. I had to go again! I met david there shortly after doors as I had to leave from work. I noticed a bunch of Congas and mentioned it to David. The surprise of the night, Count M'Butu sat in on percusiion for the entire show! The first set was very much to my liking, very bluesy. My only complaint was why only a 44 minute set? They are a young band and can certainly kick out an hour of music one would think. It was also Yonrico's old stomping ground.
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> The second set was more normal length. A very nice Everything is Everything and Feel Like Dancing. The sound was a bit muddy tonight. The keys were not turned up enough during the first set but definately improved for the 2nd set. Where in the world was Matt Kasle tonight? I can't remember seeing Derek recently where he does not do one or all of the following; Make a Joyful Sound, Rastaman Chant, or For My Brother. Tonight, I was shutout, very surprising.
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> Here is how it went down:
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> Derek Trucks Band
> The Magic Bag
> Ferndale, Michigan
> 9/8/2005
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> 9:21
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> LET'S GO GET STONED 5:20
> WALK AWAY 7:20
> ? 10:57
> HEAR THE MUSIC 5:41
> KEY TO THE HIGHWAY 6:15
> BAND INTODUCTIONS 1:15
> PERCUSSION> 1:23
> ?
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> 10:05 (44:15)
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> 10:41
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> DETROIT STEW?> 5:06
> EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING 10:15
> THINK ABOUT IT> 8:03
> BLUES TUNE ? 6:05
> TRAVELIN' HOME> 4:51
> ?> 4:52
> ? 4:48
> GREEN SLEEVES> 6:40
> FEEL LIKE DANCIN' 7:45
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> 11:39 (1:42:46)
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> 11:41
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> ? 8:
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> 11:49 (1:51:16)
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> *Entire show with Count M'Butu on percussion
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> GEFELL 210>BEYER MV100>M1>DAP1
>


> On a sad note, I saw this over the weekend on Gatesmouth Brown. I was fortunate to see him several times over the years. One of the more gratifying performances was this year when Gregg Allman played with him at the Variety Playhouse. My buddy David and I went to the show and had a blast! After the show we hit Dave and Busters for a nightcap and talked about the show.
>
> BATON ROUGE, La. - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, Texas, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina. He was 81.
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> Brown, who had been battling lung cancer and heart disease, was in ill health for the past year, said Rick Cady, his booking agent.
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> Cady said the musician was with his family at his brother's house when he died. Brown's home in Slidell, La., a bedroom community of New Orleans, was destroyed by Katrina, Cady said.
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> "He was completely devastated," Cady said. "I'm sure he was heartbroken, both literally and figuratively. He evacuated successfully before the hurricane hit, but I'm sure it weighed heavily on his soul."
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> Although his career first took off in the 1940s with blues hits "Okie Dokie Stomp" and "Ain't That Dandy," Brown bristled when he was labeled a bluesman.
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> In the second half of his career, he became known as a musical jack-of-all-trades who played a half-dozen instruments and culled from jazz, country, Texas blues, and the zydeco and Cajun music of his native Louisiana.
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> By the end of his career, Brown had more than 30 recordings and won a Grammy award in 1982.
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> "I'm so unorthodox, a lot of people can't handle it," Brown said in a 2001 interview.
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> Brown's versatility came partly from a childhood spent in the musical mishmash of southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas. He was born in Vinton, La., and grew up in Orange, Texas.
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> Brown often said he learned to love music from his father, a railroad worker who sang and played fiddle in a Cajun band. Brown, who was dismissive of most of his contemporary blues players, named his father as his greatest musical influence.
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> "If I can make my guitar sound like his fiddle, then I know I've got it right," Brown said.
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> Cady said Brown was quick-witted, "what some would call a 'codger.'"
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> Brown started playing fiddle by age 5. At 10, he taught himself an odd guitar picking style he used all his life, dragging his long, bony fingers over the strings.
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> In his teens, Brown toured as a drummer with swing bands and was nicknamed "Gatemouth" for his deep voice. After a brief stint in the Army, he returned in 1945 to Texas, where he was inspired by blues guitarist T-Bone Walker.
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> Brown's career took off in 1947 when Walker became ill and had to leave the stage at a Houston nightclub. The club owner invited Brown to sing, but Brown grabbed Walker's guitar and thrilled the crowd by tearing through "Gatemouth Boogie" _ a song he claimed to have made up on the spot.
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> He made dozens of recordings in the 1940s and '50s, including many regional hits _ "Okie Dokie Stomp," "Boogie Rambler," and "Dirty Work at the Crossroads."
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> But he became frustrated by the limitations of the blues and began carving a new career by recording albums that featured jazz and country songs mixed in with the blues numbers.
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> "He is one of the most underrated guitarists, musicians and arrangers I've ever met, an absolute prodigy," said Colin Walters, who is working on Brown's biography. "He is truly one of the most gifted musicians out there.
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> "He never wanted to be called a bluesman, but I used to tell him that though he may not like the blues, he does the blues better than anyone," added Walters. "He inherited the legacy of great bluesmen like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, but he took what they did and made it better."
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> Brown _ who performed in cowboy boots, cowboy hat and Western-style shirts _ lived in Nashville in the early 1960s, hosting an R&B television show and recording country singles.
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> In 1979, he and country guitarist Roy Clark recorded "Makin' Music," an album that included blues and country songs and a cover of the Billy Strayhorn-Duke Ellington classic "Take the A-Train."
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> Brown recorded with Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt and others, but he took a dim view of most musicians _ and blues guitarists in particular. He called B.B. King one-dimensional. He dismissed his famous Texas blues contemporaries Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland as clones of T-Bone Walker, whom many consider the father of modern Texas blues.
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> "All those guys always tried to sound like T-Bone," Brown said.
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> Survivors include three daughters and a son.
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>
>
> Thank you Frank for this one:
>
> What It Means to Miss New Orleans
>
> By MARK CHILDRESS - NY TIMES
> Published: September 4, 2005
> ALL week we've been watching the immersion of a great old city. We imagine
> another city, less peculiar, will arise in its place. But I have this
> feeling it will never be quite the same nontoxic gumbo again.
>
> For outsiders New Orleans was a place to party and eat food that is way too
> rich. For the folks who live there it's more complicated - it's home.
> Eighty-five percent of them were born there, and they're not going anywhere
> permanently, so forget this idea they're going to move the city somewhere
> else.
>
> It's not going to happen. New Orleans is the opposite of America, and we
> must hold onto places that are the opposite of us. New Orleans is not fast
> or energetic or efficient, not a go-get-'em Calvinist well-ordered city.
> It's slow, lazy, sleepy, sweaty, hot, wet, lazy and exotic.
>
> I had a house there, up until three weeks ago, when I sold it. My friends
> say I'm lucky. I don't feel lucky.
>
> Here are 22 reasons America needs New Orleans, the national capital of
> eccentricity:
>
> 1. The turtle soup at Galatoire's is presented in a white porcelain tureen,
> then ladled into your bowl by a waiter who reveals with a wicked smile that
> the turtle's name was Fred.
>
> 2. The hats in Fleur de Paris, a shop on Royal Street, are perfectly
> frivolous and ridiculous, beautiful visions of silk and lace.
>
> 3. Nowhere else in the country do so many Roman Catholic churches coexist
> peacefully with so many voodoo shops.
>
> 4. If you are a grown man, this is the only place in America where you can
> step off an airplane, and be guaranteed that within 30 minutes a respectable
>
> woman unknown to you will call you "baby," as in, "How you doin', baby!" If
> you are a grown woman, you will be called "darlin' " whether you are the
> least bit darlin' or not.
>
> 5. The beads of sweat on the unlined face of the conductor on the St.
> Charles streetcar.
>
> 6. Mardi Gras beads, but only the ones you catch, thrown by an actual masker
>
> on a float. The ones that hit the ground don't count unless they bounced off
>
> your hand or arm first.
>
> 7. The Lucky Dog is a venerated local frankfurter that has come a long way,
> culinarily speaking, from the days when Ignatius J. Reilly peddled them to
> tourists in "A Confederacy of Dunces." Now they are really good, especially
> if it is 4 a.m. and you are hungry.
>
> 8. I once met Thelma Toole, mother of John Kennedy Toole, author of "A
> Confederacy of Dunces," who asked if I would buy her a "very expensive meal
> at the finest restaurant." This lady rolled her R's like an 1860's stage
> actress to indicate her intellectual superiority to the rest of us. I took
> her to the restaurant of her choice, and by evening's end she had all the
> waiters gathered at our table, spellbound by stories of "Kenny." "My son was
>
> a genius, with a large and oddly-shaped head," she boomed. Imagine what
> other great books Kenny might have written, she said, had he not killed
> himself in a car on that beach in Biloxi.
>
> 9. Every Twelfth Night, Henri Schindler, a local historian and Mardi Gras
> curator, holds a magnificent masked ball on the second floor of the Napoleon
>
> House, at the corner of Chartres and St. Louis Streets. White curtains blow
> in and out of the large empty rooms as masked figures glide past on a
> cushion of mystery.
>
> 10. Locals go to the Maple Leaf and Tipitina's to hear music. Also to
> Frenchmen Street, a cluster of 10 or 12 small bars and clubs featuring, on
> any given night, 10 or 12 kinds of music, about 8 of which will be funky.
> (The other four will be too loud.) Usually at the better places there's a
> Neville involved, or a Marsalis.
>
> 11. My friend Martha Ann Samuels, a real estate agent, revealed to me the
> actual location of Stanley and Blanche's house on Elysian Fields Avenue, a
> secret she learned from Tennessee Williams himself when she helped him buy a
>
> condo in the Quarter. (I'm not telling.)
>
> 12. Oyster loaf at Casamento's on Magazine Street. The crunchy local French
> bread showers crumbs on your hands. Each bite contains bread, mayo and the
> delectable local bivalve, breaded and brilliantly fried. Casamento's closes
> down for the summer because oysters are better other times of the year.
>
> 13. At JazzFest, citizens happily stand in long lines in the blazing sun for
>
> a chance to eat crawfish bread, white boudin sausage and alligator gumbo to
> the thump of Rockin' Dopsy from the Congo Square stage. (Could someone
> please put the JazzFest committee in charge of the Superdome?)
>
> 14. You can stand at the foot of Ursulines Avenue and watch a huge
> oceangoing ship slide by above the level of your head.
>
> 15. Along the promenade where the river passes Jackson Square, tourists
> still fall for one of the oldest New Orleans scams. A friendly fellow
> proposes that for a dollar he can tell you where you got them shoes. When
> you accept the bet, he says, "You got them shoes on your feet!" He keeps the
>
> dollar.
>
> 16. It has the only airport named for a jazz trumpeter, the indelible Louis
> Armstrong.
>
> 17. In the Confederate Museum near Lee Circle is a crown of thorns said to
> have been woven by Pope Pius IX himself, and sent as a gift to Jefferson
> Davis while he was imprisoned shortly after the Civil War. For me this
> artifact represents the height of Southern absurdity, and must be preserved
> for those future generations who will not believe it.
>
> 18. Every Thursday night at Donna's on Rampart Street, Tom McDermott plays
> the fastest, wildest ragtime, Brazilian and stride piano you've ever heard.
> It's scary how fast his fingers move when he gets going. His feet come up
> off the floor.
>
> 19. Rich people live on the high ground. Poorer people live on the low
> ground. Last week some of the rich folks' houses got wet, too.
>
> 20. Piety Street is one block over from Desire. Not a long walk at all.
>
> 21. On a foggy night the moon grows fat and full, and hangs in the sky above
>
> the big old river. It pours light on the water and makes a magical brown
> glitter that doesn't exist anywhere else. The water is the reason the city
> is there. The full moon pulls the tides into Lake Pontchartrain.
>
> 22. The city's sanitation department is considered among the finest in the
> nation. Its work during Mardi Gras is legendary. Can we please get this
> water out of here so they can get to work on this mess? The sooner the
> better.

TONIGHT: GO FALCONS!!!
>
> Late,
> Z-Man
>
>

Outformation Aspen 9/1/2005

Hey Y'All,
>
> After packing all our gear up after the Panic show, it was time to hustle over to see Sam and Outformation. Charles and I listened to the Wilmington show from Monday, driving to Aspen the night before. we began to set up at the foot of the stage, basically on stage taping! Sam was getting the equipment set as we got there. He was representing Home Team as he was sporting his Fox Brothers BBQ shirt! I hadn't been able to catch Sam and the boys since Jazz Fest at the end of April. I saw Peanut in the house and went over and chatted with him. Always nice to have a guest on hand!
>
> They took the stage shortly after 11:00, opening with an instrumental called Valley Blue. It didn't take long for Peanut to join in for 'Bout My Money. A very nice Take Out> Can't Change>Into My Arms to end a 1 hour set. We hung with Ashely, Aly, and a bunch of new friends for the night. Dino and lopez were also on hand to catch the boys.
>
> After a very short break, they opened up the second set with Peanut to a raging Blue Ridge Mountain Sky. It was a stretched out version with Peanut playing the "midi banjo sax". Sam and I have always shared our interest in the MTB and this cover was smokin'! Next up is my new favorite Outformation song, Center Stage. I think Sam ought to sit in with Panic and bust it out! The set got real interesting as they brought up a fiddle player, I think his name was Rich Field. The jamming intensified! The show closed with a very nice pairing of Tennessee Before Daylight>Can't You See. Those in attendance realized how good these guys have gotten! I noticed a big difference since the April show. It is nice having a percussionist in addition to Lee back there. Do yourself a favor and check them out. Not sure on all the titles so Lee and Sam, help me out. Charles, Zee, and I ran a new configuration. After tonight, I coined the phrase "you can never have enough mics"!
>
> Here is how it went down:
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> Outformation
> Blue Door
> Snowmass Village, Colorado
> 9/1/2005
>
> 11:10
>
> DARK SEVRINSON 8:00
> GAME ON> 9:40
> *BOUT MY MONEY> 8:20
> BASS & DRUM SOLO> :55
> *BOUT MY MONEY 2:06
> STONE IN MY SHOE 11:45
> THE TAKE OUT> 2:07
> CAN'T CHANGE> 4:15
> INTO MY ARMS 6:
>
> 12:03 (1:00:25)
>
> 12:19
>
> *BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN SKY 11:05
> CENTER STAGE> 4:35
> #JAM> 4:06
> #CENTER STAGE :25
> #MISSIN' YOU 9:15
> PUSH ON TO THE NEW> 6:19
> *FUNK> 11:48
> *RIDE ME HIGH> :40
> BASS & DRUM SOLO> 1:03
> *FUNK 1:30
> TENNESSEE BEFORE DAYLIGHT 8:30
> @CAN'T SEE SEE 8:06
>
> 1:26 (2:08:59)
>
> *WITH "PEANUT" DANIELS
> #WITH RICH FIELD
> @WITH TORY PAINTER
>
> SCHOEPS MK4V+MK8>KC5>M222>NT222(LINE OUT-MS DECODED VIA 302)>MK21>KC5>CMC6(MIC IN)>+2DPA 4022(XY)>LUNATEC V2>SOUND DEVICE 722(MINI OUT)>SOUND DEVICE 302>SOUND DEVICE 722>DAP1

Widespread Panic Aspen 9/2/2005

>
> Hey Y'All,
>
> Day number 2 of Jazz Aspen was another beautiful day! It was not quite as windy today. We set up in the same spot as yesterday with the usual suspects, Charles, Zee, Josh, Bennett, Craig and Lucy, Frankie, Boz, Lyon, Ashley and Aly, Annabel, Pat and Robin, Todd and Margo,and 2 very special guests, Julian E. and John Adams! We all had what we needed to take us on for a ride. Today was Bennett's Birthday, Happy Birthday! De Sol opened up the afternoon with some nice Latin flavors. They played from 2:02 - 2:57. Next up was Galactic. They put on a very solid 1 hour and 24 minute set! They closed with a stellar Dump Truck. They were also playing late night.
>
> Panic hit the stage shortly after 6:10 to a nice Legba, always love that opener. Next was Thin Air and for some reason, they never really finished the song after the mini drums. Kinda weird as they went into Nate's favorite, Doreatha. It seemed as they had a tough time starting Papa Johnny Road. Always good to see my favorite, Diner! They closed with Climb 2 Safety. I haven't givin' it a listen to yet, but I thought the jam went nowhere. George kinda dropped the ball IMO. We were ready for a solid 2nd set. Always promising to see a Tracor open a set. The Chilly was sweetly split with a nice Worry. Always happy to see I'm not alone. I swear I heard TYS coming earlier in the show, but it had arrived and made way into a Spanish Moon jam. The set cruised on with a nice Jack>Bowllegged combo before ending with a Porch. Another night with a triple encore. The Slippin' Into Darkness contained a few Get Up Stand Up riffs. I would venture to say that there were probably 3 times the crowd tonight that they had for night 1! Huge difference. I wanted to hear the 4 mic mix that Craig ran into the 744. I guess we won't find out as he ran out of memory. Time to pack up, fight the crowd, and make it to the Blue Door for the Jerry Joseph late night show.
>
> Here is how it went down:
>
> Galactic
> Jazz Aspen
> Snowmass Village, Colorado
> 9/2/2005
>
> 3:33
>
> Garbage Truck 7:23
> Crazyhorse Mongoose 5:29
> Lickity Split 6:35
> *Doublewide -->Go Go 15:35
> BK Instrumental 6:18
> Clock Intro --> Clockstopper 11:05
> Groovy Lady 7:12
> Blackbird Special 7:30
> Blackeyed Pea> 3:10
> Drum Solo> :25
> Blackeyed Pea 3:40
> Dump Truck 9:
>
> 4:56 (1:24:22)
>
> *with Third Stone Tease
>
>
> Widespread Panic
> Jazz Aspen
> Snowmass Village, Colorado
> 9/2/2005
>
> 6:11
>
> Papa Legba> 8:10
> Thin Air> 5:23
> Drum Solo> 2:24
> Bass/Drum/Jam> 4:45
> Doreatha 6:08
> Weight Of The World 5:53
> Down 4:30
> Papa Johnny Road> 5:52
> Diner> 15:08
> Tall Boy> 4:12
> Climb To Safety 6:48
>
> 7:20 (1:09:06)
>
> 7:53
>
> Love Tractor> 6:49
> Bust It Big> 9:00
> Chilly Water> 4:47
> Worry> 6:05
> Chilly Water 4:50
> I'm Not Alone 6:24
> You Should Be Glad> 9:03
> Tie Your Shoes 10:12
> Jack> 7:05
> Bowlegged Woman> 11:02
> Porch Song 3:
>
> 9:15 (2:31:40
>
> All Time Low 4:45
> *Slippin' Into Darkness> 9:50
> Action Man
>
> 9:39 (2:52:21)
>
> *with Steve Lopez on Percussion
>
> Schoeps MK4V>KC5>M222>NT222>Sound Device 722
>
>
>
>
>
> Let My Inspiration Flow...That Will Not Forsake You
>
> By Robert Hunter
>
> One important lesson of 9/11, the tsunami, and of the current heart wrenching disaster in New Orleans, is that those not directly in the path of the apocalyptic hooves are left with a dwindling sense of the importance regarding their own less challenged lives. How can we delude ourselves into continuing to believe that our relatively insignificant interests are worth pursuing? Yet, those petty concerns may be all that stand between us and a depressed and even crippling fatalism. I pick up my horn, play a few notes, set it back down. What's the point? I pick it back up again with the conscious understanding that its value is strictly personal.
>
> Music has its own agenda, its own right to exist even though the world crumbles around us. I first realized this truth, with chilling certainty, when I played "Terrapin Station" late one night from a terrace atop a high building directly overlooking the floodlit smoking ruin of the World Trade Center in September of 2001. It felt almost like sacrilege, a wind howled up and threatened to blow me and my guitar off the roof, but I planted my feet and continued and, by the time I'd finished, realized, or chose to believe, that the City accepted my offering. It was all I had to give. My feeling of hopelessness lifted. It was not a connection such as is felt between a performer and an audience. I just added a bit of music to the acrid smoke in the wind and, in so doing, changed the course of my life for several years to come.
>
> Though professedly retired, the next day I accepted an invitation to appear at the closing of the Wetlands and played my first public performance in years. I continued to perform, propelled by the experience atop the roof. I felt a window had opened in the very bowels of disaster and, perhaps mistakenly, believed that the City would rebuild with a new sense of spirit and mission, emerging triumphant from the ruins; a spirit that would spread and encompass the rest of the world. I felt moved to be a part of such renaissance. Perhaps such an improbable thing might have come to pass, had not political spin snatched up the costly opportunity and transformed it into a rationale for war.
>
> I feel moved to write this entry in my journal, not to show how resourceful I am at fending off the personal effect of depressing circumstances through the fostering of grand delusions, but to reaffirm that, when small personal resources are all we've got, it's a mistake to devalue them just because they appear patently ineffectual faced with the constrictions of Leviathan as it attempts to crush life and spirit from the earth. Such activity may not help New Orleans, inflicted with the emergence of mob inflicted stone age values in the midst of chaos, nor should we delude ourselves it might, but there is another sphere in which small life affirming actions are never to be despised. I refer to civilization, which can be very much a personal matter.
>
> Robert Hunter is a poet, songwriter and performer. He wrote the words for numerous Grateful Dead
>
> On a sad note, we lost our first mate:
>
> Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, Dies at 70
>
> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Bob Denver, whose portrayal of goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s television show ''Gilligan's Island,'' made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, has died, his agent confirmed Tuesday.
>
> Bob Denver died on Friday. He was 70.
>
> Denver died Friday at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in North Carolina of complications from treatment he was receiving for cancer, his agent, Mike Eisenstadt, told The Associated Press. Denver's death was first reported by ''Entertainment Tonight.''
>
> Denver had also undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery earlier this year.
>
> Denver's wife, Dreama, and his children Patrick, Megan, Emily and Colin were with him when he died.
>
> ''He was my everything and I will love him forever,'' Dreama Denver said in a statement.
>
> Denver's signature role was Gilligan. But he was already known to TV audiences for another iconic character, that of Maynard G. Krebs, the bearded beatnik friend of Dwayne Hickman's Dobie in the ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,'' which aired from 1959 to 1963.
>
> ''Gilligan's Island'' lasted on CBS from 1964 to 1967, and it was revived in later seasons with three high-rated TV movies. It was a Robinson Crusoe story about seven disparate travelers who are marooned on a deserted Pacific Island after their small boat was wrecked in a storm.
>
> The cast: Alan Hale Jr., as Skipper Jonas Grumby; Bob Denver, as his klutzy assistant Gilligan; Jim Backus and Natalie Schafer, as rich snobs Thurston and Lovey Howell; Tina Louise, as bosomy movie star Ginger Grant; Russell Johnson, as egghead science professor Roy Hinkley Jr.; and Dawn Wells, as sweet-natured farm girl Mary Ann Summers.
>
> TV critics hooted at ''Gilligan's Island'' as gag-ridden corn. Audiences adored its far-out comedy. Writer-creator Sherwood Schwartz insisted that the show had social meaning along with the laughs: ''I knew that by assembling seven different people and forcing them to live together, the show would have great philosophical implications
>
> Today's featured humor:
>
> After living in the remote wilderness of Kentucky
> all his life, an old hillbilly decided it was time to visit the big city.
> In one of the stores he picks up a mirror and looks in it. Not knowing
> what it was, he remarked, "How about that! Here's a picture of my
> daddy."
>
> He bought the 'picture,' but on the way home he remembered his
> wife, Lizzy, didn't like his father. So he hung it in the barn, and
> every morning before leaving for the fields, he would go there and
> look at it.
>
> Lizzy began to get suspicious of these many trips to the barn.
> One day after her husband left, she searched the barn and found the mirror. As she looked into the glass, she fumed,
> "So that's the ugly bitch he's runnin' around with."
>
> I couldn't resist this one either, how 'bout you Dewar?:
>
> Yesterday my friend came home and was greeted by his wife dressed in a very
> sexy nightie.
> Tie me up," she purred, "and you can do anything you want."
> So, he tied her up and went to play golf.
>
>
> Late,
> Z-Man
>
>

Widespread Panic Aspen 9/1/2005

>
> Hey Y'All,
>
> I just got an email from our good friend Michelle DeLima. She is okay and still in Lafayette, La. She called me last Sunday as she was running for refuge. She and her Dad are SAFE for now. Her Dad went to Metarie yesterday and found Chuck, her boyfriend, holed up in the house. I reminded her to always have hope, even when things look bleak. I was lucky enough to stay at her house for Jazzfest this past April. All cell phones with the 504 area code are still out of commission. She has kept up with me on email though. She says she has water and natural gas, so she will be heading back home soon. Please join me in keeping her in your thoughts and prayers! Also, if anyone is in touch with Kim Brignac, give her my best wishes.
>
> Well, after working all day last Wednesday, I headed up to Detroit to fly to Denver, where I was to meet Charles Fox to drive to Aspen. His original plane got cancelled, so he ended up arriving about 10:00 p.m. We went to pick up our rental, and at the same time meet Sequoia, to get my tickets. Great to see him, but way too short. BTW Jeff, I saw your buddy at the show tonight that I met thru you at the store last New Year's! Not such a small world is it? The ride to Aspen took a bit over 4 hours, lots of sharp curves on I-70! The stars at night are an awesome sight! You can see so many more than in all the places I have lived. We arrived at about 3:00 am and met Zee at the condo. We stayed up for a bit.
>
> Off to the concert site for the 1:00 doors. We got in and headed up to FOB land. We joined Bennett, Josh, Boz, etc. It was smooth sailing. Jerry Joseph opened at 2:00 with a nice set. He did the first 2 numbers solo acoustic. Johnny Klegg was next. We got shut down taping by security as he is not a "taper friendly" band. He was entertaining though. Time for some Panic! They had their moments, I think they were a bit rusty in the first set. Maybe it's me but they play Old Neighborhood too much. How about a New Blue once in a while? Ride Me High cranked with some nice JB slide riffs. Another Give, yeachhhh! The second set was much more focused. The Disco> Second Skin was smooth. I have liked Second Skin from the first time I heard it at the Fox. Very dark Panic! The Drivin' through Knockin' was right on! And then, THAT ENCORE? Fish20 was fine, a lot of New Orleans themes that night. We had to pack up quickly and go to see Sam late night with Outformation.
>
> The layout and scenery of the festival was very nice. The food vendors did a nice job with some nice offerings. Aspen is very expensive! Chris had the place sounding very good. Dino did not have to kill himself, as festivals provide the lights to work with. Great hangin' with Charles, Zee, Bennett, Pat and Robin, Frankie, Josh, Carrie and Richie Rich, Brad, Boz, Craig and Alisha Davis, Laurie, Dan, and everyone else in FOB land! Where was Fred Rice?
>
> Here is how it went down:
>
> Jerry Joseph
> Snowmass Village
> Aspen, CO
> 9/1/2005
>
> 2:01
>
> *This is the Place> 7:39
> *Good Sunday 6:00
> White Dirt 11:00
> Lick the Tears> 7:30
> Doors of Your Heart>
> Lick the Tears 5:00
> Jacob Ladder 14:00
> Ray of Heaven
>
> 3:03 (1:02:40)
>
> *Jerry Solo Acoustic
>
> Schoeps MK4V>KC5>M222>NT222>Sound Device 722>DAP1
>
>
> Widespread Panic
> Snowmass Village
> Aspen, CO
> 9/1/2005
>
> 6:19
>
> Rebirtha> 10:57
> Junior 5:44
> Old Neighborhood 5:50
> Good People > 5:38
> Ride Me High > 9:51
> Run For Your Life > 3:22
> Pigeons> 8:28
> Travelin' Light > 6:20
> Give 4:20
>
> 7:19 (1:00:17)
>
> 8:01
>
> Disco > 5:24
> Second Skin > 13:58
> Can't Find My Way Home > 4:52
> Rock > 12:34
> Driving Song > 4:31
> Snake Drive > 7:40
> *Drum Solo > 6:21
> *Jam > 8:53
> Driving Song > 2:24
> Knocking 'Round The Zoo > 5:26
> Imitation Leather Shoes 4:06
>
> 9:16 (2:16:10)
>
> 9:20
>
> Old Joe 4:53
> Bayou Lena> 5:15
> Fishwater > 4:24
> Mini Drums > :44
> Fishwater 4:
>
> 9:38 (2:36:06)
>
> *with Wally Ingram
>
> Schoeps MK4V>KC5>M222>NT222>Sound Device 722>DAP1
>
> On a very sad note, we have lost 2 great musicians the past couple of days, Dru Lombar and R.L. Burnside. The first time I saw Dru, was when Grinderswitch was opening for the Allman Brothers in Nassau Coliseum in the summer of 1974. My wife, Mark, and I were at that show. After that, I was able to catch Grinderswitch about 15-20 times over the next 8 years or so. Mark, Eli, Charlie, and myself caught them at Morrisville College in 9/74, just before we went off to our glorius college career. Do you guys remember that one? We listened to Mars Hotel on the ride over. They opened for the Tucker Boys as well as the ABB for a few years and then found their niche in smaller clubs.They turned out to be one of my favorite "bar" bands. I received this just the other day:
>
> Dear Friends and Fans of Grinderswitch: Our Brother of the Road, Mentor of the Blues and Friend of All Dru Lombar has left his earthly home. This great musician and entertainer will surely be missed by all. My thoughts and prayers are with Dru\'s family, and Band mates(past and present) all those who knew Dru personally, and all those who listened to his music. Now our divine creator can have his turn to enjoy the Blues as only Dru could play.
>
> The second Musician we have lost is R.L. Burnside. He had a lot of connection to the southern music scene we enjoy. Did it occur to you why the choice of Snake Drive at tonight's show? This in just a few days ago:
>
> RL Burnside: November 21, 1926 - September 1, 2005
> It is with regret that we pass on the news that a dear friend of ours and father of Duwayne Burnside, the great RL Burnside, passed away this morning in a Memphis hospital. RL was such a large influence for the North Mississippi Allstars family.
>
> We thought it would be a great idea if Duwayne could feel the love and support from the North Mississippi Allstars community. We have set up an address for you to write a message to Duwayne if you wish. You can write to sampson@musictoday.com and we will collect these emails and forward them to Duwayne.
>
> You can also help by sending donations to:
>
> Freeland & Freeland Trust Account
> Burnside Memorial
> P.O. Box 269
> Oxford, MS 38655
> 662-234-3114
>
> All proceeds will go directly to RL's widow, Alice Mae.
>
> Check this one out:
>
> I learned something new about Grits and found it very interesting. When I order a large bowl at Waffle House, I will have a different understanding about them. Look at the Latin translation I do not profess to know Latin, so I never would have known this. Arnold Ziffle spoke 4 languages, and Latin was one of them, as well as Chinese!
>
> The Strange History of 'Grits'
>
> Grits have been a part of our food history for almost 400 years or, almost as long as the Rolling Stones have been touring.
>
> They date back to around 1607 when the colonists arrived in Jamestown, Va. There, they were met by friendly Native Americans offering what they called "rockahominie." Rockahominie was softened maize seasoned with salt and animal fat.
>
> The word maize translated into Latin means Waffleus-Houzus. Early prints show a man with a small white hat on his head, with a plate of grits and no sugar near him. It was here that our passion for grits was born.
>
> Let's go back for the sake of you who are from the North. How many times in the above paragraph did you see the word "sugar?" I believe ZERO.
>
> Grits developed into a food that many families enjoyed not only for breakfast, but as a side dish for meals as well. Grits were known as "Southern oatmeal" before air conditioning or MTV was invented. They were preferred over oatmeal because they could withstand the heat and humidity in the South.
>
> Also, records show that grits were also used as dent-fillers for Fords and Chrysler products in Forsyth and Dawson Counties during the mid-1950s.
>
> Grits have been credited with getting many Southern families through the Depression era of the 1930s. Since they were plentiful and inexpensive, they were a popular food choice because they were filling and easily made and not eaten with sugar.
>
> Even as times change, grits have evolved from a regional food often used for survival to a food of choice and comfort in many American homes. Grits have also gone upscale being featured on menus in many five-star restaurants throughout the country.
>
> As the years passed, several Southern states passed legislation naming grits the "Official State Breakfast Food with No Sugar." The Waffle House Museum in Norcross has a wonderful IMAX presentation on the history of grits and its benefits to that part of the human race that does not put sugar on them.
>
> Also, I have a friend with a pair of tix 11th row DFC for Ames, Iowa. He can't go. Great tapers spot for sure. If you know someone who needs them, contact me and I can hook you up.
>
> Today's humor:
>
> Top 10 Dog & Cat Characteristics
>
> 10. Dogs come when you call them. Cats take a message and get back to you.
>
> 9. Dogs will let you give them a bath without taking out a contract on your
> life.
>
> 8. Dogs will bark to wake you up if the house is on fire. Cats will quietly
> sneak out the back door.
>
> 7. Dogs will bring you your slippers or the evening newspaper. Cats might bring
> you a dead mouse.
>
> 6. Dogs will play Frisbee with you all afternoon. Cats will take a three-hour
> nap.
>
> 5. Dogs will sit on the car seat next to you. Cats have to have their own
> private box or they will not go at all.
>
> 4. Dogs will greet you and lick your face when you come home from work. Cats
> will be mad that you went to work at all.
>
> 3. Dogs will sit, lie down, and heel on command. Cats will smirk and walk away.
>
> 2. Dogs will tilt their heads and listen whenever you talk. Cats will yawn and
> close their eyes.
>
> 1. Dogs will give you unconditional love forever. Cats will make you pay for
> every mistake you've ever made since the day you were born.
>
> Late,
> Z-Man
>
>
>
>