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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly US World Tour, Page 20 – On the Road again.

This time the gang meets at my house early on Sunday morning and we head out, east this time, for our first show — in Nashville. Little Rock, our projected first gig, had been cancelled right after Austin amid vague … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriiatric Hillbilly US World Tour, Page 19 — The land between the tours

Almost upon alighting from the car, Sarah was off to Calico Rock to check on house, dogs and house-sitter, and I was on the phone trying to clear up glitches in the CD order and order new posters to replace … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly US World Tour; page 16 (The Crazy Eddie Story)

Now here’s the Crazy Eddie story. It starts in the studio, “Out of Hand,” that I shared with Doug Sheridan, an Irish fiddler and sculptor of some renown. I was doing stained glass work. Doug, at the time, was into … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly US World Tour, page 15

So here we are, out in the Mojave, driving toward Phoenix while the words of Janis Ian’s “Acousticville” swirl in my head, trying to figure out the difference between Ocotillo and some strange Yucca and instead of being able to write a “Suddenly” it just … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly US World Tour, page 14

Los Angeles really is the city of the angels. No kidding. And they were all, visible or not, at Hollywood Forever to give us a grand welcome. I can’t tell you how thoroughly peculiar it is to play in a … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly US World Tour; page 13

Page 13 turned out to be a lucky number for the jolly rovers, as we spent the day driving down through the fertile valleys of Oregon and over the coastal range at Grant’s Pass into northern California. Midafternoon we arrived in Arcada, where we were … Continue reading

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The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly US World Tour; page12

an aside – The Portland experience was a less than pleasant one all the way around, except in one respect. When you’re ill and you still have to get up and go to work, you call on resources that are … Continue reading

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