Well hi there…

It’s me... after one of those long abscences. My apologies. I really shouldn’t do that to you. I get so caught up in wondering what I should be doing that I forget to be doing the things that are the most important. This being one of them. So I got off my ass and...

read more
the Slippery Noodle

the Slippery Noodle

Our detour to Indianapolis sent us to the “Slippery Noodle” this evening - Indiana’s oldest bar... with blues music 7 days a week... We caught Tony Cheesebourough with a stripped down band bass, guitar and keyboard... Reuben on keyboards was quite amazing... and Tony...

read more
Nashville… and then Indianapolis!

Nashville… and then Indianapolis!

So... we couldn’t find a hotel in the Nashville area (or witihin a 30 mile radius!) for tonight (well especially not one that suited our budget!)... what with a marathon going on in Nashville and what seemed like some major dog show (we kept seeing people with fancy...

read more
Waking up in Columbia… Nashville

Waking up in Columbia… Nashville

Good morning... hmm... ok... so we left Memphis yesterday morning... the day before that (Thursday) I spent a large chunk of the day at Graceland (and the associated ELVIS attractions )... I found it all fairly ridiculous... like being at an amusement park, with...

read more

Outside Nashville

So it’s about 2am... we are in a motel just South of Nashville... Today we visited Shiloh... a particularly bloody and important site during the American Civil war... it was something that David was particularily intersted in seeing. It was quite interested... we...

read more
In Memphis

In Memphis

Today we arrived in Memphis... we’ll be heading out to visit Beale Street shortly... Let me think now... we were in New Orleans on Saturday and Sunday. We were up far too early on Saturday morning and did the 7½ hour drive to New Orleans... David (Smoky) didn’t sleep...

read more
I Got the Blues in Atlanta

I Got the Blues in Atlanta

Well my updates have been quite infrequent... which I attribute to going to bed late... getting up early (sort of)... and questionable consumption of happy beverages... Our main haunt has been the Northside Tavern... which is THE place around here to hear the Blues as...

read more
Getting to Atlanta

Getting to Atlanta

Well we are in Atlanta... left Lexington on Tuesday morning and made our way through Kentucky to Knoxville... the weather looked like it could get wet when we started out so Knoxville was the point at which we would assess the sit’chiation and decide whether the...

read more
The ʻBlues Tripʼ Begins…

The ʻBlues Tripʼ Begins…

Headed out at 5:45am… it′s almost 8:30pm and we are chilling in our hotel… the Microtel in Lexington Kentucky… watching bad tv after having a fine dinner… takeout from the Bob Evans retaurant. Sipping on a Kentucky ale… brewed at a local mico-brewery… and purchased at...

read more