Ah yes, The Ship. Cool, yet scary. The Alberquerque restaurant with Elvis as the motorcycle cop. I'm not for certain, but I think that Elvis 'moved' once or twice while I was looking at it, taunting me. Parody Hall. Yes, that be the name. Also glad you took me to Milton's, unchanged from the time (late '80's) of it's heyday in the '40's-50's? Would that be right for Milton's, or maybe older than that? Whole block's been razed since.

Saw a great show by Columbia, MO's own Deke Dickerson and the EccoPhonics. Just a great rockabilly/surf trio with lots of extras thrown in. By this I mean, he and the band expanded the normal horizons for that type of act and went down many roots roads, into Western Swing, Jump Blues, and even Bluegrass. Was interesting for me, since I had not seen Deke perform or even seen him at all, with the one exception of briefly bumping into him at Lou Whitney's studio in Springfield a couple of years ago, since he was a teen prodigy playing around Columbia in 1986. He was just Derek Dickerson back then. He always looked a lot older than his age and was always getting to play with the older cats. Was also nice to chat with someone who knew and remembered my sister. She was quite a fan and supporter of his late '80's band, Untamed Youth. If he's ever in your neck of the woods, I strongly recommend his show.
Well, that's all my bloggin' for now. I'm bloggin' hungry and tired. Heh. Jeff G.