Why are our writings called Blogs? Just put my little one to bed. He is a wonderment.
Favorite Ozark Haunts'O Mine: Whistler's Hamburgers in Carthage, MO.
The Candy House outside of my hometown of Joplin, MO.
Neosho, MO
Big Sugar Creek near Pineville, MO (specifically, Mac's Big Rock Camp)
Fayetville, AR
Beaver Lake
The Outland in Springfield, MO
Pappy's in Springfield, MO
Crosstown BarbQue in Springfield, MO
Most Chinese Places in Springfield, MO
The Old Town Grain and Feed Co. in Ft. Smith, AR
Hot Springs, AR
Mary Mystra's (probably spelled that wrong) in Tontitown, AR-best ding-dang Italian Food in these parts, or at least one 'o the best.
Doc's Music in Springfield (is it still in operation? haven't been there since before Doc died)
Third Eye Music in Springfield, MO when it was on Cherry? One of those tree streets near SMSU, back in the '80's. Think it's a parking lot now. Paradise lost.
My recent rediscovery, since most of my early years were spent right here in Tulsy Town-Blue Hole Swimming Hole near Salina, OK (near Pryor). And speakin' of great swimmin' holes in the Ozarks. Here's the RIP section:
5-Mile (formerly Dardene's Pool, in my Mom and Dad's day)
Slick Rock -both pools had great Snack Shacks, kick-ass Jukeboxes ("Clap For the Wolfman" and "Listen What the Man Said (Says?)" still come to mind), and Ozark Coppertone Beauty Queens, the likes of which'll 'neer be seen again....
Both pools were on 5-Mile Creek and both were about 6-7 miles from Baxter Springs, KS
Fond Music
Memories:
Found 40.00 in a freshly flushed toilet at the Hangar in '83. Ain't too proud. Dried up fine.
Watchin' Fools Face play to a huge, packed house at Sgt. Pepper's in Galena, KS. in '82 or '83.
Watchin' The Misstakes, The Clocks, The Secrets, and The Edge do the same thing at the same club in or around the same time frame.
Playin' at that club on the corner of the square in Springfield in the early '90s' during a Christmas break, I think. Brad Pitt came in with some friends and The Borderlords were playin', we even had Kyle Donaldson playin' with us that night. Keiser got all goo-goo and ga-ga over Pitt and it just got really...okay, maybe that was me, but let me tell you, he's a truly beautiful man!
Opened for Alejandro Escovedo a couple of years ago over in Fayettville, AR, when I was playin' lead guitar for Tulsa's Tex Montana's Fireball Four. Have not had many headliners come up and talk to us and tell us 'niceries.' Was nice. He ain't doin' so well right now, there's a link to him at my website, if anybody's interested. Other openers that were as much an honor as something to put on the resume: The Subdudes and John Kilzer.
The way Brian and Mark used to do my song, "Home," when we played in Los Dios de 'Border.'
Recording Brian's song, "Man in My Shoes," at his house in Springfield.
Watching the Connells in Northampton, MA, in '88, with 50 other devotees.
Watching Boston's Neighborhoods at the same bar in that same time frame. The lead singer hurt a frat-boy's feelings. Feelgood moment of my year.
Seein' Johnny Cash with the Nashville Symphony at an Italian Street Fair in Franklin, TN. Kind of like having an Italian Street Fair in Nixa, but was a great night.
Any time I ever got to see the Smithereens.
Relativity Hayride on a couple of evenings.
Cheap Trick at Taylor Auditorium at MSSC in Joplin, MO in the fall of '78. Great band, Screams, opened up. Their drummer was future Elvis Brother Brad, uh, Elvis.
Bebe Buell and her band The Monsters, playing at a great Portland, ME club called the Tree in the late '80's. Liv was a chubby little kid and had some "Pretty Baby" kind of make-up on that kind of gave me the willies but only added to the scary, Monster night.
Peter Case-The Blue Note (the old one in the alley), Columbia, MO, 1989.
Dave Alvin-The Juke Joint, Springfield, MO, mid-90's. Some conglomeration of the Borderlords opened up.
Queen-Kemper Arena-'81.
Most gigs I either played with or just saw singer/songwriter Rod Picott in Nashville in the mid-'90's.
Concrete Blonde-Kansas City,MO, 1987, help me here, Mark, the place is now long gone. Prominent live venue in the '80's. Downtown, near the Farmer's Market. I'm a blank. Dangit. Dang great show.
Robbie's band on My Three Sons t.v. show. Always enjoyable.
'Bout any time I've seen Robbie Fulks.
The Painkillers-Saturday night, Arnie's Bar, Tulsa, OK. We needed redemption from our foray into the abyss that is Muskogee, OK and we got it. They could have paid us in corn fritters and we would've been happy...as a matter of fact, they did pay us in corn fritters. Very good but quite rich!
How's that for a post, by Jiminy! Shalom, Jeff G.
Favorite Ozark Haunts'O Mine: Whistler's Hamburgers in Carthage, MO.
The Candy House outside of my hometown of Joplin, MO.
Neosho, MO
Big Sugar Creek near Pineville, MO (specifically, Mac's Big Rock Camp)
Fayetville, AR
Beaver Lake
The Outland in Springfield, MO
Pappy's in Springfield, MO
Crosstown BarbQue in Springfield, MO
Most Chinese Places in Springfield, MO
The Old Town Grain and Feed Co. in Ft. Smith, AR
Hot Springs, AR
Mary Mystra's (probably spelled that wrong) in Tontitown, AR-best ding-dang Italian Food in these parts, or at least one 'o the best.
Doc's Music in Springfield (is it still in operation? haven't been there since before Doc died)
Third Eye Music in Springfield, MO when it was on Cherry? One of those tree streets near SMSU, back in the '80's. Think it's a parking lot now. Paradise lost.
My recent rediscovery, since most of my early years were spent right here in Tulsy Town-Blue Hole Swimming Hole near Salina, OK (near Pryor). And speakin' of great swimmin' holes in the Ozarks. Here's the RIP section:
5-Mile (formerly Dardene's Pool, in my Mom and Dad's day)
Slick Rock -both pools had great Snack Shacks, kick-ass Jukeboxes ("Clap For the Wolfman" and "Listen What the Man Said (Says?)" still come to mind), and Ozark Coppertone Beauty Queens, the likes of which'll 'neer be seen again....
Both pools were on 5-Mile Creek and both were about 6-7 miles from Baxter Springs, KS
Fond Music
Memories:
Found 40.00 in a freshly flushed toilet at the Hangar in '83. Ain't too proud. Dried up fine.
Watchin' Fools Face play to a huge, packed house at Sgt. Pepper's in Galena, KS. in '82 or '83.
Watchin' The Misstakes, The Clocks, The Secrets, and The Edge do the same thing at the same club in or around the same time frame.
Playin' at that club on the corner of the square in Springfield in the early '90s' during a Christmas break, I think. Brad Pitt came in with some friends and The Borderlords were playin', we even had Kyle Donaldson playin' with us that night. Keiser got all goo-goo and ga-ga over Pitt and it just got really...okay, maybe that was me, but let me tell you, he's a truly beautiful man!
Opened for Alejandro Escovedo a couple of years ago over in Fayettville, AR, when I was playin' lead guitar for Tulsa's Tex Montana's Fireball Four. Have not had many headliners come up and talk to us and tell us 'niceries.' Was nice. He ain't doin' so well right now, there's a link to him at my website, if anybody's interested. Other openers that were as much an honor as something to put on the resume: The Subdudes and John Kilzer.
The way Brian and Mark used to do my song, "Home," when we played in Los Dios de 'Border.'
Recording Brian's song, "Man in My Shoes," at his house in Springfield.
Watching the Connells in Northampton, MA, in '88, with 50 other devotees.
Watching Boston's Neighborhoods at the same bar in that same time frame. The lead singer hurt a frat-boy's feelings. Feelgood moment of my year.
Seein' Johnny Cash with the Nashville Symphony at an Italian Street Fair in Franklin, TN. Kind of like having an Italian Street Fair in Nixa, but was a great night.
Any time I ever got to see the Smithereens.
Relativity Hayride on a couple of evenings.
Cheap Trick at Taylor Auditorium at MSSC in Joplin, MO in the fall of '78. Great band, Screams, opened up. Their drummer was future Elvis Brother Brad, uh, Elvis.
Bebe Buell and her band The Monsters, playing at a great Portland, ME club called the Tree in the late '80's. Liv was a chubby little kid and had some "Pretty Baby" kind of make-up on that kind of gave me the willies but only added to the scary, Monster night.
Peter Case-The Blue Note (the old one in the alley), Columbia, MO, 1989.
Dave Alvin-The Juke Joint, Springfield, MO, mid-90's. Some conglomeration of the Borderlords opened up.
Queen-Kemper Arena-'81.
Most gigs I either played with or just saw singer/songwriter Rod Picott in Nashville in the mid-'90's.
Concrete Blonde-Kansas City,MO, 1987, help me here, Mark, the place is now long gone. Prominent live venue in the '80's. Downtown, near the Farmer's Market. I'm a blank. Dangit. Dang great show.
Robbie's band on My Three Sons t.v. show. Always enjoyable.
'Bout any time I've seen Robbie Fulks.
The Painkillers-Saturday night, Arnie's Bar, Tulsa, OK. We needed redemption from our foray into the abyss that is Muskogee, OK and we got it. They could have paid us in corn fritters and we would've been happy...as a matter of fact, they did pay us in corn fritters. Very good but quite rich!
How's that for a post, by Jiminy! Shalom, Jeff G.
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