Bluesmen and women

  • Angela Strehle
    Angela is one of the Austin's blues scene premier performer. Great wailing voice and a joy to look at.
  • Eric Clapton
    Eric's guitar skills led to "Clapton is God" assertions by fans. He was influenced by Robert Johnson and other American blues artists that Americans' had forgotten.
  • Howlin' Wolf
    With John Lee Hooker they are my favorite male blues singers of all time. I got to see Howlin' Wolf on DVD only.
  • Janis Joplin
    Janis burned the candle at both ends and thrilled us with her performances. Sadly the candle burned out, but not before she revived American interest in blues music.
  • Lou Ann Barton
    Lou Ann was an early member of Stevie Ray Vaughn's band Double Trouble. A great blues voice and your eyes will be pleased as well.
  • Marcia Ball
    One of the Austin blues scene's premiere performers. Long, tall, Marcia Ball is great to look at, great to hear on the piano, and great to hear her vocals.
  • Muddy Waters
    One of the greatest blues performers of all time.
  • Robert Johnson
    Legend has it that he sold his soul to the Devil in order to create great blues music.
  • Ruth Brown
    This lady had an incredible voice for the blues, and I totally enjoy all the 'double entande' phrases. She will be missed.
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn
    The trail blazing guitar skill he brought to not just blues was just phenomenal. So wrong that when he had his demons under control, he was taken.

Route 66 reads and info

February 01, 2007

KITTY and THE ALIEN

Do you ever go "What kind of mind comes up with these things?". Well, I will expose part of what comes out of my head. Not for the faint of heart!

First you would have to be the kind of person that would want, and then acquire a cougar/mountainKitty6 lion/catamount/panther. Guilty I am.

That said, it is not much of a stretch to create the P.E.T.A. sign. Then I enlist the assistance of my friend John* to stage the scene and take the photo. The animals have learned to read and will take revenge.

What do you do for Halloween?  I don't have to wait for Halloween to have fun.  I get out my 'alien', mount him in the brush guard on the front of my truck and take off down the road.

A couple of years ago I drove into town to have breakfast at one of my regular haunts, Tiffany3

Tiffany2and Tiffany and Bill came out and posed with the little 'man?'. Then I drove back and forth on the busiest streets in town getting stares, waves, thumbs up.

*He set the cougar in the woods, sent his 11 year old daughter to retrieve something he had 'dropped' and then we rushed around the other way to watch her reaction. What a hoot.

Funny Stock Aluminum Parking Signs
These are funny, 12 x 18 inch, rounded corner, stock aluminum parking   and no parking signs designed to provoke a little commentary   with various inscriptions. They are also made of highway quality   .040 aluminum and come as is, they cannot be altered.

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