j a c k Williams

   

Recorded In Savannah, Memphis, And San Antonio With 1 RCA 77 DX Microphone (Savannah & San Antonio) or 1 RCA 44 (Memphis)- Mono To An Ampex 601 ¼” Reel To Reel.

Right Behind Me (San Antonio, Room 414, Sheraton Gunter Hotel)

No Better Than This (Memphis Sun Studio)

Clumsy Ol’ World (Savannah First African Baptist Church)

Room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio is where Robert Johnson first recorded for Brunswick Records in November of 1936; Mellencamp’s version of Johnson’s “Stones In My Pass Way” was the first track on Trouble No More, an album of blues and folk songs released in 2003. The room has been carpeted in the intervening years so a hardwood floor was placed over the carpet to better approximate the ambience heard on Johnson’s records. Mellencamp sang facing the corner of the room that Johnson had almost 74 years earlier.

John Mellencamp

Man of Conviction

I am a man of conviction, I shattered these walls
Spent my life in a bottle, cut myself had to crawl
Stared down a barrel of a 45, dared the man on the other side
To have the guts to pull the trigger
I am a man of conviction

Convicted of loving one girl too much
Sentenced to live without her touch
Convicted of somehow forgetting God
Sentenced to life of hell on earth
And they ain’t coming back, I’ve never known either to lie
It wasn’t my intention, I am a man of conviction

A promise made a promise broken, I’ve left nothing uncertain
I took the lower road, my back bent to carry my load
I broke hearts along the way, made a fool of myself most days
It wasn’t my intention, but I am a man of conviction

Convicted of loving one girl too much
Sentenced to live without her touch
Convicted of somehow forgetting God
Sentenced to life of hell on earth
And they ain’t coming back, I’ve never known either to lie
It wasn’t my intention, I am a man of conviction

Convicted of loving one girl too much
Sentenced to live without her touch
Convicted of somehow forgetting God
Sentenced to life of hell on earth
And they ain’t coming back, I’ve never known either to lie
It's too late for intervention, I am a man of conviction

No don’t you cry for me, I’ve made this bed where I lie
It wasn’t my intention, I am a man of conviction
It’s too late for intervention, I am a man of conviction

Brandon Rhyder 

25 years ago (August 19th, 1985) Scarecrow the 8th album by Mellencamp arrived on a thriving mid 80's music scene!  Wow, 25 years ago... 1985 also represents the year I barely graduated high school; not a dedicated student 1981-1985. 

On Scarecrow; John, Kenny, Mike, and Toby provide quality timeless tunes worthy of ongoing spins!

John Mellencamp

Scarecrow (Wiki)

Miss Emily,

A pretty good picture of a couple sleepy heads…

You’re off and running now as 2^nd grade student.   Enjoy your new classmates and teacher.

Word you wrote down during sign in - in response to question of the day was 'excited'. 

Hugs and Kisses,

d a d d y

Emily recently celebrated her 7th birthday!  She chose to have a Build A Bear party.  She and her guests were treated to selecting an animal for stuffing, selecting an outfit, grooming; the whole Build A Bear experience bundled up in a group party!

It's amazing how quickly 7 years clip by.

I believe my gurl had a happy day!!

             

·     The Shack was written by a father with the targeted audience being his six children.  I know of no other gift as important as the understanding of relationship WM. Paul Young shares with his children throughout the pages of this fictional novel.

·     I wept repeatedly throughout my read of The Shack.  Sad tears, happy tears, joy filled tears, really really sad tears and finally unbelievable tears.  This book calls out the deep things within a man's heart.  I'm a better father, son, and person after reading The Shack!

·     The religious folk will not get this book.  They will work hard to discredit the creative loving work of the Creator. That's been their gig for a long while now.

·     Hard copies of The Shack will be provided to my 20 year old son Patrick and soon to be 7 year old daughter Emily.  I look forward to the conversations I will have with my children sometime in the future about The Shack.

It’s all about relationship!

@wpy2009