When Tom’s alarm went off at 6:00am on Thursday February 3, 2002, the room was infused with the sound of ‘I Got You Babe’ by Sonny and Cher. I knew we hadn’t left Woodstock, Illinois yet, but I wondered to…
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177: IN PHIL’S FOOTSTEPS – GROUNDHOG DAY 2/2/22
It had been a long three months since my last cross-country journey, and I was itching to hit the road – even though my photographer had dubbed our early February trip “The Winter Dance Party Tour”. In my mind, that…
176: W.H. HARRISON FEATURED ON MY SHOW ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Yesterday, February 5, 2022, I returned home from my ‘Winter Dance Party Tour’ where I visited several sites and saw a concert associated with the 1959 Winter Dance Party. During my five-day adventure that took me 1,376 miles through Indiana,…
175: FAST TIMES WITH A RIDGEMONT JUDGE
The 21st day of our trip began when Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am. My photographer wasted little time getting things packed and ready to roll; after all, we were 80 miles behind schedule. The weather was ideal on Thursday morning…
174: MY HAIR-ROWING EXPERIENCE WITH MVB ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
Most people don’t know a lot about our 8th President Martin Van Buren; mainly because the biggest thing he was famous for was his unruly sideburns. However, my photographer and I have visited a few sites associated with ‘Old Kinderhook’…
173: THE FINAL RIDE OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
Tom’s alarm went off in our Brenham, Texas hotel room at 6:00am on Wednesday October 27, 2021. By the time my companions had dressed and packed their stuff, the anticipated storm hit with the intensity and fury the meteorologists had…
172: TJ, AJAX, & SASQUATCH ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
On January 6, 2022, our good friends and hard-working crew at GBS Media posted another episode of our show ‘Hail to the Chief’. When you watch that episode, you will see and hear my photographer tell stories about our 7th…
171: WE ROCKED THE FARM & ROLLED IN ROUND TOP
A half hour or so after the sun’s sphere broke the eastern horizon near Streetman, Texas, my photographer rolled his sorry carcass out of bed. It was eight o’clock on Saturday October 23, 2021 and the two of us had…
170: A KINDER, GENTLER VISIT WITH BUSH 41
Tom’s phone alarm went off at 6:20am on Friday October 22, 2021. I watched as he sat up on the couch, looked out the window, saw it was still dark, and reset his alarm to 7:10am. All I could do…
169: “JERRY’S WORLD” WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD
Our last full day in Plano, Texas began at 7:15am on Wednesday October 20, 2021. That day’s agenda had our group headed for the Fort Worth Stockyards where we’d watch their famous cattle drive, which was held twice daily –…