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Ode to Billie Jean
Ode to Billie Jeanby Gary Wright “There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman.It’s a thing no married man knows anything about.”—Oscar Wilde American Country music has no counterpart anywhere in the world. Its father … Continue reading
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Tagged Billie Jean Jones, Country Music, exploring the south, Faron Young, Gary Wright, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Phantom of the Opry
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OLD’ HANK’S CARR
Old’ Hank’s Carrby Gary Wright “Everything is so random there must be a pattern.” As the sun was rising on New Year’s Day about 65 years ago, a beautiful, shiny blue Cadillac pulled up the Hill, West Virginia hospital in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1952 Cadillac, Charles Carr, exploring the south, Gary Wright, Hank Williams, southern music
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Mobile Mardi Gras à la Joe Cain
Mobile Mardi Gras à la Joe Cain By Gary Wright Often, things are not as they seem; usually, but not always, more so than ever Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. October 10, 1832–April 17, 1904 Widely known … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, exploring the south, Gary Wright, Mardi Gras, Mobile Mardi Gras, southern culture
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A FAR CRY
Part three of The Last Slave Ship. Click here to read part two. http://porchscene.com/2017/01/09/unbroken/ A Far Cry by Gary Wright An 1861 federal court case, the US v. Byrnes Meaher, was brought against Timothy Meaher and John Dabey, … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, Gary Wright, southern history, The Last Slaver Ship
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Unbroken
Unbroken by Gary Wright “Unbroken” is part two in Gary Wright’s three-part series, “The Last Slaver Ship.” To read part one, “On a Distant Shore,” click here: http://porchscene.com/2016/11/28/on-a-distant-shore/ The rich, fertile savannah coastal area of West Africa became known as … Continue reading
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Tagged Africatown, alabama, black history, Gary Wright, slave history, southern history
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A Look at 2016
A Look at 2016 www.porchscene.com Our home—the South—is a beautiful, haunted, place that’s full of contradiction and mystery. Even those of us who have lived here for all or part of our lives have a hard time explaining it, or our … Continue reading
Merry Christmas, Navy!
Merry Christmas, Navy! By Gary Wright “Atta boy, Clarence,” —It’s a Wonderful Life In order to ascribe the fullest meaning to this story, you have to know that every word of the account is true. Christmas 2014 was a … Continue reading
ON A DISTANT SHORE
In a three-part series, Gary Wright tells the story of “Clotilda”—the last slaving ship On a Distant Shore by Gary Wright “You cannot play God without becoming acquainted with the Devil.” —Jonathan Nolan, ‘Westworld, the Series’ (Remnants of the … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, exploring the south, Gary Wright, Mobile, Slavery, southern history
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