You could tell when he got up to the podium that he had seen something that he couldn’t leave behind, that time had stopped and he was clawing at it. He was the last speaker for the night. He wasn’t polished. His hair was uneven, plastered on his forehead by a layer of sweat. The suit […]
These young men are waving goodbye as they start the 1000 mile trek from Pittsburg to New Orleans. They’ll skirt the Allegheny Mountains, pass into Tennessee and pick up the Jackson Military Road for the final 400 mile descent to the Mississippi Delta and the bayous and great swamps surrounding New Orleans. They are following […]
Every now and then a clear harmonic cry gave new suggestions of a tune that would someday be the only tune in the world and would raise men’s souls to joy.“ – Jack Kerouac, On the Road The music flows in and out of your senses as easily as the sweat raises your skin. What you […]