[78-L] Train Blockage Re: Whither NOLA

[simmonssomer]

Well, that's very apt. All them there cowboy songs are about trucks and 
trains and faithless women.
I once wanted to be a cowboy but not after I listened to them there records.
Sounds like big trouble to me so I'll stay here in New Jersey where I'm near 
to Vince Giardano's Night Hawks.

Al  Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
To: <78-L at 78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Train Blockage Re: Whither NOLA


>>>> We found out on
>>>> the web while in transit that the Jimmie Rodgers museum was closed Sun 
>>>> &
>>>> Mon and if the brochure had said that we would have gone on the way 
>>>> down
>>>> Wed like db did. We went to take pictures anyway and wonder how he 
>>>> found
>>>> the place because we hit all kinds of blocked roads with detours and a
>>>> train blocking yet another road!
>
> From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
>>>  Blue Yodel No. 14: aka "Biel Street Blues"
>
> From: wmfisher at mtsu.edu
>> Lets think about this....TRUTH exposing historians (Beil & Beil, both of
>> whom we love dearly) are blocked from a shrine to a LEGEND (Rodgers) by a
>> protective Train (take your pick here).  OK..so I'm not an eloquent 
>> writer....
>> Is there not something romantically poetic goin' on here??   ;-)   Martin
>
> The train that was blocking the road was only three cars from the end,
> but was parked with no signs of moving the 100 feet that would have
> cleared the crossing.  After a few minutes of humming "Waiting For A
> Train" and trying to think of new words about waiting for a train to
> MOVE, we went to to the next interstate exit and let the GPS guide us.
> That is where we met two construction roadblocks and detours. We did
> eventually muddle our way thru Meridian to the par where the little
> shack is.  There is a marble monument, a train engine and caboose, a
> historical marker, and a flag pole that was dedicated by Ralph Peer.  We
> took a bunch of photos.  I saw that the admission was $8, which is why I
> had asked my question about if it would have been worth it -- it would
> have been $16 for the two of us.
>
> What label was that box set on?  ProperBox??
>
> Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com
>
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