Civil War/Revolutionary War history (reenacting/collecting). I am active in saving Civil War battlefields and exploring historical homes/places. I enjoy studying life during the early-mid nineteenth century, and re-creating it as historically accurate as possible.Antiquing(Mostly pre-Civil War stuff, i.e.primitives)Music is a big part of my life.
I'd like to meet:
Jesus, Elvis, Doc Holliday, Paul McArtney
Music:
Country(Some new,and a lot of old), Classic Rock, 70's/80's, Rockabilly, Bluegrass, Traditional Old-Tyme music, Celtic music. Billy Lawson,Johnny Cash,Elvis Presley,Dwight Yoakam,Marty Stuart,The Police,Van Halen,ZZTop,Southern Culture on the Skids,Brad Paisley,Diamond Rio,Alabama,Southern Pacific,Bryan White,Chicago,Karen Carpenter,Don Williams,Jim Reeves,The Oak Ridge Boys,Yes,The Outfield,Duran Duran,Restless Heart,Def Leppard,AC/DC,Kiss,Steve Wariner,Marie Osmond,The Sons of the Pioneers,The Eagles.
Movies:
Slingblade, Judge Priest, The Red Badge of Courage, The Horse Soldiers, Lonesome Dove, The Long Riders, The Private History Of A Campaign That Failed, Goin' South, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Oh Brother! Where Art Thou, Napoleon Dynamite, All the Pretty Horses, Tombstone, Gone With the Wind, Daddy and Them, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Dumb and Dumber, Gangs of New York, and of course, Deliverance.
Television:
Old Television shows(Andy Griffith:pre-color TV),Gunsmoke,Bonanza. They don't make 'em like they used to! The History Channel,Public Television,AMC,TCM,TV Land
Books:
Shiloh (by Shelby Foote), The Marble Man, Attack and Die, This Terrible Sound
Heroes:
My late brother (DeWayne Gilbert), my late grandfather (Leamom Hughes), all of those brave Southern men that fought and died fighting for their rights and independence during the War Between the States, Elvis Presley, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, John Wayne, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Corky Wimberly.
