Naive Wrestler |
I don't write these songs or make these records to please critics, rule radio or to get rich. Good thing, huh? I want to topple governments, change minds, impress pretty girls. Now I find out from the...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:01:00 PST |
Who Needs It? |
Thinking about fame, as in "...and fortune." Strikes me for the first time that maybe it is a false concept constructed to separate us from each other. Do I really need to bow at the waist if I'm pres...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:45:00 PST |
Blast The Stardust |
Runnin' on steel rims, saving the rubber for the war effort, I find myself out on the ledge. Strange compulsion to scatter my matter out into the ether. Always looked up to the loser, always coveted t...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:43:00 PST |
Sam & Lavern |
Hey, did I ever tell you about seeing Sam Cooke at the armory? It must have been in about 1961 because Hank Ballard and the Midnighters were on the bill and they brought the house down and destroyed m...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:44:00 PST |
Same Damned Blues |
Gets old, this getting old. Seems like I've spent a bit of time lately trying to cheer up friends and now here comes this funk rolling in like some weird, unwelcome fog. I suppose that I'll indulge th...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:33:00 PST |
Clown Night |
I've only played Memphis once. Nancy Apple took us to the bar where we were working and we decided to get something to eat while waiting to set up. I couldn't help noticing a clown standing at the bar...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:37:00 PST |
Everything Old |
When I was a kid I wanted new toys. Who doesn't? As a teenager I needed for my hot rods to be in perfect shape. I used to lie in bed at night and worry that some day my '32 Ford body would rust. My fi...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:34:00 PST |
Jimmy's Chicken Box Dinner |
Bo Diddley has more stories and better stories than anyone that I've ever known. He tells a fine one about his pal, Jimmy Reed. Seems that they were on a tour bus with a bunch of other folks going thr...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:28:00 PST |
heartful |
Elvis has fans. Abbott & Costello have fans. Lily St. Cyr has fans. Folks like me, if we're lucky, we have friends. When people come up to me and tell me that they like some record of mine, I'm touche...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:19:00 PST |
Gabby In Hollywood |
I remember reading once of a fellow waltzing into a swanky Hollywood nightspot and spying Gabby Hayes in a prominent corner booth with a flashy lady of the evening on each arm. Damn. That's showbiz. W...
Posted by Ronny Elliott on Sat, 26 May 2007 11:21:00 PST |
