Tail of the Weak is a series of insights and musical memories from the mind of Uncle Dave Griffin, singer/songwriter and founder of the Annual Gram Parsons Guitar Pull and Tribute Festival, from Waycross, Georgia. Happy 90th Birthday to Joseph R. Griffin—the man who made me who I am! In the summer of 1966, we were in the final countdown to Daddy's retiring from the U.S. Air Force. For 20 years, he had been stationed all over the world—from Guam and Goose Bay, Newfoundland to

Tail of the Weak is a series of insights and musical memories from the mind of Uncle Dave Griffin, singer/songwriter and founder of the Annual Gram Parsons Guitar Pull and Tribute Festival, from Waycross, Georgia. Growing up, in the Sixties on Doghill (Mt. Pleasant Road) in Waycross, Georgia, was idyllic in every aspect—good neighbors, close friends, lots of dogs, and one TV station—WJXT Channel 4—a CBS affiliate out of Jacksonville, Florida. After a long day of playing outsi