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. To blog or not to blog. That is the question. I questioned my old Doghill buddy, James Cocke, when he posed the question to me back in 2016. I knew I had some things to impart, having lived a nomadic childhood as the son of a 20-year Air Force veteran—with homes

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. Almost half a century has passed since I crossed the stage of the Waycross City Auditorium to collect my diploma as a 1971 graduate of Ware County High School. Looking back on it, I wasn't fazed or unfazed with all the pomp and circumstance surrounding me. I was e

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. To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose, under heaven A time to be born, a time to die -Pete Seeger, Adapted from Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 1-8 They say bad things come in threes. If I was to trust

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. Well, the dog days of summer are upon us. The Greeks and the Romans were the first to note the hottest times of the year in relation to the “dog star”, Sirius, which appeared to rise just before the sun in late July. Down here in southern Georgia, it gets hotter t

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. Ain't that computer a fascinating addition to the modern home or house trailer? You can go anywhere and find anything on it—unless it starts with an S and ends with an X. I spend hours upon hours—chasing down childhood memories, discovering new subjects for though