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Tail of the Weak 3.24

Uncle Dave Griffin

Jun 16, 2018
3 min

Tail of the Weak 3.24

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. I motored my Ford Econoline through Ludowici—the notoriously infamous speed trap of south Georgia when I was growing up—heading to Savannah where I was scheduled for a week of Window Clerk training at the River Street postal facility. Hiring on with the Waycross pos

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Tail of the Weak 2.44

Uncle Dave Griffin

Nov 3, 2017
3 min

Tail of the Weak 2.44

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. I reckon I always knew, deep down inside, what I was gonna do with my life. I just had to cull through the chaff to get to the wheat. So, upon high school graduation, I lit out to Statesboro, home of Georgia Southern College, in September of 1971. I aced my 2:30 p

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Tail of the Weak 2.28

Uncle Dave Griffin

Jul 15, 2017
4 min

Tail of the Weak 2.28

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. “When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.” – Will Rogers The love affair between a man and his automobile has been going on for well over two centuries. To drive one is a simp

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Tail of the Weak 2.15

Uncle Dave Griffin

Apr 15, 2017
3 min

Tail of the Weak 2.15

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. I wouldn't trade anything for growing up in the South Georgia Bible Belt. We were raised up to know the difference between right and wrong. Sunday School, Training Union, and Wednesday night Prayer Meeting—my family was regular attendees at Calvary Baptist Church.

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Tail of the Weak 1.17

Uncle Dave Griffin

Nov 13, 2016
5 min

Tail of the Weak 1.17

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. Bette Clair McMurray was born on March 23, 1924 in Dallas, Texas. She was raised up in San Antonio, graduating high school from Alamo Heights. Just before he left to fight in World War II, Warren Nesmith made Bette his bride, and she gave them a baby boy, deli

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Tail of the Weak 1.5

Uncle Dave Griffin

Aug 22, 2016
3 min

Tail of the Weak 1.5

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. In 1954, Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith released a single on MGM Records of a song that was written in 1953, the year I was born. 23 years later, I would shake the hand of the man whose version of the song is the most recognized around the world today. The song's

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