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Tail of the Weak 4.26

Uncle Dave Griffin

Jun 29, 2019
4 min

Tail of the Weak 4.26

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 1968-69, my sophomore year at Ware County High School, I struck up a friendship with Robbin King, a fellow classmate in Band and Biology. We shared a lot of common interests—music, sports, and sound upbringings. Robbin was the youngest of several siblings raised

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Tail of the Weak 4.14

Uncle Dave Griffin

Apr 6, 2019
4 min

Tail of the Weak 4.14

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. There are notable geographical areas down south that foster the creation of legendary music. Rick Hall put together FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama; and with the Swampers, he created some of the finest hits in the world. The same held true for Macon, Georgi

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Tail of the Weak 4.12

Uncle Dave Griffin

Mar 23, 2019
3 min

Tail of the Weak 4.12

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. It's hard to imagine life without cellphones and computers nowadays. There are whole generations—including my three grandkids—who roll their eyes and yawn when I begin to expound on my boring childhood with its rotary dial telephones tethered to the wall, black and

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Tail of the Weak 3.51

Uncle Dave Griffin

Dec 22, 2018
4 min

Tail of the Weak 3.51

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. Merry Christmas to all who chance to read this—Tail of the Weak 3.51—just one of the many holiday memories from the mind of Uncle Dave Griffin. And as my disclaimer says, “It might not be very merry; but, it is a vivid memory”. I've owned a lot of vehicles since cr

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Tail of the Weak 3.29

Uncle Dave Griffin

Jul 21, 2018
4 min

Tail of the Weak 3.29

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. James Cocke sat in Waycross, Georgia's Hickory Wind Music Store, smiling at all the friends, family, and curiosity seekers who had come to hear a story or buy an autographed copy of his self-published book, Cocke Tales: Memoirs of a Redneck Hippy. I was reminded of

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Tail of the Weak 3.7

Uncle Dave Griffin

Feb 17, 2018
3 min

Tail of the Weak 3.7

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. The summer of 1977 was in full swing. Eddie Middleton, Down Home Band's front man and booking agent, was keeping us moving up and down the state of Georgia—Columbus's Callaway Gardens, Bananas in Macon, and the Man O' War Lounge in Augusta. Augusta, Georgia, a city

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Tail of the Weak 3.4

Uncle Dave Griffin

Jan 27, 2018
3 min

Tail of the Weak 3.4

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 glanced over and saw Steve Popovich, pinned in the corner of the motel room by Eddie Middleton, who was selling himself as hard as he could. Before the night was over, Middleton was the new artist Popovich ended up signing to his new label. – Tail of the Weak 2.23

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Tail of the Weak 3.3

Uncle Dave Griffin

Jan 20, 2018
5 min

Tail of the Weak 3.3

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 no diff'rence if you're black or white Brothers, you know what I mean —“Brother Louie” by Stories I ain't into stigma. And I don't care too much for partiality. I don't see the world as black or white. People, we are all in this together. I grew up in a Air

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Tail of the Weak 2.50

Uncle Dave Griffin

Dec 16, 2017
3 min

Tail of the Weak 2.50

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. Lee “Pine Room” Newell, Down Home Band's keyboard player between January and June of 1976, had turned in his notice, promising to stay until our young, Waycross piano wizard, Ricky Alderman, returned to the band following his graduation from high school. “Pine Room”

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Tail of the Weak 2.43

Uncle Dave Griffin

Oct 28, 2017
4 min

Tail of the Weak 2.43

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. Top hat head on a hard stage floor ~ Backward lean through the curtain door Unknown brought the whole house down ~ Dance with the Dolly in the denim gown Ol' Bocephus with a rowdy rep ~ Conversatin' with a Johnny Depp Fake Tom Petty on a Jesus high ~ Talk to a beave

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Tail of the Weak 2.23

Uncle Dave Griffin

Jun 10, 2017
4 min

Tail of the Weak 2.23

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 don't know whether I chose art or it chose me. All I do know is I'm glad it happened. Playing music has created a lifetime of friends and some rare opportunities to meet several high-profile associates. This is the story of one such encounter. In 1977, Down Home

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Tail of the Weak 2.2

Uncle Dave Griffin

Jan 14, 2017
3 min

Tail of the Weak 2.2

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. Like most folks, I like to like and love to love. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Besides, it's the best possible way to go through this world, from start to finish. Every famously-named humanitarian—Jesus, Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jr.—

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