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. 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. Hearin' the sound of a lonesome whipporwill Breakin' up the still night makin' me feel so lonesome I could cry Lonesome I might die—so lonesome can't you see—I need you here to comfort me — “Lonesome” by Uncle Dave Griffin On a December 31st afternoon in 1952, Hank