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. Dear Lovelorn, I advise you to turn back. You can catch him later. No, wait—that's what Mister Fletcher said to Captain Red Legs in The Outlaw Josie Wales; and, we all know how that turned out. Why anyone would ask me—a two-time divorcee—for answers about love is

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 was used to gettin' up early in the morning—the 3:00 to 11:30 a.m. graveyard shift at the Waycross Post Office from 1985-1993 had prepared me for that. So, when tickets for Paul McCartney's “New World Tour” went on sale, I volunteered to motor up to Atlanta's Geo

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.