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. From the first time I set foot on stage at the Steak House Lounge in Waycross, Georgia, I opened myself to performing the music of my idols and set into motion an informal education that would carry me through life. The names of the clubs themselves—The Red Room, So

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

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”

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.—