Tag: history

• Jackson, Mississippi (with a Stick in my Hand); May 9-11, 2024

  I had never been to Jackson, Mississippi but because of one song “Stick in my Hand” I have spent many years thinking about the place. It’s a great song but is very tongue-in-cheek and gives no details about Jackson at all. I have been married to Tootie for just over forty years. We met in…

  Paco Marshall

  May 16, 2024

  Alabama Mississippi Trips, modernism, Modernist motels

  bicycle, bike, biking, cycling, history, mississippi

• Bayou Country; March 29-30, 2024

  Born on the Bayou is a magnificent song from 1969 on Creedence Clearwater Revival’s second album Bayou Country. It is the flip side of the big selling 45 single Proud Mary. The only problem, which is maybe not a problem, is that having your facts straight is not always necessary to create great art. Creedence…

  Paco Marshall

  April 8, 2024

  Louisiana trips

  history, louisiana, new-orleans, road-trip, travel