NO I AIN'T FROM ATLANTA, WAS NEVER THERE. THIS LATEST EXPOSITION (I CAIN'T FIND A BETTER WORD HERE) OF COUNTRY MUSIC IS A TRIBUTE TO THE ORIGINS OF THIS MUSIC, AND YOU HAVE TO FEEL IT IN YOUR CELTIC SOUL, SHOULD YOU HAVE ONE LIKE I DO, THAT ROCK'N'ROLL HAS SEVERAL GRAND-DADDIES AND -MOMMIES, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL COME FROM A CELTIC HOMELAND, YESSIR, AND AN AFRICAN HOMELAND, AND LIKE ME IS A MIX OF RACES (AND I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW), THERE IS CELTIC, AFRICAN, INDIAN, POLYNESIAN, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST CHINESE RUNNING THROUGH THIS HERE BLOOD
YOU WONDER WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING THRU MY CELTIC GREAT-GRANDFATHERS' HEADS WHEN THEY LEFT THAT BEAUTIFUL LAND YOU CALL PORTUGAL
THE ANSWER IS, A LOT, HA-HA. AND, IT IS TRUE I HAVE BEEN MANY PLACES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, AND LOVED EVERY ONE OF THEM. ARKANSAS AND TEXAS SEEM TO STICK THE MOST IN MY MIND, BUT I AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU NO MORE 'SECRETS', SINCE YOU ALREADY KNOW ALMOST ALL OF THEM, CHIEFLY, THAT I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC
I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD TIME WHEN YOU VISIT, MAYBE SHED A FEW TEARS, AND REMEMBER WE LOVE LOVING, PEACE, A GOOD TUNE, AND MOST OF ALL SHARING ALL THE ABOVE WITH YOU. . . OVER AND OUT!
