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Tag Archives: chicory
Southerners and Irishmen, revisited (song link included)
Songwriters are often asked where they get song ideas. I hope you’ll enjoy this story behind my song, Southerners and Irishmen. When I lived in Mobile, Alabama in the 1980s, I developed a near-addiction fondness for coffee with chicory, readily available in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, chicory, coffee, Delchamps, Destin, Gulf Coast, Irish, Jimmy Kelly's Steakhouse, Les Kerr, Mobile, music, Nashville, New Orleans, songwriting, southern, St. Patrick's Day
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Southerners and Irishmen, revisited (song link included)
As the Bayou Band and I get ready to play our annual St. Patrick’s Day Concert at Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse in Nashville on March 17, this song and its story come to mind. I hope you’ll enjoy reading about how … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, chicory, coffee, Delchamps, Destin, Gulf Coast, Irish, Jimmy Kelly's Steakhouse, Les Kerr, Mobile, music, Nashville, New Orleans, songwriting, southern, St. Patrick's Day
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Southerners and Irishmen, revisited w/Free song download
As the Bayou Band and I get ready to play our annual St. Patrick’s Day Concert at Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse in Nashville on March 17, this song and its story come to mind. I hope you’ll enjoy reading about how … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, chicory, coffee, Delchamps, Destin, Gulf Coast, Irish, Jimmy Kelly's Steakhouse, Les Kerr, Mobile, music, Nashville, New Orleans, songwriting, southern, St. Patrick's Day
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Southerners and Irishmen, revisited (audio link included)
Songwriters are often asked where they get song ideas. I hope you’ll enjoy this story behind my song, Southerners and Irishmen. When I lived in Mobile, Alabama in the 1980s, I developed a near-addiction fondness for coffee with chicory, readily available in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, chicory, coffee, Delchamps, Destin, Gulf Coast, Irish, local grocery stores, Mobile, music, Nashville, New Orleans, songwriting, southern, Southerners, St. Patrick's Day
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Les Kerr’s personal winter survival kit
Weather predictions in Nashville this week included a high temperature of four degrees Monday, January 6. This news, as usual, sent people scurrying to the grocery store to stock up on milk. What is it about cold weather that creates … Continue reading
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Tagged chicory, coffee, cold, cold weather, cold winter, D'Addario, grocery store, guitar, Jack Daniel's, Les Kerr, music, Nashville, Publix, songs, songwriting, strings, Tennessee, weather, winter
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Southerners and Irishmen, revisited (free song download included!)
Songwriters are often asked where they get song ideas. I hope you’ll enjoy this story behind my song, Southerners and Irishmen. When I lived in Mobile, Alabama in the 1980s, I developed a near-addiction fondness for coffee with chicory, readily available in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Alabama, chicory, coffee, Delchamps, Destin, Gulf Coast, Irish, Jimmy Kelly's Steakhouse, Les Kerr, Mobile, music, Nashville, New Orleans, songwriting, southern, St. Patrick's Day
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Les Kerr's Liner Notes 