Monthly Archives: July 2011

Doc Watson makes a house call…to a packed house

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Les Kerr

  Eighty-eight year old Doc Watson is still very much in control of his voice, his guitar playing and his audience, as he demonstrated  at the Ryman Auditorium July 28, 2011. And the love being sent from the people in … Continue reading →

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Doc Watson – no strings attached

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Les Kerr

Doc Watson is my favorite acoustic guitar player.  He is a hero to me for the amount of talent he has in his voice and hands, and for the way he conducts himself on stage.  Always with dignity, humor and … Continue reading →

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Early voting and Minnie’s Pearl of wisdom

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Les Kerr

I always vote in every election in which I’m eligible to cast a ballot. From the time I cast my first vote at the Anola Women’s Club building on Washington Avenue in Pascagoula, Mississippi in the 1970s to the present day, … Continue reading →

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Feed the birds – there’s an empty space in the air

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Les Kerr

It was not lost on me that my old Mobile, Alabama radio pal Charlie Ocean died on the birthday of another old Mobile radio friend, Scott O’Brien, who also recently passed away.  I suspect that they had a celebratory cocktail, headphones … Continue reading →

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