tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12938855887753960672012-01-19T15:36:13.340-06:00Michael OConnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00883365496544943899noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293885588775396067.post-64607333394223636042012-01-19T15:33:00.003-06:002012-01-19T15:36:13.350-06:00samuel franklin, sr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sunday july 23, 2006<br />167 state street<br />rutland,vermont 05701<br /><br />hello inky,<br />how are you? i hope this letter finds you home and doing well. <br />we all prayed for the safe and speedy trip back to texas.<br />thank you so very much for taking the time to come see us here at the “great marble valley”....so they say anyway.<br />it was a very good treat and a blessing to hear some awesome picking and great music....country boy at heart.<br />i’m headed to court on tuesday.<br />i hope to be out soon. i’m in on a restraining order violation. <br />it’s a crock of shit but, they have to get their money.<br />i say “find another to get, this pup ain’t play’en their fuck, fuck games.”<br />i’m on a $1000.00 bail. that’s all.<br />my brother is a...you know. so, hopefully soon this is over.<br />if you could please send me, if you would, the ways to get the cd’s you all have done.<br />if i do get out i’ll write with the new address. i hope to hear from you soon.<br />once again thank you for the awesome music.<br />it’s one day in jail i will remember for the rest of my life.<br />keep on pickin’.&nbsp; “AWESOME....”<br /><br />my best to all<br />your friend<br />samuel franklin<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1293885588775396067-6460733339422363604?l=michaeloconnormusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael OConnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00883365496544943899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293885588775396067.post-71946942289499511882011-09-10T13:57:00.004-05:002011-09-10T14:25:03.099-05:00i remember laughter from the middle of an orange grove as our shadow eclipsed the moon<br />playing a borrowed mandolin as guthrie sang high harmony <br />being blanketed in the foothills of the sierra madre <br />i remember stonehenge<br />joe's pizza in the village<br />meeting the great actor<br />as i unloaded my gear<br />while he smoked his cigarette<br />feeling the muscle of the movie star <br />while we drank his whiskey<br />the bartender moaning at the lack of tip<br />the band ponying it up<br />almost meeting that scary author whose books i've never read<br />smoking weed all the while<br />the tails from two different kinds of blue whales<br />standing in the cold damp dressing room <br />as the beautiful singer from topsham<br />turned away to hide her tears <br />from the goodbye toasts at the end of our run <br />i remember waking up in chojo's front yard where the redwoods scraped the sky<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1293885588775396067-7194694228949951188?l=michaeloconnormusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael OConnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00883365496544943899noreply@blogger.com0