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billy powell: dead

Free Bird to be played non-stop for next 30 days on all Jacksonville stations

Powell, who went to Bishop Kenny High School, joined Skynyrd in 1972 after working for the Jacksonville band for a couple of years as a roadie. He was seriously injured in the Oct. 20, 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant and five other people.

Johnny Van Zant said his brother invited Powell to join the band after he heard him playing piano during a rehearsal of "Free Bird." "Ronnie said, 'What's that?' and Billy said, 'That's the introduction to 'Free Bird.' Ronnie said, 'I like that. You're in the band.'"

The piano introduction to the song became a highly anticipated part of the band's live show, though Johnny Van Zant said Powell was sometimes relucant to jump into the spotlight with it.

merry christmas double widers

Y'all may remember Henrietta and Myrna from those halcyon days when they toured the county fair circuit singing backup with Clovis, Blackfoot, and Skynyrd. 

Like so many women from Clovis' past, they ended up bathed in whiskey, sperm, and regret.    But at the double wide, we're all about second chances.  So enjoy!

And while we're on the subject of second chances, let's all take a moment to rededicate ourselves to the high level of journalism we once produced.  This damned blog costs me $15 a month.  I can get two sentences and a YouTube video for free (no offense, Elrod). 

Make it your New Year's resolution.  Long live the Double Wide.

hot damn! play us another lick ralph!!!

 Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley cuts an ad for Barack Obama!

Take a listen here my friends.  It don't get much better.

And while your'e a listenin', drop Barack a sawbuck or two.

Hell.effin.yeah!!!

Ralph Stanley:

Howdy, friends. This is Ralph Stanley, and I think I know a little something about the families around here...

...and after the last eight years - I know we all need a change.

Nobody's looking for a handout, but we could use a leader that’s on our side.

That leader is Barack Obama.

Barack'll cut taxes for everyday folks - not big business -- so you’ll have a little more money in your pocket at the end of the year.

He understands that our kids shouldn't have to leave our communities to find work...that's why Barack will make it easier to send your children to college and help create 5 million new jobs (by investing right here at home.)

I also know Barack is a good man.

A father and devoted husband, he values personal responsibility and family first.

So, please join me, Ralph Stanley, in supporting a true friend of the people who live right here in Southwest Virginia -- Barack Obama (is the change we need.)

Salieri Shits a Brick! Previously Unknown Mozart Piece Discovered in Museum

An original, unknown piece of music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart entitled, Wer Ließ die Hunde Heraus?, was discovered recently in a French museum according to curator Jean-Paul Clovis-Sartre. "Eet is le glorious to have discovered an unknown work by ze master! Zis work has neveer been performed en publique! We have sent for a German translateur to tell us what eet means, ze title, and zen we will have more to report about zees fascinating deescovery."

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Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies age 65

By MEERA SELVA – 45 minutes ago

LONDON (AP) — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death.

heaven bound and down...

This has got to stop Alvie.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jerry Reed, a singer who became a "good ol' boy" actor opposite Burt Reynolds in car chase movies like "Smoky and the Bandit," is dead at age 71, according to his longtime booking agent.

Carrie Moore-Reed, who is no relation to the star, says Reed died early Monday morning of complications from emphysema.

Reed was a gifted guitarist who later became a songwriter, singer and finally an actor.

As a singer in the 1970s and early 1980s, he had a string of hits that included "Amos Moses," ''When You're Hot, You're Hot," ''East Bound and Down," and "The Bird".

hot buttered soul

Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65

58 minutes ago

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. He was 65.

A family member found him unresponsive near a treadmill and he was pronounced dead an hour later at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, according to the sheriff's office. The cause of death was not immediately known.

Isaac Hayes .Chocolate Salty Balls [Live.2002]
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The Double Wide asks...IS ALVIE DEAD?

Cuz that would really really suck if it turns out to be the case.  Does anyone know?  Anybody? Alvie???

It's 12:01 am, and it costs too much to drive

what'rya gonna do?

the troika is complete: Bo Diddley dead at 79

Spokesman/Aide-de-camp Spencer Harrison confirms legendary rocker dead at 79.  "In addition to his well known musical skills, he was an expert at phone pranks," says Harrison of Jacksonville, FL.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive ''shave and a haircut, two bits'' rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79.

Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokesman Spencer Harrison said. He had suffered a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation and resuming prank calls to unsuspecting 12 year olds.

*Editors Note:  Ya'll this will hit Alvie hard.  First Harvey Korman, THEN Yves Saint Lauren, now this.  He doesn't have an enclosed garage does he?