tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24561898056246040422024-03-13T11:06:26.758-07:00Hurricane ChroniclesR. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-40110946446830404932017-08-28T16:01:00.001-07:002017-08-28T16:43:10.267-07:00Roger “Hurricane” Wilson Secures Markers For Childhood Neighbors Lying in Unmarked Graves For Nearly 60 YearsAnna Eberle was my nextdoor neighbor when I was a child in Keansburg, NJ. She resided there a long time before we ever moved there in 1954 when I was one year old. Originally from East Orange, NJ., she lived there with her husband, Jack, a WWI Veteran, and her brother, Freddy Heilbronn. Freddy never married. They were basically poor people who lived in an uninsulated bungalow heated by coal and kerosene stoves in the winter, cooled somewhat by portable fans that basically just moved the intense upstairs heat around. The primitive bathroom at the rear of the house was added later when the concept of an outhouse was becoming less fashionable. My house was a similar type bungalow that my dad took out an additional small mortage on to make the place livable year round. It still had the outhouse sidewalk leading to the structure when we moved in. It was my tricycle raceway the whole time until I could get up on two wheels.<br />
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I was aware of Jack, Anna, and Freddy, but I was only four, so I was never really able to carry on a conversation with Jack, a large and robust man with large suspenders as I remember. The reason was that he backed up into the huge coal stove in the kitchen one day in 1958, which lead to his death from a massive heart attack. Then it was just sister and brother, Anna and Freddy on their own. I got to know Freddy somewhat, as I would see him sitting in the front window when I would come home on my bike. It was then that I would visit Anna and Freddy now and then, but that run was short lived. Freddy passed away in his sleep in 1960 when I was seven. I would visit Anna regularly later on, developing my taste for and learning to love coffee. She basically lived on Sanka coffee along with jelly and margarine on pumpernickel bread, since her doctor had declared butter illegal as part of her diet. Anna passed away in 1964 when I was ten, and it was then I really learned the heartbreak of losing a good friend.<br />
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Back in 1992, I stopped by to visit their final resting places while on a Northeast tour. When I inquired at the office to look up the name Anna Eberle, there was no record of her to be found. They said she wasn't there. I was mortified and begged to differ since I was at her funeral at age ten, witnessing her being lowered into the ground. I did find Jack's location and I knew Anna was in there. I was shocked to find that there was nothing but blank space marking theirs and Freddy's plots. That was twenty-five years ago from this writing.<br />
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Jump ahead to early 2017 with my disapproval of their being unaccounted for eternity still circulating. I decided to call Fair View Cemetery to inquire about getting markers for both plots. The price would have totaled about $2500.00 to create the markers and have them installed on foundations to keep them from sinking into the ground. That, along with approximately the $900.00 cost of engraving put that venture way out of my price range., At least I was glad to know as a result of my phone call that Ann Eberle was now listed in the books and accounted for.<br />
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Now I'm again in New Jersey during the the summer of 2017 hanging with some early friends and band mates in between solo dates on a summer solo tour, and I decide that I am going to revisit the situation. In explaining my story of knowing these people since early childhood to the superintendent of the cemetery, he agreed that it wasn't right for them to be unaccounted for. Since Jack was a WWI veteran, he and his family should be acknowledged. Out of their kindness and understanding of this situation, Fair View Cemetery in Red Bank, NJ said they are willing to donate and place the markers free of charge.<br />
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Jack, and wife, Anna Eberle are buried in one unmarked grave. Her brother, Freddy, is in another a short distance away. They were good people, and I'm tired of knowing that they have been lying in their graves unmarked and forgotten about for nearly 60 years. Thankfully, that's about to change. I wrote and recorded the song about Anna entitled, THE BALLAD OF ANNA EBERLE, who was a good friend. It will be released commercially soon. While visiting their plots, I found a wayward American flag lying under a bush, so I placed it over Jack and Anna's unmarked grave that you can see here, which will be marked soon. There is no next of kin, so I may be the only one in the world that remembers them. If you would care to contribute, the help needed here is to offset the $900.00 cost of the two markers for three good but simple people that deserve to be remembered. Anything is appreciated. Check it out here: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/markers-4-2-60-yr-unmarked-graves">https://www.gofundme.com/markers-4-2-60-yr-unmarked-graves</a><br />
Thank, You<br />
RogerR. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-52304251317537894682017-07-20T13:09:00.001-07:002017-07-20T13:09:05.337-07:00Hurricane Chronicles: A SIMPLE QUESTION<a href="http://roger-hurricane-wilson.blogspot.com/2017/07/a-simple-question.html?spref=bl">Hurricane Chronicles: A SIMPLE QUESTION</a>: Why are there no simple answers to simple questions anymore? The driver's side door lock went out and needed to be replaced on my 09 Che...R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-38503931487869264572017-07-20T13:07:00.004-07:002017-07-20T13:07:50.150-07:00A SIMPLE QUESTION<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why are there no simple answers to simple questions anymore? The driver's side door lock went out and needed to be replaced on my 09 Chevy Silverado Pickup.The part is referred to as a door lock actuator. When purchasing this part, it is one unit containing the actuator and the door lock for approximately $185.00. That's easy enough to understand.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In speaking to the service writer at Day Chevrolet in Acworth, GA, he tells me me that they would need to diagnose the problem to see if it is the lock or the actuator that is faulty. Why would that matter if both parts are one unit? If the door lock isn't working, and the remedy is to make the repair with the one part that serves two functions, why the extra wasted conversation?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What could have been a simple answer in saying that the unit would need to be replaced because it all is the same part would have been sufficient. With his useless diagnostic answer. Instead of a satisfactory simple answer, I now have more questions. Does that mean you are going to fix the bad section of the single part and charge me less, or are you going to waste my time, and probably charge more money in running a bogus diagnosis? Or is the one part really two parts and you don't really know what you are talking about? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He then said there would be twenty cars ahead of me, and that if I left the vehicle, he might have it done by the same time a day later. That was an understandable option. The cost to install the part; however, would be $150.00. In that case, I bought the part for $165.00 at the dealership, with the nice parts guy giving me a discount. I then went to my buddy, Doug, at G&S in Kennesaw, GA. He had me in and out in under two hours for $90.00, and he didn't have to diagnose anything.</span></b>R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-56988779586551485932017-07-18T12:31:00.001-07:002017-07-18T12:31:14.246-07:00Hurricane Chronicles: Due to a programming glitch last week, this week's...<a href="http://roger-hurricane-wilson.blogspot.com/2017/07/due-to-programming-glitch-last-week.html?spref=bl">Hurricane Chronicles: Due to a programming glitch last week, this week's...</a>: Due to a programming glitch last week, this week's edition of Roger "Hurricane" Wilson's American Music Show will feature ...R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-20698509757693767092017-07-18T11:45:00.001-07:002017-07-18T11:45:56.801-07:00<b>Due to a programming glitch last week, this week's edition of Roger "Hurricane" Wilson's American Music Show will feature the live set I was invited to sit in on with Dr. Mac Arnold & Plate Full of Blues at Madlife Stage & Studio in Woodstock, GA. on April 15, 2017. Be sure to tune in each and every Tuesday night at 10PM ET/ 9PM CT on KALA-FM- 88.5, serving The Quad Cities.The show is streaming at <a href="http://www.sau.edu/KALA.html">http://www.sau.edu/KALA.html</a>. Click on How To Listen to set up your player. Please be sure to tune in.</b><br />
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R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-11443436862708995752017-07-17T16:10:00.002-07:002017-07-17T16:10:43.500-07:00I Still Want To Send You A Free CD To Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the CD, PASTIME, I Still Want To Send You A Free Autographed Copy. It was my first acoustic CD, released in 2002. All you do is pay $3.00 postage.<br />
Regular price everywhere else is at least $15.00<br />
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Click On The Link Below To Be Directed To The Instant Offer<br />
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Thanks For Your Support<br />
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Bluestorm Records<br />
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2015 Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame Inductee<br />
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Youtube: www.youtube.com/scotchearsR. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-43248334377078178422017-07-05T14:27:00.002-07:002017-07-05T14:27:51.194-07:00Roger "Hurricane" Wilson's 2017 RV Tour Begins July 29<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
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The invitation is still open to get a FREE copy of the single, HOME SWEET HOME IN MY RV, The Unofficial RV National Anthem, by visiting <a data-mce-href="http://hurricanewilson.com/rv/" href="http://hurricanewilson.com/rv/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://hurricanewilson.com/rv/</a>. The song seems to have caught on, which I appreciate greatly.</div>
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I'll be kicking off my 11th Annual 2017 RV Tour close to home to celebrate my 64th birthday at the Subourbon Bar in Kennesaw, GA with The Hurricane Homeboys from 8PM to Midnight on We<span class="text_exposed_show">dnesday, July 26. I'll then head out on the road on my actual birthday the next morning on July 27.</span></div>
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If you are anywhere in WI, IL, or PA, check your dates. Maybe you can come join me somewhere along the way.<br />
The 2017 RV Tour Begins:<br />
Sat. July 29 – Blackhawk RV Park – Milton, WI (solo acoustic 7 to 10PM)<br />
AUGUST, 2017<br />Fri. 4 – Paradise RV Resort – Garden Prairie, IL (Solo acoustic 7 to 10pm)<br />Sat. 5 – Pine Country RV Resort – Belvidere, IL (Solo acoustic 7 to 10pm)<br />Sat.12 – Arrowhead RV Resort – WI<br />Sat. 19 – Timothy Lake South RV Resort – E Stroudsburg, PA<br />(Solo acoustic 7 to 10PM)<br />Sat. 26 – Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival – Kennesaw, GA (w The Hurricane<br />Homeboys 7:30 to 9:30pm)<br />
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R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-52846900317680760912017-06-27T14:12:00.001-07:002017-06-27T14:12:53.064-07:00Camping Is Not Just About Sitting Around The Campfire Singing KUM BA YAH Anymore<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #fb7c3c; font-family: Arial, "Arial Unicode MS", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">
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R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-78424254682506020562017-06-26T02:21:00.002-07:002017-07-17T16:09:31.235-07:00Get a FREE CD From Roger "Hurricane" Wilson Celebrating the15th Anniversary of its ReleaseTo Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the CD, PASTIME, I Still Want To Send You A Free Autographed Copy. It was my first acoustic CD, released in 2002. All you do is pay $3.00 postage.<br />
Regular price everywhere else is at least $15.00<br />
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Click On The Link Below To Be Directed To The Instant Offer<br />
<a href="http://hurricanewilson.com/secret-page/">http://hurricanewilson.com/secret-page/</a><br />
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Thanks For Your Support<br />
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Roger "Hurricane" Wilson <br />
Bluestorm Records<br />
P O Box 1212<br />
Kennesaw, GA 30156 <br />
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2015 Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame Inductee <br />
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E-mail: roger@hurricanewilson.com<br />
Web Site: www.hurricanewilson.com<br />
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Youtube: www.youtube.com/scotchearsR. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-49653026169331566632017-02-05T09:54:00.004-08:002017-02-05T09:54:57.298-08:00Atlanta Falcons Rise Up!<a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/riseup?source=feed_text&story_id=10212586194037998" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">RISEUP</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/atlantafalcons?source=feed_text&story_id=10212586194037998" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">ATLANTAFALCONS</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/superbowl?source=feed_text&story_id=10212586194037998" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">SUPERBOWL</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/houston?source=feed_text&story_id=10212586194037998" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">HOUSTON</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dirtybirds?source=feed_text&story_id=10212586194037998" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">DIRTYBIRDS</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/lombarditrophy?source=feed_text&story_id=10212586194037998" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #4267b2; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm">LOMBARDITROPHY</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br />
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R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-28081597462259604252016-06-13T17:28:00.001-07:002016-06-13T17:28:07.405-07:00Free Lesson #3 from BeginnerGuitarLessonsFree.com by Roger 'Hurricane" W...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R22IzggKZB0" width="480"></iframe>R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-81569972395145147232015-04-10T19:58:00.001-07:002015-04-10T19:58:34.414-07:00Roger '"Hurricane" Wilson Performing LORD KNOWS<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/URByTU9D_IA" width="459"></iframe>R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-33694181193070949562014-11-28T10:21:00.001-08:002014-11-28T10:21:08.432-08:00WHY CAN'T IT BE LIKE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY? by Roger 'Hurricane" Wilson<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1d-oujsE0TE" width="480"></iframe>R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-71235363418367200942014-10-09T23:55:00.001-07:002014-10-09T23:55:05.693-07:00Roger 'Hurricane" Wilson & The Fletcher High School Jazz Band Perfroming...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QAcNmDGzDI" width="480"></iframe>R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-85579633844391871102013-12-04T07:25:00.001-08:002013-12-04T07:25:24.638-08:00O HOLY NIGHT performed by Roger 'Hurricane" Wilson (+playlist)<br />
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<em><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>MYAKKA RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL</strong></span></em></div>
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<em><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>VENICE, FL</strong></span></em></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>The
new single, Food Phone Gas & Lodging, originally recorded by the
legendary Eric Quincy Tate Group of Atlanta in the 70's, is now
available for download.</strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Chck out the great history of this song.</strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>The New CD </strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>- Roger "Hurricane" Wilson <em>with</em> </strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>The Fernandina High Blues In The Schools Band</strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong> Live at The 2012 Amelia Island Blues Festival </strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><em>Is Here! </em></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 12px;" style="color: red; font-size: 12px;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"><strong><em>This was a special and memorable experience for these young folks, who</em></strong></span><strong><em> now have recording credits while still in high school!</em></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 12px;" style="color: red; font-size: 12px;"><strong><em>Order Here:</em></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 12px;" style="color: red; font-size: 12px;"><strong><em><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black;">http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rogerhurricanewilsonwith</span></em></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><em></em>Check out the first track as it was recorded <em>LIVE:</em></strong></span></div>
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<strong data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;">Also check out a song from the most recent solo appearance at</strong></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, TN</strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Visit Our music Store Here. </strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>There is a boat load of music to choose from.</strong></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><a data-mce-href="http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RogerHurricaneWilson1" href="http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RogerHurricaneWilson1">http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RogerHurricaneWilson1</a></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><span class="userContent">Really nice review of the new CD </span></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><span class="userContent">Live Blues Protected by Smith & Wilson</span></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><span class="userContent"> Many Thanks to Mike at the Bluespowr Blog.<br /> <br /> <a data-mce-href="http://blog.bluespowr.com/2012/10/03/a-year-after-his-death-willie-big-eyes-smith-still-helping-to-keep-the-blues-alive-new-cd-captures-performance-by-blues-legend-accompanied-by-friend-roger-hurricane-wilson.aspx" href="http://blog.bluespowr.com/2012/10/03/a-year-after-his-death-willie-big-eyes-smith-still-helping-to-keep-the-blues-alive-new-cd-captures-performance-by-blues-legend-accompanied-by-friend-roger-hurricane-wilson.aspx">http://blog.bluespowr.com/2012/10/03/a-year-after-his-death-willie-big-eyes-smith-still-helping-to-keep-the-blues-alive-new-cd-captures-performance-by-blues-legend-accompanied-by-friend-roger-hurricane-wilson.aspx</a></span></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; color: #ff0000; font-size: 12px;" style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 12px;"><em><strong>The
CD, Live Blues Protected by Smith & Wilson, featuring the Late
Grammy Winner, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith & Roger "Hurricane" Wilson,
recorded live in Harrisburg, PA, is still selling well! </strong></em></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><em><strong> DOWNLOAD CARDS FOR THIS CD ARE NOW AVAILABLE!</strong></em><strong><em> </em></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><em> </em>Send $10.00 via Paypal to roger@hurricanewilson.com.</strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Read the whole story on how this project evolved here:</strong><strong> <a data-mce-href="http://rogerhurricanewilson.blogspot.com" href="http://rogerhurricanewilson.blogspot.com/">http://rogerhurricanewilson.blogspot.com</a></strong></span></div>
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Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, and to keep his legacy and the Blues alive. </span></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><span data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><em>This is not just another CD, but an actual piece of Blues music history.</em> </span></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"> <strong><span data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;">Thank You,</span></strong></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;" style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><span data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;">Roger</span></strong></span></div>
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R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-85676431203782588262013-03-25T20:29:00.000-07:002013-03-25T20:29:03.417-07:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Great night performing at the Bluebird in Nashville last night. Heard some great songwriters and also Rich Fagan, who had hits for George Strait, John Michael Montgomery, and others. The show, Nashville, has taken this place over the top. Folks who never had a clue about the BB, or music for that matter, are driving up in lines to take photos of themselves at the place as they would at Disney, the</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Southernmost Point in Key West, or the Grand Canyon. While many clubs are trying to figure out how to get customers with karaoke, D.J.'s, and tired sounding classic rock bands, it is wonderful to see folks waiting for hours to pile in to see and hear songwriters they have never heard of playing songs they've never heard. The Bluebird has always been successful as the top songwriter venue and has launched many successful careers. It is also a beautiful thing that the BB requires customers to shut the hell up while the writer is performing, something that the general clueless population just doesn't understand as they blatantly spew idle chatter in endless bars everywhere while musicians are rudely ignored. In the meantime, I'll just keep writing and recording songs minus the bling-bling. Who knows... maybe you might even hear one. Speaking of bling-bling... I did step in some once and had a bitch of a time kicking it off my boots.</span>R. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123545156775646535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456189805624604042.post-70626419465414468522013-02-02T20:21:00.001-08:002013-02-02T20:30:46.459-08:00The Roger Wilson Guitar Studio 40th Anniversary<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">The Roger Wilson Guitar Studio Story </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">June of 2013 marks the 40th anniversary
of the Roger Wilson Guitar Studio of Atlanta, Georgia. My first location was at
220 Pharr Road in the Buckhead neighborhood of North Atlanta, from 1973 to
1980. It was then located at 2796 Piedmont Road from 1980 until 1985. The
business operated full-time during that period, but is still in existence today
in Kennesaw, GA as an online forum. During the 12 years in Atlanta that the
brick and mortar location existed, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had
the pleasure of teaching guitar to hundreds of people that passed through the
doors at both locations. The story of the studio is an interesting one. In
early 1973, I was attending college in my home state of New Jersey, but I wanted
to return to Georgia after having attended high school there at Woodward
Academy in College Park from 1967 to 1972. I had already been exposed to and
was now saturated with the desire to pursue music as a lifetime career. A
friend made a few phone calls for me to look for any possible music oriented
job opportunities, and contacted a gentleman named Sidney Ayscue, who owned and
operated the Buckhead Music Studio in North Atlanta. I spoke with Sidney
several times on the phone and I decided to head back to Atlanta and make a go
of this potential opportunity. When I arrived back in Atlanta in June of 1973
at age 19, Sidney allowed me to move into a room in the studio by agreeing to
try to expand, but realistically to build a guitar teaching business. My only
teaching experience was about 6 months at a little music store in Matawan, New
Jersey, while my knowledge of the guitar and music was already that of 10
years. Sidney and I named our new operation the Atlantis Music Studio, which
placed it in the "A" section of the Yellow Pages. Sidney and I worked
together for about a year before Sidney was starting to lose interest in
teaching and wanted to change his life's direction. One day in August of 1974,
while sitting at my desk in my small studio, the phone company called inquiring
about the phone bill, which was apparently overdue. When I explained to the
gentleman on the phone the situation of lately not seeing my partner, Sidney,
around for a few days, the writing on the wall was evident that I had to make a
quick decision. I was then a year into teaching fulltime, and I was making an
OK living teaching guitar lessons. I still needed the phone, but I would have
to open a new account, under a new name. The phone company guy stated that the
Atlantis Music Studio account was now delinquent and asked me what name I would
like to use. In having to make a split second decision, I told the gentleman to
open the account <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>under "The Roger
Wilson Guitar Studio". As I said that, the words seem to fall out like a 2
ton boulder. It sounded really weird. Being all of 20 years old, I wondered who
in the world would ever take me seriously. The next day, I walked around the
corner to the phone company and put down the $50.00 deposit, which seemed like
a fortune at the time, on the new phone service. From that day on, the journey
began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">While I had been teaching each
of my students the traditional approach of reading music, it was apparent to me
that it was a tedious method. Some related to it OK, and some just weren’t
looking to be that serious about it. One day, a kid showed up for his lesson
with an electric guitar and a record album. He had no idea of any guitar basics.
I don’t recall the album he brought, but it may have been Led Zeppelin IV. I do
remember it was a song, probably Black Dog, that he wanted to learn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After explaining to him that
he really needed to learn to learn some basic technique before taking on any
advanced material. He said, “Yea, I know… but just show me something on this
album I can have fun with”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I was
tuning up to the song, I guess I played one of the song’s signature licks. He
said excitedly, “Show me that, show me that! After trying to eek out the part I
showed him for about the last 20 minutes, he promised to go home and practice
it until he had it perfected for the next lesson. When he left, I remember that
was grinning from ear to ear. I sat there stunned wondering what had just
happened. After that, my phone never stopped ringing, and kids were carpooling 4
at a time in their parents’ cars to come take guitar lessons from “the guy that
will teach you what you want to learn… and make it fun”. I always loved it when
they left happy, having fun, and of course, telling their friends.Thanks for 40 years!</span></div>
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