"Yikes;" was Ramblin' On My Mind

[Aeskow@xxxxxxx]

If you wanna be a player, you gotta roll with the lingo...

But seriously, folk...If you're really a little upset with Freddie's 
word-choices, I'd point out that in telling that story I didn't mean to offend you--or 
anyone.  But there's a serious point here.  Many of us view people like 
Freddie King, or the Sonny Boys, or Muddy Waters--who once made a comment about 
Paul Butterfield's harp playing as it might relate to certain sexual practices 
that makes the Freddie King anecdote seem like a Mister Rogers segment--as our 
true creative forefathers.  They are artists in the same way that Hemingway or 
Fellini or William Blake or (insert Favorite Artist's Name here) are.  But 
there's one giant difference: hardly anyone writes books about them.  (Until 
recently, no-one did.)  So just as a writer or painter or film-maker will study 
the LIFE as well as the WORK of their "fathers," we too want to learn whatever 
we can of the men who opened up their souls to give it to us.  But the library 
pickin's are slim, Doc, so we piece together whatever we can from their 
bandmates, friends, enemies, parole officers, children...it takes a funky village, 
so to speak.  Hope that explains the importance of keeping the wording just as 
it was...Besides--is "wine steward" really that offensive to you?

Johnny T
Mayfield Road Gang
Anywhere, USA