Dave’s Crawfish Boil (April 12, 2009) — HDR Image by kenne
Dave’s crawfish boil
Southeast Texas partytime
Spicy and tasty.
— kenne
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Black and White Sisters 1 comment
Black and White Sisters — Image by kenne (October 2006)
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One Sister have I in our house,
And one, a hedge away.
There’s only one recorded,
But both belong to me.
One came the road that I came—
And wore my last year’s gown—
The other, as a bird her nest,
Builded our hearts among.
She did not sing as we did—
It was a different tune—
Herself to her a music
As Bumble bee of June.
Today is far from Childhood—
But up and down the hills
I held her hand the tighter—
Which shortened all the miles—
And still her hum
The years among,
Deceives the Butterfly;
Still in her Eye
The Violets lie
Mouldered this many May.
I spilt the dew—
But took the morn—
I chose this single star
From out the wide night’s numbers—
Sue – forevermore!
— Emily Dickinson
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Down On The Bayou 1 comment
Jackson Grocery (October 2002) — Image by kenne
DOWN ON THE BAYOU
The night grows darker,
As the fog moves in
Turning the full moon
Into a yellow haze.
The gas pumps on empty
Next to the old pickup,
An old man pisses
In the corner shadows
Like, nobody was around,
He doesn’t care —
Nobody really cares
Down on the bayou.
— kenne
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Bayou Blues Leave a comment
Bayou Blues (Pete Mayes and John Broussard at Double Bayou Dance Hall, May, 2003) — Computer Painting by kenne)
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
— Langston Hughes
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Under The Golden Leaves 3 comments
Under the Golden Leaves (Mt. Lemmon in Southern Arizona) — Image by kenne
There’s a gentle rain this morning,
but not in the desert
and mountains of the southwest —
We are in southeast Texas
where we can enjoy
the gulf coast moisture
and grandchildren,
knowing we will soon
leave each to their
mother’s of nature.
— kenne
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FOBulous: New Blues Site in Southeast Texas 1 comment
Ten years ago a small group of Blues lovers started an organization: Friends of the Blues – Montgomery County and coined the term “FOBulous.” Much was done to further live Blues music in southeast Texas. But, after a few years “burn-out” set in and we went into a holding pattern in Blues limbo. To possible start things up again, there’s a new site on the bloggest-sphere:
Contribute to the site and help support the Blues!
kenne
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Pete Mayes Died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3 comments
Luv Ya Pete Mayes
When the Friends of the Blues – Montgomery County started the Blues Series at Montgomery College (now Lone Star College – Montgomery), we were very interested in getting Pete Mayes out for an evening. Even though Pete’s good friend, Art Dietz was a member of the FOB, Pete’s health, and the need for someone to drive him, made the logistics for Pete’s participation very problematic. (The Blues Series was scheduled each semester from the spring of 2000 to the spring of 2003.) Although he didn’t appear in the series, Art did see that Pete was part of the 10th Anniversary community celebration of the opening of the Montgomery College campus in August of 2005.
Most people who love Pete Mayes know that the best place to experience Pete and his music was at his place, the Double Bayou Dance Hall, near Anahuac, Texas. We were fortunate to see Pete several times at the Dance Hall. Pete and his live music will be missed. You can read more about Pete at the following sites:
Houston Chronicle September 2008
Houston Chronicle December 2008
Beaumont Enterprise
Houston Press
The Examiner
In the just-published “The Rise of A Contemporary Sound – Texas Blues,” by Alan Govenar, Pete wrote:
“The blues is the truth. If you start doing blues and there’s something about it that isn’t true, there’s no way for you to sell it to the people. If you’re telling the truth, the people can feel it, but if you’re telling a bunch of lies, it’s not going to work too well.”
We luv ya, Pete! May you rest in peace.
kenne
