tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724630265471428244.post8138592743889652964..comments2023-04-12T00:46:29.647-07:00Comments on HAND ME MY TRAVELIN' SHOES: THE ARSC AWARDS: McTELL GETS A MERITMichael Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01717701464512635145noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724630265471428244.post-80968681398190830192010-10-21T18:51:16.438-07:002010-10-21T18:51:16.438-07:00Congratulations Michael. The recognition though in...Congratulations Michael. The recognition though insufficent is well deserved. <br />I recently palavered to a group in Macon, Ga about your tome on Blind Willie, his life, and my family connection.<br />The president of Mercer University, Bill Underwood, with keen wit and knowledge pointed out to the group that "Blind Willie McTell" was not alone among Macon inhabitants in the title of Dylan songs, the other being "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues". Yes, Birch was from Macon and subsequent to his being killed by Chinese communists while working as an American intelligence officer and missionary, the ultraconservative organization was named in his honor.<br />The diversity of Maconite characters in Dylan songs speaks to the complexity of my hometown.wfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412899197705763084noreply@blogger.com