tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26348133.post-29024354492137188182007-06-04T01:18:00.000-04:002007-06-04T06:47:30.096-04:002007-06-04T06:47:30.096-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_BI5Tt24-Omc/RmOLfNGY0zI/AAAAAAAABM0/MMXLg13K9Uw/s1600-h/DSC02121.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_BI5Tt24-Omc/RmOLfNGY0zI/AAAAAAAABM0/MMXLg13K9Uw/s400/DSC02121.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072050973557969714" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(click image to enlarge)<br /><br /><br /></span></div><center><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/AW8wkt5glV/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/AW8wkt5glV/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="80" width="300"></embed></object></center><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /><br />While <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://thelonebeader.blogspot.com/2007/05/bus-ride.html">my bead-embroidered bus</a> was in Wisconsin, it had to swing by </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Troy%2C_Wisconsin">East Troy</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">, which is a small community in the southern part of the state. We had to drop off </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan">Stevie Ray Vaughan</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> at the </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/29">Alpine Valley Music Theatre</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">. He had to meet his brother </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.jimmievaughan.com/">Jimmie</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> onstage, along with his fellow blues buddies </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.ericclapton.com/">Eric Clapton</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.buddyguy.net/">Buddy Guy</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">, and </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.robertcray.com/minisites/live/index.php">Robert Cray</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">. We can hear them playing the song </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_Chicago">"<span style="font-style: italic;">Sweet Home Chicago</span>"</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span>in the background, but we cannot see them, because it is very foggy. However, we </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">do</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> see a helicopter in the distance. Stevie told Elvis not to wait for him after the show. Despite the weather, he thought it would be quicker to take that helicopter back to </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.choosechicago.com/">Chicago</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> where he'd meet his girlfriend, but that helicopter never made it there...<br /><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.corax.com/srvaughan/index.html?august">I wish Stevie had taken the blue bus</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">...<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script expr:src='"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/TheLoneBeader?i=" + data:post.url' type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script></div>The Lone Beaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17670946654211536130noreply@blogger.com9