"But it's easy to talk so loud - Now that Mr. Watson's gone from Chatham Bend"
1) who is Mr. Watson
2) where is Chatham Bend
thank you in advance for your divulging of your knowledge Mofro trivia!!! :o) ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
You guys are not only amazing but too kind to share your knowledge!! Gregg and I were driving just yesterday and we were listening to that song and Gregg wondered out loud "Who is Mr. Watson and I wonder where Chatham Bend is..."
I told him that I would get right on it!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!! :o) ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
"Killing Mr. Watson" was a fascinating book. While technically a work of fiction, the book is historically accurate in many ways, including most of the main characters, locations, traditions, and accounts of historical events. Edgar J. Watson was a real person, as were the Smallwoods, the Langfords, and even Chevalier. The author spent approx. 20 yrs researching and writing about E.J. Watson (this book is one of 3 Mattheissen wrote about Watson).
In "Killing Mr. Watson," Mattheissen vivdily portrays what was a often harsh existence in Ten Thousand Islands. While the main crux of the plot is the mystery of E.J. Watson, the book also raises many social and economic issues, and most poignantly, the spoiling of the environment. He recounts the beginnings of what Florida has become today, and this book makes you long the Florida of yesterday.
And yes, Cross Creek is another wonderful step back in time in Florida's history.
Both of these books give one pause to consider one's surroundings, and the impact we all have on the land that sustains us. Lands near and far are affected by our lifestyle, our choices, and whether or not we take steps to preserve and nurture the earth. So many of JJ's lyrics also reflect on a disappearing land and culture, and help to preserve a history of what once was, and I can tell you that listening to Ten Thousand Islands AFTER reading Mr. Watson really gave the song greater meaning for me.
Thanks again to everyone's input! I have now ordered this book for Gregg (and me too) for a gift this Christmas, look forward to reading and then really appreciating 10,000 Islands!!! ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
If my link works, both are labeled there, Ten Thousand Islands and Chatham Bend to the lower right.... Hopefully.
---------- Delerious Tyme
Mofro for life in Arizona The Rhythm Room is exactly that when the boys are kicking it here. "Walking on Moonlight in the Day."
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Funny you brought this up, Sunshine. I just started reading Killing Mr Watson for the second time a few nights ago. Been several years since I read it and found the book while unpacking a box in the spare bedroom last week. Great read!
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Last Edited by on Dec 16, 2009 5:47 PM
recalling a alot of things as i sat at the homebrew shop last night talking sofla outdoors with peeps, like that there are still florida panthers and bear down here, as well as ocelot, i remember JJ saying that Robert Randolph told him the Edgar Watson story and gave him that book to read. something like that.
I hope it's not too late to add this one to my Christmas list! Thanks for asking the question Sunshine and the same to TW and everyone else for the enticing book reviews! ---------- SaNdMaN
sandman I ordered the book on 12-16 from blue ridge books and I picked it up o 12-17, quick service!!
I can't wait to read it, after Gregg of course, well maybe...:o)
Uhollis you brew beer too? Gregg and I used to brew awl the time and now maybe once a year. We have made an amazing imperial oatmeal stout that would knock your socks off!!
One year, we made Reindeer Beer!! it had orange and ginger! ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
Hollis...yeah, I remember JJ talking about that and I think you are correct about Robert Randolph telling him about the book.
Sunshine....nice to see another homebrewer on the list. Although I haven't brewed in a couple years (all my equipment is still in Pensacola), a friend and I used to brew EVERY weekend. We had about 40 carboys and kegs (the old coca-cola stainless steel kegs), a fridge with 3 taps and even a carburator (for beer, you submerse it in ice)....you'd run warm beer through it and ice cold beer came out the other side.....mmmmmmm, beeeeeerrrr!! We brewed for about 15 years and I really miss it. I told my wife about a month ago that we need to drive back to Pcola and get all my equipment...but we'd have to rent a mini-van. Did you use kits, extracts or did you mash? We started out with extracts for about 6 months, then it was all mashing after that! We used to also make some KILLER meads!!
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Last Edited by on Dec 18, 2009 5:27 AM
One chilly morning a few years back I was zooming through 10K Isls for a photo shoot, and JJ's song and the book Killing Mr. W popped into my head. Just then I looked at the captain and asked him if he knew where Edgar Watson was buried. Before he could answer, we ran aground. I'll never forget that moment - first light, dead still with a light fog, an unusually high tide. The captain looked around and said, "Right here."
Sure enough, we had beached on the key where EW was initially buried. Spooky, and cool.
By the way, that captain beached us two more times that morning, and will forever only be referred to as "Captain RunAground." Nice guy, but goddang he was a bit clueless about navigation...
wow stan, you were indeed serious about brewing!! we have only 3 carboys and toyed with getting a carburator..we do have a spare fridge downstairs with a tap..used to pull on it often...hmmmmm......
started with kits and then progress to trying to mimic guiness, red stripe, we have a brew shop in asheville that has the recipes for them. We did tried to mimic Blue Moon and it was soooo smooth.
aynd tox, what an eerie but amazing story!! ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
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