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A GOOD AFTERNOON ~

Dick Waterman and I had lunch in Memphis .. I was surprised to learn:
1. The Music Thing was a Fluke ~ (Dick graduated from Boston U with Journalism Degree)
“I’d love to go back to Sports Writing”
2. It was love at first sight: “When I first saw Cinda (Dick was 70/71 and never married) I contacted my sister and said ‘she is the girl I am going to marry’
3. It was after the Korean War ~ Secret Security Clearance as a Cryptographer in the Army during the 1950s
4. Raised in Plymouth, Mass. – Jewish family ~ dad graduated from Harvard and became the ‘small town doctor’
5. Dick is generally called ‘Mr. Waterman, and not ‘Dick’ ~ even by “people I’ve met several times”
6. Dick is open, warm, friendly, honest and ‘a mensch’  – photo by Shein Die FSCN8202_2-2

GIP GIPSON ~ Juke Joint proprietor, musician, grave digger

a good spot for chatting

GIP’S PLACE ~ area

On GIP'S PLACE

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GIP'S PLACEGIP GIPSONGIP'S PLACEGIP'S PLACE GIP'S PLACEThe LAST of the AUTHENTIC Jukes ~ GIP’S PLACE – a don’t miss adventure! ~ to read my INTERVIEW with GIP, go to main BLUES BLUES BLUES page, click caption ‘Gip’s Place’  ~

Bessemer, Alabama  … Saturday Nights, BYOB and cash, plan on staying 7-11:00 pm ~ GIP’S BIRTHDAY PARTY came on a SATURDAY .. January, 2014  ~ it was EPIC!!!  =)

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