It must have been Jean and her mother who took Ella to see
The Lion King. Owen wouldn’t go across the street to see
a Broadway Play. When he was nominated for a Grammy
he told Forest Whitaker he liked his work in Bird.
“My father was a Charlie Parker fan,” he said.
No, Bird, Bird was a lion. Owen was nominated
in the category Traditional Gospel as a sideman
(fiddle player) with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver.
Andy Griffith won. Late-Night-TV Songs-from-Mayberry.
He had the grace to be embarrassed by it.
Songs of the Doomed.
I liked Forest Whitaker in
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.
All famous people know each other.
I got as much chance of winning a fellowship to
a writers colony as Balder and them have to be invited
to the Songwriters Festival at Escape to Create in