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"Why are you Marching Son" ~"Spoken" by John Wayne

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Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), better known by his stage name John Wayne and the nickname Duke, was an American actor, director, and producer.^[1]

An Academy Award-winner for True Grit (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades.^[2]^[3]

Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California.
He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California (USC) as a result of a bodysurfing accident.^[4]^:63–64

Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he mostly appeared in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's lavish widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930), which led to leading roles in numerous B movies throughout the 1930s, many of them in the Western genre.

Wayne's career took off in 1939, with John Ford's Stagecoach making him an instant mainstream star. Wayne went on to star in 142 pictures.

Biographer Ronald Davis says: "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth."^[5]

Wayne's other well-known Western roles include a cattleman driving his herd north on the Chisholm Trail in Red River (1948), a Civil War veteran whose young niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in The Searchers (1956), and a troubled rancher competing with an Eastern lawyer for a woman's hand in marriage in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).

He is also remembered for his roles in The Quiet Man (1952), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Longest Day (1962).

In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976).

He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and his last public appearance was at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979.^[6]^[7]^[8]

John Wayne
Wayne in 1952
Born	Marion Robert Morrison May 26, 1907 Winterset, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 11, 1979 (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Pacific View Memorial Park 33.60953°N 117.85336°W
Other names	Marion Mitchell Morrison Marion Michael Morrison Duke
Occupation	Actor, director, producer
Years active	1926–1976
Political party	Republican
Religion	Presbyterian Roman Catholic (shortly before death)
Spouse(s)	Josephine Alicia Saenz (m. 1933; div. 1945) Esperanza Baur (m. 1946; div. 1954) Pilar Pallete (m. 1954; his death 1979)
Children	7 (including Michael, Patrick, and Ethan)
Website	www.johnwayne.com
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Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 at 224 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa.^[9]

The local paper, Winterset Madisonian, reported on page 4 of the May 30, 1907 edition that Wayne weighed 13 pounds at birth.

His middle name was soon changed from Robert to Mitchell when his parents decided to name their next son Robert.^[4]^:8–9^[10]^[11]^[12]

Wayne's father, Clyde Leonard Morrison (1884–1937), was the son of American Civil War veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison (1845–1915).

Wayne's mother, the former Mary "Molly" Alberta Brown (1885–1970), was from Lancaster County, Nebraska.

Wayne's ancestry included English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.^[13] He was brought up as a Presbyterian.^[14]^[15]

Wayne's family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1916 to Glendale, California, where his father worked as a pharmacist. A local fireman at the station on his route to school in Glendale started calling him "Little Duke" because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier, Duke.^[4]^:37^[16]

He preferred "Duke" to "Marion", and the nickname stuck.

Wayne attended Wilson Middle School in Glendale. As a teen, he worked in an ice cream shop for a man who shod horses for Hollywood studios.

He was also active as a member of the Order of DeMolay, a youth organization of the Freemasons.

He played football for the 1924 league champion Glendale High School team.^[17]

Wayne applied to the U.S. Naval Academy, but he was not accepted.

He instead attended the University of Southern California (USC), majoring in pre-law.
He was a member of the Trojan Knights and Sigma Chi fraternities.^[18]^:30

Wayne also played on the USC football team under coach Howard Jones. A broken collarbone injury curtailed his athletic career; Wayne later noted he was too terrified of Jones's reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury, a bodysurfing accident.^[19]

He lost his athletic scholarship, and without funds, had to leave the university.^[20]^[21]

As a favor to USC football coach Howard Jones, who had given silent western film star Tom Mix tickets to USC games, director John Ford and Mix hired Wayne as a prop boy and extra.^[22]^[23]

Wayne later credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with Wyatt Earp, who was good friends with Tom Mix.^[22]

Wayne soon moved to bit parts, establishing a longtime friendship with the director who provided most of those roles, John Ford.

Early in this period, he had a minor, uncredited role as a guard in the 1926 film Bardelys the Magnificent.

Wayne also appeared with his USC teammates playing football in Brown of Harvard (1926), The Dropkick (1927), and Salute (1929) and Columbia's Maker of Men (filmed in 1930, released in 1931).^[24]

The house in Winterset, Iowa, in which Wayne was born in 1907

Early career and breakthrough

John Wayne as "Singin' Sandy" Saunders in Riders of Destiny (1933)

With Marsha Hunt in Born to the West (1937)

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(video) The manner and voice of Wayne (right) showcased in a short clip from the film Angel and the Badman (1947)

With Jean Rogers and Ward Bond in Conflict (1936)

While working for Fox Film Corporation in bit roles, Wayne was given on-screen credit as "Duke Morrison" only once, in Words and Music (1929).

In 1930, director Raoul Walsh saw him moving studio furniture while working as a prop boy and cast him in his first starring role in The Big Trail (1930).

For his screen name, Walsh suggested "Anthony Wayne", after Revolutionary War general "Mad" Anthony Wayne.

Fox Studios chief Winfield Sheehan rejected it as sounding "too Italian". Walsh then suggested "John Wayne". Sheehan agreed, and the name was set.

Wayne was not even present for the discussion.^[4]^:84 His pay was raised to $105 a week (worth $1,487 today).^{[citation needed]}

The Big Trail was to be the first big-budget outdoor spectacle of the sound era, made at a then-staggering cost of over $2 million, using hundreds of extras and wide vistas of the American southwest, still largely unpopulated at the time.

To take advantage of the breathtaking scenery, it was filmed in two versions, a standard 35-mm version and another in the new 70 mm Grandeur film process, using an innovative camera and lenses.

Many in the audience who saw it in Grandeur stood and cheered. However, only a handful of theaters were equipped to show the film in its widescreen process, and the effort was largely wasted. Despite being highly regarded by modern critics, the film was considered a huge box office flop at the time.^[25]

After the commercial failure of The Big Trail, Wayne was relegated to small roles in A-pictures, including Columbia Pictures's 'The Deceiver (1931), in which he played a corpse.

He appeared in the serial The Three Musketeers (1933), an updated version of the Alexandre Dumas novel in which the protagonists were soldiers in the French Foreign Legion in then-contemporary North Africa.

He played the lead, with his name over the title, in many low-budget "Poverty Row" Westerns, mostly at Monogram Pictures and serials for Mascot Pictures Corporation.

By Wayne's own estimation, he appeared in about 80 of these horse operas from 1930 to 1939.^[26]

In Riders of Destiny (1933), he became one of the first singing cowboys of film, albeit via dubbing.^[27]

Wayne also appeared in some of the Three Mesquiteers Westerns, whose title was a play on the Dumas classic.

He was mentored by stuntmen in riding and other Western skills.^[24] Famed stuntman Yakima Canutt and he developed and perfected stunts and onscreen fisticuffs techniques still used today.^[28]

Wayne's breakthrough role came with director John Ford's classic Stagecoach (1939).

Because of Wayne's B-movie status and track record in low-budget Westerns throughout the 1930s, Ford had difficulty getting financing for what was to be an A-budget film. After rejection by all the top studios, Ford struck a deal with independent producer Walter Wanger in which Claire Trevor—a much bigger star at the time—received top billing.

Stagecoach was a huge critical and financial success, and Wayne became a mainstream star. Cast member Louise Platt credits Ford as saying at the time that Wayne would become the biggest star ever because of his appeal as the archetypal "everyman".^[29]

America's entry into World War II resulted in a deluge of support for the war effort from all sectors of society, and Hollywood was no exception.

Wayne was exempted from service due to his age (34 at the time of Pearl Harbor) and family status, classified as 3-A (family deferment). He repeatedly wrote to John Ford saying he wanted to enlist, on one occasion inquiring whether he could get into Ford's military unit, but consistently kept postponing it until after "he finished just one or two pictures".^[4]^:212

Wayne did not attempt to prevent his reclassification as 1-A (draft eligible), but Republic Studios was emphatically resistant to losing him.

Herbert J. Yates, President of Republic, threatened Wayne with a lawsuit if he walked away from his contract,^[4]^:220 and Republic Pictures intervened in the Selective Service process, requesting Wayne's further deferment.^[4]^:213

Wayne toured U.S. bases and hospitals in the South Pacific for three months in 1943 and 1944.^[4]^:253 with the USO^[30]^[31]^[32] By many accounts, his failure to serve in the military was the most painful part of his life.^[4]^:212

His widow later suggested that his patriotism in later decades sprang from guilt, writing: "He would become a 'superpatriot' for the rest of his life trying to atone for staying home."^[33]

U.S. National Archives records indicate that Wayne had, in fact, made an application ^[34] to serve in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), that day's equivalent of the CIA, and had been accepted within the U.S. Army's allotted billet to the OSS.

William J. Donovan, OSS Commander, wrote Wayne a letter informing him of his acceptance in to the Field Photographic Unit, but the letter went to his estranged wife Josephine's home. She never told him about it.^[35] Donovan also issued an OSS Certificate of Service to Wayne.^[36]

Commercial success

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Wayne's first color film was Shepherd of the Hills (1941), in which he co-starred with his longtime friend Harry Carey.

The following year, he appeared in his only film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, the Technicolor epic Reap the Wild Wind (1942), in which he co-starred with Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard; it was one of the rare times he played a character with questionable values.

He would appear in more than 20 of John Ford's films throughout the next two decades, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) with James Stewart: the first movie in which he called someone "Pilgrim".

In 1949, director Robert Rossen offered the starring role of All the King's Men to Wayne. Wayne refused, believing the script to be un-American in many ways.^[4]

Broderick Crawford, who eventually got the role, won the 1949 Oscar for best male actor, ironically beating out Wayne, who had been nominated for Sands of Iwo Jima.

He lost the leading role in The Gunfighter (1950) to Gregory Peck due to his refusal to work for Columbia Pictures because its chief, Harry Cohn, had mistreated him years before when he was a young contract player.

Cohn had bought the project for Wayne, but Wayne's grudge was too deep, and Cohn sold the script to Twentieth Century Fox, which cast Peck in the role Wayne badly wanted but for which he refused to bend.^[4]

With Joan Blondell in Lady for a Night (1942)

One of Wayne's most popular roles was in The High and the Mighty (1954), directed by William Wellman, and based on a novel by Ernest K. Gann. His portrayal of a heroic copilot won widespread acclaim.

Wayne also portrayed aviators in Flying Tigers (1942), Flying Leathernecks (1951), Island in the Sky (1953), The Wings of Eagles (1957), and Jet Pilot (1957).

The Searchers (1956) continues to be widely regarded as arguably Wayne's finest and most complex performance.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Premiere magazine ran an industry poll in which Wayne's portrayal of Ethan Edwards was rated the 87th-greatest performance in film history.

He named his youngest son Ethan after the character.

Later career

John Wayne won a Best Actor Oscar for True Grit (1969).

This came 17 years after his only other nomination. Wayne was also nominated as the producer of Best Picture for The Alamo (1960), one of two films he directed.

The other was The Green Berets (1968), the only major film made during the Vietnam War to support the war.^[20]

During the filming of The Green Berets, the Degar or Montagnard people of Vietnam's Central Highlands, fierce fighters against communism, bestowed on Wayne a brass bracelet that he wore in the film and all subsequent films.^[4]

Wayne took on the role of gritty detective McQ in the 1974 crime drama.

His last film was The Shootist (1976), whose main character, J. B. Books, was dying of cancer—the illness to which Wayne himself succumbed three years later.

According to the Internet Movie Database, Wayne played the lead in 142 of his film appearances.

Batjac, the production company cofounded by Wayne, was named after the fictional shipping company Batjak in Wake of the Red Witch (1948), a film based on the novel by Garland Roark.

(A spelling error by Wayne's secretary was allowed to stand, accounting for the variation.)^[4]

Batjac (and its predecessor, Wayne-Fellows Productions) was the arm through which Wayne produced many films for himself and other stars.

Its best-known non-Wayne production was Seven Men From Now (1956), which started the classic collaboration between director Budd Boetticher and star Randolph Scott.

In the Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Money-Making Western Stars poll, Wayne was listed in 1936 and 1939.^[37]

He appeared in the similar Box Office poll in 1939 and 1940.^[38]

While these two polls are really an indication only of the popularity of series stars, Wayne also appeared in the Top Ten Money Makers Poll of all films from 1949 to 1957 and 1958 to 1974, taking first place in 1950, 1951, 1954, and 1971.

With a total of 25 years on the list, Wayne has more appearances than any other star, beating Clint Eastwood (21) into second place.^[39]

Wayne in The Challenge of Ideas (1961)

In later years, Wayne was recognized as a sort of American natural resource, and his various critics, of his performances and his politics, viewed him with more respect.

Abbie Hoffman, the radical of the 1960s, paid tribute to Wayne's singularity, saying, "I like Wayne's wholeness, his style. As for his politics, well—I suppose even cavemen felt a little admiration for the dinosaurs that were trying to gobble them up."^[40]

Reviewing The Cowboys (1972), Vincent Canby of the New York Times, who did not particularly care for the film, wrote: "Wayne is, of course, marvelously indestructible, and he has become an almost perfect father figure."

Personal life

Wayne was married three times and divorced twice.

He was fluent in Spanish and his three wives, each of Hispanic descent, were Josephine Alicia Saenz, Esperanza Baur, and Pilar Pallete.

He had four children with Josephine: Michael Wayne (November 23, 1934 – April 2, 2003), Mary Antonia "Toni" Wayne LaCava (February 25, 1936 – December 6, 2000), Patrick Wayne (born July 15, 1939), and Melinda Wayne Munoz (born December 3, 1940).

He had three more children with Pilar: Aissa Wayne (born March 31, 1956), John Ethan Wayne (born February 22, 1962), and Marisa Wayne (born February 22, 1966).

Wayne with third wife Pilar Pallete at Knott's Berry Farm in 1971

Several of Wayne's children entered the film and television industry; Wayne's son Ethan was billed as John Ethan Wayne in a few films, and played one of the leads in the 1990s update of the Adam-12 television series.

His stormiest divorce was from Esperanza Baur, a former Mexican actress.

She believed that Wayne and co-star Gail Russell were having an affair, a claim which both Wayne and Russell denied.

The night the film Angel and the Badman (1947) wrapped, there was the usual party for cast and crew, and Wayne came home very late. Esperanza was in a drunken rage by the time he arrived, and she attempted to shoot him as he walked through the front door.^[4]

Wayne had several high-profile affairs, including one with Marlene Dietrich that lasted for three years and one with Merle Oberon that lasted from 1938 to 1947.^[4]^:195–197

After his separation from his wife, Pilar, in 1973, Wayne became romantically involved and lived with his former secretary Pat Stacy (1941–1995) until his death in 1979.^[20]

She published a biography of her life with him in 1983, titled Duke: A Love Story.^[41]

Wayne's hair began thinning in the 1940s, and he started wearing a hairpiece by the end of that decade.^[42]

He was occasionally seen in public without the hairpiece (notably, according to Life magazine, at Gary Cooper's funeral).^[43]

During a widely noted appearance at Harvard University, Wayne was asked by a student "Is it true that your toupée is real mohair?" He responded: "Well sir, that's real hair. Not mine, but real hair."^[44]

A close friend of Wayne's, California Congressman Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr., wrote of him, "Duke's personality and sense of humor were very close to what the general public saw on the big screen.

It is perhaps best shown in these words he had engraved on a plaque: 'Each of us is a mixture of some good and some not so good qualities. In considering one's fellow man it's important to remember the good things ... We should refrain from making judgments just because a fella happens to be a dirty, rotten SOB.'"^[45]

Wayne biographer Michael Munn chronicled Wayne's drinking habits.^[16]

According to Sam O'Steen's memoir, Cut to the Chase, studio directors knew to shoot Wayne's scenes before noon, because by afternoon he "was a mean drunk".^[46]

He had been a chain smoker of cigarettes since young adulthood and was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1964.

He underwent successful surgery to remove his entire left lung^[47] and four ribs. Despite efforts by his business associates to prevent him from going public with his illness for fear that it would cost him work, Wayne announced he had cancer and called on the public to get preventive examinations.

Five years later, Wayne was declared cancer-free. Wayne has been credited with coining the term "The Big C" as a euphemism for cancer.^[48]

Wayne's height has been perennially described as at least 6 ft 4 in (193 cm).^[4]^:47,54

He was a Freemason, a Master Mason in Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56 F&AM, in Tucson, Arizona.

He became a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and later joined the Al Malaikah Shrine Temple in Los Angeles.

He became a member of the York Rite.^[49]

During the early 1960s, John Wayne traveled extensively to Panama, during which he purchased the island of Taborcillo off the main coast.

It was sold by his estate at his death and changed hands many times before being opened as a tourist attraction.^{[citation needed]}

Wayne's yacht, the Wild Goose, was one of his favorite possessions.

He kept it docked in Newport Harbor and it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[50]

Politics

Wayne was a prominent Republican in Hollywood, supporting anti-communist positions.^[10]

Throughout most of his life, Wayne was a vocally prominent conservative Republican.

Initially a self-described socialist during his college years, he voted for Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election and expressed admiration for Roosevelt's successor, fellow Democratic President Harry S. Truman.^[51]

He took part in creating the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals in February 1944, and was elected president of that organization in 1949.

An ardent anti-communist and vocal supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committee, in 1952 he made Big Jim McLain to show his support for the anti-communist cause.

Recently declassified Soviet documents reveal that, despite being a fan of Wayne's movies, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin contemplated Wayne's assassination as a result of his frequently espoused anti-communist politics.^[52]^[53]

Wayne meets with President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in San Clemente, California, July 1972

Wayne supported Vice President Richard Nixon in the presidential election of 1960, but expressed his vision of patriotism when John F. Kennedy won the election: "I didn't vote for him but he's my president, and I hope he does a good job."^[54]

He used his iconic star power to support conservative causes, including rallying support for the Vietnam War by producing, codirecting, and starring in the critically panned The Green Berets in 1968.^{[citation needed]}

Due to his enormous popularity and his status as the most famous Republican star in Hollywood, wealthy Texas Republican Party backers asked Wayne to run for national office in 1968, as had his friend and fellow actor Senator George Murphy.

He declined, joking that he did not believe the public would seriously consider an actor in the White House. Instead, he supported his friend Ronald Reagan's runs for Governor of California in 1966 and 1970.

He was asked to be the running mate for Democratic Alabama Governor George Wallace in 1968, but he rejected the offer^[10] and actively campaigned for Richard Nixon;^[55] Wayne addressed the Republican National Convention on its opening day in August 1968.

For a while, he was also a member of the anti-communist John Birch Society.^[56]

Wayne openly differed with the Republican Party over the issue of the Panama Canal, as he supported the Panama Canal Treaty in the mid-1970s;^[57] conservatives had wanted the U.S. to retain full control of the canal, but Wayne believed that the Panamanians had the right to the canal and sided with President Jimmy Carter and the Democrats.

Wayne was a close friend of the late Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos Herrera, and Wayne's first wife, Josephine, was a native of Panama.

His support of the treaty brought him hate mail for the first time in his life.^[58]^[59]

in Rio Bravo, 1959

In May 1971, Playboy magazine published an interview with Wayne which resulted in a firestorm of controversy.

Wayne expressed his support for the Vietnam War,^[4]^:580 and made headlines for his resolute opinions about social issues and race relations in the United States:

I believe in white supremacy, until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people ... I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from [the Native Americans] ... Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.^[18]^:289^[60]

In the same Playboy interview, Wayne also responded to questions about whether social programs were good for the country:

I know all about that. In the late Twenties, when I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist myself—but not when I left. The average college kid idealistically wishes everybody could have ice cream and cake for every meal. But as he gets older and gives more thought to his and his fellow man's responsibilities, he finds that it can't work out that way—that some people just won't carry their load ... I believe in welfare—a welfare work program. I don't think a fella should be able to sit on his backside and receive welfare. I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living. I'd like to know why they make excuses for cowards who spit in the faces of the police and then run behind the judicial sob sisters. I can't understand these people who carry placards to save the life of some criminal, yet have no thought for the innocent victim.^[4]^:580

Death

Although he enrolled in a cancer vaccine study in an attempt to ward off the disease,^[47] Wayne died of stomach cancer at the age of 72 on June 11, 1979, at the UCLA Medical Center, and was interred in the Pacific View Memorial Park cemetery in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach.

According to his son Patrick and his grandson Matthew Muñoz, a priest in the California Diocese of Orange, he converted to Roman Catholicism shortly before his death.^[61]^[62]

He requested that his tombstone read "Feo, Fuerte y Formal", a Spanish epitaph Wayne described as meaning "ugly, strong, and dignified".^[63]

The grave, which went unmarked for 20 years, is now marked with a quotation from his controversial 1971 Playboy interview: "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."^[64]^[65]^[66]

Among the cast and crew who filmed the 1956 film The Conqueror on location near St. George, Utah, 91 developed some form of cancer at various times, including stars Wayne, Susan Hayward, and Agnes Moorehead, and director Dick Powell.

The film was shot in southwestern Utah, east of and generally downwind from the site of recent U.S. Government nuclear weapons tests in southeastern Nevada.

Many contend that radioactive fallout from these tests contaminated the film location and poisoned the film crew working there.^[67]^[68]

Despite the suggestion that Wayne's 1964 lung cancer and his 1979 stomach cancer resulted from nuclear contamination, he believed his lung cancer to have been a result of his six-packs-a-day cigarette habit.^[69]

Legacy

Awards, celebrations, and landmarks

Wayne in The Comancheros (1961)

Wayne's enduring status as an iconic American was formally recognized by the U.S. government in the form of the two highest civilian decorations.

On May 26, 1979, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Hollywood figures and American leaders from across the political spectrum, including Maureen O'Hara, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Mike Frankovich, Katharine Hepburn, General and Mrs. Omar Bradley, Gregory Peck, Robert Stack, James Arness, and Kirk Douglas, testified to Congress in support of the award.

Robert Aldrich, president of the Directors Guild of America, made a particularly notable statement:

It is important for you to know that I am a registered Democrat and, to my knowledge, share none of the political views espoused by Duke. However, whether he is ill disposed or healthy, John Wayne is far beyond the normal political sharpshooting in this community. Because of his courage, his dignity, his integrity, and because of his talents as an actor, his strength as a leader, his warmth as a human being throughout his illustrious career, he is entitled to a unique spot in our hearts and minds. In this industry, we often judge people, sometimes unfairly, by asking whether they have paid their dues. John Wayne has paid his dues over and over, and I'm proud to consider him a friend and am very much in favor of my government recognizing in some important fashion the contribution that Mr. Wayne has made.^[70]

Wayne was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on June 9, 1980, by President Jimmy Carter.

He had attended Carter's inaugural ball "as a member of the loyal opposition", as he described it.

In 1998, he was awarded the Naval Heritage Award by the US Navy Memorial Foundation for his support of the Navy and military during his film career.

In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) named Wayne 13th among the Greatest Male Screen Legends of Classic Hollywood cinema.

Various public locations are named in honor of Wayne, including the John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, where a nine-foot bronze statue of him stands at the entrance; the John Wayne Marina^[71] for which Wayne bequeathed the land, near Sequim, Washington; John Wayne Elementary School (P.S. 380) in Brooklyn, New York, which boasts a 38-foot mosaic mural commission by New York artist Knox Martin^[72] entitled "John Wayne and the American Frontier";^[73] and a 100-plus-mile trail named the "John Wayne Pioneer Trail" in Washington's Iron Horse State Park.

A larger than life-size bronze statue of Wayne atop a horse was erected at the corner of La Cienega Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, at the former offices of the Great Western Savings and Loan Corporation, for which Wayne had made a number of commercials.

In the city of Maricopa, Arizona, part of Arizona State Route 347 is named John Wayne Parkway, which runs through the center of town.

In 2006, friends of Wayne and his former Arizona business partner, Louis Johnson, inaugurated the "Louie and the Duke Classics" events benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Foundation^[74] and the American Cancer Society.^[75]^[76]

The weekend-long event each fall in Casa Grande, Arizona, includes a golf tournament, an auction of John Wayne memorabilia, and a team roping competition.^[75]

Several celebrations took place on May 26, 2007, the centennial of Wayne's birth.

A celebration at the John Wayne birthplace in Winterset, Iowa, included chuck-wagon suppers, concerts by Michael Martin Murphey and Riders in the Sky, a Wild West Revue in the style of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and a Cowboy Symposium with Wayne's costars, producers, and costumers.

Wayne's films ran repetitively at the local theater.
Ground was broken for the New John Wayne Birthplace Museum and Learning Center at a ceremony consisting of over 30 of Wayne's family members, including Melinda Wayne Muñoz, Aissa, Ethan, and Marisa Wayne.

Later that year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Wayne into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts.^[77]

In 2016 Republican assemblyman Matthew Harper proposed marking May 26 as "John Wayne Day" in California.^[78]

This resolution was struck down by a vote of 35 to 20, due to Wayne's views on race and his support of controversial organizations such as the John Birch Society and the House Un-American Activities Committee.^[78]^[79]

Cultural image as an American icon

With Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy, 1955

Wayne rose beyond the typical recognition for a famous actor to that of an enduring icon who symbolized and communicated American values and ideals.^[80]

By the middle of his career, Wayne had developed a larger-than-life image, and as his career progressed, he selected roles that would not compromise his off-screen image.^[81]

At a party in 1957, Wayne confronted actor Kirk Douglas about the latter's decision to play the role of Vincent van Gogh in the film Lust for Life, saying: "Christ, Kirk, how can you play a part like that?

There's so goddamn few of us left. We got to play strong, tough characters. Not these weak queers."^[82]

By the time of his last film The Shootist (1976), Wayne refused to allow his character to shoot a man in the back as was originally scripted,^[83] demanding "I've made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it."

Wayne's rise to being the quintessential movie war hero began to take shape four years after World War II, when Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) was released.

His footprints at Grauman's Chinese theater in Hollywood were laid in concrete that contained sand from Iwo Jima.^[84]

His status grew so large and legendary that when Japanese Emperor Hirohito visited the United States in 1975, he asked to meet John Wayne, the symbolic representation of his country's former enemy.^[85]

Wayne is the only actor to appear in every edition of the annual Harris Poll of Most Popular Film Actors, and the only actor to appear on the list after his death.

Wayne has been in the top ten in this poll for 19 consecutive years, starting in 1994, 15 years after his death.^[86]

John Wayne Cancer Foundation

The John Wayne Cancer Foundation was founded in 1985 in honor of John Wayne, after his family granted the use of his name for the continued fight against cancer.^[87]

The foundation's mission is to "bring courage, strength and grit to the fight against cancer".^[87]

The foundation provides funds for innovative programs that improve cancer patient care, including research, education, awareness, and support.^[87]

Legal problems with Duke University

In The Longest Day, 1962

Newport Beach, California-based John Wayne Enterprises sells products such as Kentucky straight bourbon using Wayne's picture.

When the company tried to trademark the image appearing on one of the bottles, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, filed a notice of opposition. According to court documents, Duke has tried three times since 2005 to stop the company from trademarking the name.

The company wants a federal judge in Orange County, California, to declare that both brands can be allowed.

The company's complaint filed in federal court says the university "does not own the word 'Duke' in all contexts for all purposes."^[88]

The university's official position is not to object if Wayne's image is used, but if the company wants to use the Duke name without Wayne, the university says, "we are also committed to protecting the integrity of Duke University's trademarks."^[88]

Richard Howell, an attorney for John Wayne Enterprises, said the company supports a co-use agreement, though he believed the name "Duke" would be more likely associated with Wayne than with the university.^[88]

On September 30, 2014, federal judge David Carter dismissed the suit against Duke University, saying the jurisdiction was incorrect.^[89]

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"Great is the Son Day Morning" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-09-25T07:06:00.001-07:00

"Great is the Son Day Morning"

Great is the Sun Day Morning, it is meant to be had by all

And GOD said Let their be Light and It was so

We are All now Moths Seeking the Light of His Throne

"Enlightenment"

Some days we hide a midst the stones

Some days we stand all alone

We Laugh, we cry, we dance we sing

And then we sleep and sleep

Until again we realize

we weep

But Yet in our hearts

The hearth shown

He kept It lit and aflame

For we all know

that deep down in the pit of our soul

Tis all just a game?

No My friends Its not the end Of the Beginning

No not just yet!

"The Great Correction" It's Awakening is set

Days one through six Our work is done!

But yet on the seventh sets our Sun?

Come rest a midst the Feet of Such a Great Light

that none Have seen in Such a Great while

this Awesome Sight. Rest

And Peace I give to you.

I give you My Peace...

Signed The Father's Son. The Lord Jesus your Christ.

A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

... It just came to me this morning is it Poetry, Praise? I don't know but I share it with you all Today! You Decide As so we All Must Decide. For we've Choices to Make!

Whether we Desire them or Not. Happy, Happy SON Day Morning! Can You See The Light?

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"Is this the Man?" A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-09-18T10:46:00.002-07:00

Is this the Man?

Why Father why do I still cry?
Why have I not yet, realized
That love, I have never known

Where and when will I let you in
Why do I not bend
Must I wait until the end?

Broken and busted up
An instrument out of tune
When strummed, notes sing out of key

Mercy and Grace
The serpent slid in and took your place
Sin I did, when I lost my faith

I turned and hide my face
I did so with disgrace
No mercy have I yet, found

A fallen angel cast down; unto
This earthly ground and bound
Imprisoned and unfed no, none bread

Hidden within plain sight
Blinded I will not see, Your Light
I am yet, deaf and dumb

When shall I succumb
With nowhere to run
Am I undone?

These Humans bare my tears
I yet, still have no fear
After all these Earthly years

These heathens', their jeers and stares
Shall I entrance them with true care
Do I dare? They must be made too, beware

They can see not, my Father's Light
Accursed, and damned by the man
That old dragon, these men's man, Satan

Oh Lucifer!
Oh Lucifer!
What has thou done?

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Alan Jackson~ "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning"

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Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits.

He has recorded 15 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas albums, two Gospel albums and several compilations.

Jackson has sold over 80 million records worldwide, with more than 50 of his singles having appeared on Billboard's list of the "Top 30 Country Songs".^[1]

Of Jackson's entries, 35 were number-one hits, with 50 in the Top 10. He is the recipient of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

In August, 2014 the Country Music Hall of Fame opened an exhibit celebrating Jackson’s 25 years in the music industry. It was also announced that he was an artist in residency as well, performing shows on October 8 and 22.^[2]

The exhibit highlights the different milestones in his career with memorabilia collected over the years. His 25th Anniversary "Keeping It Country" Tour began January 8, 2015, in Estero, FL.^[3]

Alan Jackson
Jackson in April 2010
Background information
Birth name	Alan Eugene Jackson
Born	October 17, 1958 (age 56)
Origin	Newnan, Georgia, USA
Genres	Country, bluegrass, gospel
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Arista Nashville EMI Nashville/Alan's Country Records
Associated acts	Keith Stegall, George Jones, George Strait, Jimmy Buffett, The Wrights, Zac Brown Band, Hank Williams, Jr.
Website	www.alanjackson.com

Early life

Jackson was born to Joseph Eugene Jackson (Daddy Gene) and Ruth Musick Jackson (Mama Ruth) in Newnan, Georgia, and has four older sisters. He, his father, mother, and sisters lived in a small home built around his grandfather's old tool shed.^[4]

At one point, his bed was in the hallway for lack of room. His mother lives in the home to this day. Jackson sang in church as a child. His first job, at 12, was in a shoe store. He wrote his first song in 1983.

As a youth, Jackson listened primarily to gospel music. Otherwise he was not a major music fan. Then a friend introduced him to the music of Gene Watson, John Anderson, and Hank Williams Jr. Jackson attended the local Elm Street Elementary and Newnan High School.

He started a band after high school. At the age of 27, Jackson and his wife of six years, Denise, moved from Newnan to Nashville, where he hoped to pursue music full-time.^[5]

Career

In Tennessee, Jackson got his first job in The Nashville Network's mailroom.^[5] Denise Jackson connected him with Glen Campbell, who helped jumpstart his career.^[6] Jackson eventually signed with Arista.^[5]

By 1989, he became the first signee to the newly formed Arista Nashville branch of Arista Records.^[7]

Arista released Jackson's debut single, "Blue Blooded Woman", in late 1989. Although the song failed to reach top 40 on Hot Country Songs, he reached number three by early 1990 with "Here in the Real World".^[8]

This song served as the title track to his debut album, Here in the Real World, which also included two more top five hits ("Wanted" and "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow") and his first number one, "I'd Love You All Over Again".^[8]
Don't Rock the Jukebox was the title of Jackson's second album. Released in 1991, it included four number-one singles: the title track, "Someday", "Dallas" and "Love's Got a Hold on You", and the number three "Midnight in Montgomery".^[8]

Jackson also co-wrote several songs on Randy Travis' 1992 album High Lonesome.^[7]

A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love), his third album, accounted for the number one hits "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" (which Travis co-wrote) and "Chattahoochee", plus the top five hits "Tonight I Climbed the Wall", "Mercury Blues" and "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All".

"Chattahoochee" also won him the 1994 Country Music Association (CMA) awards for Single and Song of the Year.

In 1994 Jackson left his management company, Ten Ten Management, which had overseen his career up to that point, and switched to Gary Overton.^[9]

His fourth album was titled Who I Am, and it contained four number one hits: a cover of the Eddie Cochran standard "Summertime Blues", followed by "Livin' on Love", "Gone Country" and "I Don't Even Know Your Name".

An additional track from the album, a cover of Rodney Crowell's "Song for the Life", made number six. In late 1994, Clay Walker reached number one with "If I Could Make a Living", which Jackson co-wrote.^[10]

Alan also appeared in the 1996 "When Harry Kept Delores" episode of Home Improvement, singing his hit song "Mercury Blues" about his 1950 Mercury.^[11]^[12]

Mid-late 1990s

"The Greatest Hits Collection" was released on October 24, 1995. The disc contained 17 hits, two newly recorded songs ("I'll Try" and "Tall, Tall Trees"), and the song "Home" from "Here in the Real World" that had never been released as a single.^[13]

These first two songs both made number one.

Everything I Love followed in 1996. Its first single was a cover of Tom T. Hall's "Little Bitty", which Jackson took to the top of the charts in late 1996.

The album also included the number one hit "There Goes" and a number two cover of Charly McClain's 1980 single "Who's Cheatin' Who".

The album's fifth single was "A House with No Curtains", which became his first release since 1989 to miss the top 10.^[8]

High Mileage was led off by the number four "I'll Go On Loving You". After it came the album's only number one hit, "Right on the Money", co-written by Phil Vassar.

With Jackson's release of Under the Influence in 1999, he took the double risk on an album of covers of country classics while retaining a traditional sound when a rock- and pop-tinged sound dominated country radio.^[14]

When the Country Music Association (CMA) asked George Jones to trim his act to 90 seconds for the 1999 CMA awards, Jones decided to boycott the event.

In solidarity, Jackson interrupted his own song and launched into Jones's song "Choices" and then walked offstage.^[15]

Alan was also known for wearing a mullet since 1989. Before then, he had short hair.

2000s

Jackson performing in 2002

After country music changed toward pop music in the 2000s, he and George Strait criticized the state of country music on the song "Murder on Music Row".

The song sparked debate in the country music community about whether "traditional" country music was actually dead or not.^[16]

Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut (not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by Garth Brooks' "Belleau Wood."

The duo were invited to open the 2000 Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMAs) with a performance of the tune.^[17]

Rolling Stone commented on Jackson's style remarking, "If Garth and Shania have raised the bar for country concerts with Kiss-style production and endless costume changes, then Alan Jackson is doing his best to return the bar to a more human level."^[18]

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Jackson released "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" as a tribute to those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The song became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream spotlight.

At the 2001 CMA Awards, Jackson debuted the song "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning". The performance was generally considered the highlight of the show, and Jackson's site crashed the next day from server requests.^[19]

The song came to Jackson suddenly, and had not been scheduled for any official release, but the live performance began receiving radio airplay and was soon released as a single.

Jackson released a Christmas album, titled Let It Be Christmas, October 22, 2002.^[20]

Jeannie Kendall contacted Jackson to do a duet, and he suggested the song "Timeless and True Love".

It appeared on her first solo album, released in 2003.^[21]

In early 2006, Jackson released his first gospel music album entitled Precious Memories. He put together the album by the request of his mother, who enjoys religious music.

Jackson considered this album a "side project" and nothing too official, but it was treated as such. More than 1.8 million albums were sold.

Only mere months after the release of Precious Memories in 2006, Jackson released his next album Like Red on a Rose, which featured a more adult contemporary/folk sound. Unlike most of Jackson's albums, this one earned only a Gold Record, and was criticized as out of character by some fans.

Unlike his previous albums, Like Red on a Rose had a different producer and sound. Alan's main producer for his music, Keith Stegall, was notably absent from this album. Instead, Alison Krauss was hired to produce the album. She also chose the songs.

Despite being labeled as "country music" or "bluegrass", Like Red on a Rose had a mainstream sound to it, upsetting some fans, even making some of them believe that Jackson was abandoning his traditional past and aiming toward a more mainstream jazz/blues sound.

However, for his next album, he went back to his country roots. Good Time was released on March 4, 2008. The album's first single, "Small Town Southern Man", was released to radio on November 19.

"Country Boy", "Good Time", "Sissy's Song" and the final single from the album, "I Still Like Bologna", were also released as singles.

"Sissy's Song" is dedicated to a longtime friend of the Jackson family (Leslie "Sissy" Fitzgerald) who worked in their house everyday. Fitzgerald was killed in a motorcycle accident in mid-2007.

2010s

His sixteenth studio album, Freight Train, was released on March 30, 2010. The first single was "It's Just That Way", which debuted at No. 50 in January 2010. "Hard Hat and a Hammer" is the album's second single, released in May 2010.

On November 23, 2010, Jackson released another greatest hits package, entitled 34 Number Ones, which features a cover of the Johnny Cash hit "Ring of Fire", as well as the duet with Zac Brown Band, "As She's Walking Away".

On Jan. 20, 2011, it was announced that Jackson and his record label, Sony, parted ways.^[22]
On March 23, 2011, Jackson announced his new deal with Capitol's EMI Records Nashville.

It is a joint venture between ACR (Alan's Country Records) and Capitol. All records will be released and marketed through Capitol's EMI Records Nashville label.^[23]

In 2012, Jackson released the album Thirty Miles West.

Three singles have been released from the album, "Long Way to Go", "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" and "You Go Your Way". None of the singles reached the top 20. A tour in 2013 supported the album.

Jackson released his second gospel album, Precious Memories Volume II, on March 26, 2013.
In 2014, Jackson recorded the opening credits song, "A Million Ways to Die", for the film A Million Ways to Die in the West, co-writing the song with the film's star/writer/director Seth MacFarlane.^[24]

In January 2015, Jackson began his 25th anniversary "Keepin' It Country" tour, followed in April with the announcement of his twentieth studio album, Angels and Alcohol, which was released on July 17.^[25]

Awards, nominations and induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame

In 1989 he was nominated for a total of six Country Music Association awards (CMAs).^[6]
He was nominated for four 1994 CMAs, including Entertainer of the Year.^[26]

Jackson became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1991; he was inducted by Roy Acuff and Randy Travis.^[27]^[28]^[29]

Jackson was the most nominated artist at the 29th annual TNN/Music City News Country Awards that was broadcast June 5 from the Grand Ole Opry House. His six nominations included best entertainer, male artist, vocal collaboration, album, single, and video (two nominations in this category).^[30]

At the 2002 CMAs, Jackson set a record for having the most nominations in a single year – ten – many rising from the song "Where Were You". It also brought his career total up to the second number of most nominations ever, after George Strait.^[31]

"Where Were You" also was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year. The song was also subsequently parodied in the South Park episode "A Ladder To Heaven".

At the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards, Jackson won Album of the Year for Drive and Video of the Year for the video to "Drive (For Daddy Gene)."^[32]

Jackson was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on October 22, 2001 in Atlanta.^[33]
Alan Jackson was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.

Alan Jackson Collection at Cracker Barrel

In 2009, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. started to carry the "Alan Jackson Collection" which included a special release CD available exclusively at Cracker Barrel, cowboy style shirts and T-shirts, baseball caps, home goods (candles, kitchen goods) including an old-fashion wooden rocking chair that has a metal plate of Alan's autograph on the headrest; toys, spices and BBQ sauces/rubs and a replica of his own personal cowboy hat.^[34]

Ford trucks endorsement

Ford's agency J. Walter Thompson USA in Detroit, in 1992, worked out with Jackson a multimillion-dollar, multi-year contract for his sole endorsement of Ford trucks.

In his video for "Who's Cheatin' Who" he was behind the wheel of a "Big Foot" Ford F-150 pickup truck, and Ford's five NASCAR vehicles (at the time) were prominently featured.

Additionally, he changed the lyrics "Crazy 'bout a Mercury" of the song "Mercury Blues" to "Crazy 'bout a Ford truck" in a TV ad for the Ford F-series.^[35]

Touring

Jackson headlined the 1995 Fruit Of The Loom Comfort Tour, a deal worth $40 million. It began January 20 in New Orleans and ran for a hundred dates.^[36]

Alan Jackson's 2004 concert tour launched January 23 in Fort Myers, Florida and was sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts in a deal that included Jackson's endorsement in TV spots. The tour included more than 50 U.S. dates.

Martina McBride was the opening for some of the shows.^[37]

In March 2011 he visited Australia to perform for the CMC Rocks The Hunter music festival where he was the headline act for Saturday night.^[38]

He came to Springfield, Illinois on November 10, 2012, and performed at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center.

In 2015, Jackson kicked off his 25th Anniversary Keepin' It Country tour.^[3] The tour began with a concert in Estero, FL on January 8 at the Germain Arena.

Jon Pardi & Brandy Clark are special guests for most concerts of the tour. The tour is currently set to wrap with a solo concert in Highland Park, IL at the Ravinia Pavilion on August 31.^[39]

Band members

Monty Allen – acoustic guitar, harmony vocals

Scott Coney – acoustic guitar, tic tac bass, banjo

Robbie Flint – steel guitar

Danny Groah – lead guitar

Ryan Joseph - fiddle, harmony vocals

Bruce Rutherford – drums

Joey Schmidt – keyboards

Roger Wills – bass guitar

Jackson with his family at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in April 2010

Personal life

Jackson married his high school sweetheart, Denise Jackson, on December 15, 1979.

They are the parents of three daughters: Mattie Denise (born June 19, 1990), Alexandra Jane "Ali" (born August 23, 1993), and Dani Grace (born August 28, 1997).

Although the couple separated for several months in 1998 due to the strains of Jackson's career as well as his infidelity,^[40] they have since reconciled.

Their story is referenced in several of Jackson's songs, including "She Likes It Too" and "Remember When," based on his memories, and the fond views of an everlasting love between his wife and him. Denise and their daughters appear in the latter song's video.

Denise Jackson wrote a book that topped The New York Times Best Seller list that covered her life with Jackson, their relationship, separation over his infidelity, and re-commitment to each other, and her commitment to Christianity.

The book, titled It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life, was published in 2007. In May 2008 she released a Gift Book titled "The Road Home."

Jackson's nephew, Adam Wright, is also a country music singer-songwriter. Adam and his wife, Shannon, perform together as a duo called The Wrights.^[41]

The Wrights co-wrote two songs and sang harmony vocals on Jackson's What I Do album.

Jackson is a cousin of Major League Baseball player Brandon Moss.^[42]

In June 2009 Jackson listed his 135-acre (0.55 km²) estate just outside of Franklin, Tennessee for sale, asking $38 million. The property sold in late May 2010 for $28 million, one of the highest prices ever for a home sale in the Nashville area.^[43]

In 2010, after Alan Jackson moved his estate just outside of Franklin, the singer then moved into a home in the same Nashville suburb. The singer and his wife paid $3.675 million for the estate in June 2010, but less than a year later they listed the home for $3.995 million.^[44]

Jackson maintained a close friendship with fellow country singer, George Jones. Jones has been mentioned in songs such as "Don't Rock the Jukebox" (Jones also appeared in the video which accompanied it) and "Murder on Music Row".

The song "Just Playin' Possum" is dedicated to Jones and talks of how Alan only wants to lie low and play possum, possum referring to George Jones. Jones can also be seen in the video for "Good Time".

In 2008 Jones was a surprise guest at Jackson's "CMT Giants" ceremony, where he thanked Jackson for his friendship.

He's also close friends with George Strait, who sang "Murder On Music Row" with him. Besides his associations with big stars, Alan also maintains his connections to his roots and old friends.^[45]

From his early days of playing the guitar with his old high school friend and fellow musician David "Bird" Burgess on the Burgess' family front porch, it was evident Alan was going to be Newnan's rising star.^[45]

While "Bird" Burgess has left the country music scene to pursue other avenues, the two have remained friends.^[45]

At George Jones' funeral service, on May 2, 2013, Jackson performed one of Jones' classics, "He Stopped Loving Her Today", at the close of the service at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN.

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Johnny Horton~ "Battle of New Orleans, In 1814"

2016-09-07T07:20:00.000-07:00

John LaGale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer.

Rising to fame slowly over the course of the 1950s, Horton earned great fame in 1959 performing historical ballads, beginning with the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.

The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century".

His first hit, a number 1 song in 1959, was "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
During 1960, Horton had two other successes with "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska" for John Wayne's movie, North to Alaska.

Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in an automobile accident, less than two years after his breakthrough.

Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Johnny Horton

Background information
Birth name	John LaGale Horton
Also known as	The Singing Fisherman
Born	April 30, 1925 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	November 5, 1960 (aged 35) Milano, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Country music, honky-tonk, rockabilly
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1950–1960

Early life

Horton was born in Los Angeles, to John Loly Horton (1889–1959) and the former Ella Claudia Robinson (1892–1966), the youngest of five siblings, and reared in Rusk in Cherokee County in east Texas.

His family often traveled to California to work as migrant fruit pickers. After graduation from high school in Gallatin, Texas, in 1944, Horton attended Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville, Texas, with a basketball scholarship.

He later attended Seattle University and briefly Baylor University in Waco, although he did not graduate from any of these institutions.^[1]

Horton soon returned to California. where he got a job in the mail room at Selznick International Pictures.

His future wife, Donna Cook, was working at the studio as a secretary at the time.

After a short stint studying geology in Seattle in 1948, Horton went to Alaska to look for gold.
It was during this period that he began writing songs. Returning south, he entered and won a talent contest in Henderson, Texas.

Encouraged by this result, he returned to California to pursue a music career.^[1]

His guest appearances on Cliffie Stone's Hometown Jamboree on KXLA-TV in Pasadena and his own half-hour show The Singing Fisherman led to the opportunity to record some songs on the Cormac record label.

By the time the company folded in 1952, Horton recorded ten singles for that label. Fabor Robison, owner of Abbott Records, acquired the masters.

Around this time Horton married Donna Cook.^[1]

Louisiana Hayride and early career

By this time Horton was appearing regularly on Louisiana Hayride, so he and Donna moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where the show was recorded.

He also signed a contract with Mercury Records and began recording. His first song for that label, "First Train Headin' South" b/w "(I Wished for an Angel) The Devil Sent Me You" (Mercury 6412), received good reviews.

He and his new backup band, the Rowley Trio, began touring under the name The Singing Fisherman and the Rowley Trio in 1952, eventually changing the name to Johnny Horton and the Roadrunners.

The group included Horton as lead singer, Jerry Rowley on fiddle, his wife Evelyn on piano, and his sister Vera (Dido) on guitars.

The constant touring was hard on Horton's marriage, and Donna moved back to Los Angeles.
They were soon divorced.^[1]

On September 26, 1953, Horton married Billie Jean Jones, widow of Hank Williams, who had died January 1, 1953.

Horton parted ways with the Rowley trio, but continued to appear occasionally on Louisiana Hayride. His contract with Mercury expired in late 1954, with his recording of "All for the Love of a Girl" (Mercury 70227) being his best seller, at 35,000 to 45,000 copies.

Horton, always an avid fisherman, got a job in a tackle shop and put his music career on hiatus. But by the following year, his new manager and bassist Tillman Franks had obtained Horton a one-year contract with Columbia Records.

They traveled to Nashville, Tennessee in a borrowed car for their first recording session. Influenced by the work of Elvis Presley, Horton began adopting a more rockabilly style.^[1]

"Honky-Tonk Man" and later career

"Honky-Tonk Man" was recorded on 11 January 1956 at the Bradley Barn Studio in Nashville, one of four songs Horton recorded that day.

Session musicians on the recording were Grady Martin and Harold Bradley, as well as Bill Black (at the time Presley’s bassist).

Soon afterwards "Honky-Tonk Man" was released as a single (Columbia label: 4-21504) paired with another song from the same session, "I'm Ready if You're Willing".

They went out on tour, with the band featuring Franks on bass and Tommy Tomlinson on guitar.^[1]

"Honky-Tonk Man" was reviewed by the March 10 issue of Billboard, which said of "Honky Tonk Man", "The wine women and song attractions exert a powerful hold on the singer, he admits. The funky sound and pounding beat in the backing suggest the kind of atmosphere he describes. A very good jukebox record."^[1]

Their review of "I'm Ready if You're Willing" was also positive: "Horton sings out this cheerful material with amiable personality.

This ever more popular stylist ought to expand his circle of fans with this one."^[1]

The song peaked at No. 9 on the C&W Jockey chart (now Hot Country Songs) and at No. 14 on the Best Seller chart.^[1]

Horton returned to the studio on May 23, but the "A" side of his next single, "I'm a One Woman Man" (Columbia 21538), was one of the songs recorded back in January. The "B" side was "I Don't Like I Did".

Billboard described "One Woman Man" as a "Smart and polished job," and Horton as "singing with a light, airy touch. Guitar work is just as convincing, adding up to listenable, commercial stuff".^[1]

He and his band toured through the United States and Canada to promote the record, which reached No. 7 on the Jockey chart and No. 9 on the Best Seller and Jukebox charts.^[1]

"I'm Coming Home" / "I Got A Hole In My Pirogue" (Columbia 40813) was released around this time as well.

On February 9, Billboard noted that "not only Southern markets are doing good business with this, but Northern cities report that both country and pop customers are going for this in a big way".^[1]

It was again a success on the country charts (No. 11 Jockey, No. 15 Best Seller) but it failed to score the popular music charts.

Later major successes include the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.

The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century".

Horton had two other successes in 1960 with "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska" for John Wayne's movie, North to Alaska.

Legacy

When Johnny Cash, a good friend of Horton's, learned about the accident he said, "[I] locked myself in one of the hotel's barrooms and cried."^[2]

Cash dedicated his rendition of "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" to Horton on his album Personal File: "Johnny Horton was a good old friend of mine."

Horton was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and posthumously inducted into the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame in Ferriday, Louisiana.

Some racist songs have sometimes been incorrectly associated with Horton. These songs are by a singer calling himself "Johnny Rebel," who did not begin recording until after Horton's death.

The mistake is apparently because Horton recorded the historical song "Johnny Reb."^[3]^[4]

Personal life

Horton was married twice. His first marriage, to Donna Cook, ended with a divorce granted in Rusk, Texas.

In September 1953, he married Billie Jean Jones, the widow of country music singer Hank Williams. (She was Williams' second wife.)

With Billie Jean, Horton had two daughters, Yanina (Nina) and Melody. Billie Jean's daughter, Jeri Lynn, was legally adopted by Johnny.

Death

Johnny Horton bench at Hillcrest Cemetery in Haughton, Louisiana

Horton's grave marker

On the night of November 4–5, 1960, Horton and two other band members (Tommy Tomlinson and Tillman Franks) were travelling from Austin to Shreveport when they collided with an oncoming truck on a bridge near Milano, Texas.

Horton died en route to hospital, and Tomlinson was seriously injured; his leg later had to be amputated.

Franks suffered head injuries, and James Davis, the driver of the truck, had a broken ankle and other minor injuries.^[1]

The funeral was held at Shreveport on November 8, 1960, officiated by Tillman Franks' younger brother, William D. "Billy" Franks, a Church of God minister.

Johnny Cash did one of the readings, choosing Chapter 20 from the Book of John.^[1]

Horton is interred, with a cemetery bench in his honor, at the Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Haughton, east of Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana.

Source: Wikipedia.org

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John Wayne`s~ "God Bless America"

2016-09-07T06:45:00.002-07:00

John Wayne
Wayne in 1952
Born	Marion Robert Morrison May 26, 1907 Winterset, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 11, 1979 (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Pacific View Memorial Park 33.60953°N 117.85336°W
Other names	Marion Mitchell Morrison Marion Michael Morrison Duke
Occupation	Actor, director, producer
Years active	1926–1976
Political party	Republican
Religion	Presbyterian Roman Catholic (shortly before death)
Spouse(s)	Josephine Alicia Saenz (m. 1933; div. 1945) Esperanza Baur (m. 1946; div. 1954) Pilar Pallete (m. 1954; his death 1979)
Children	7 (including Michael, Patrick, and Ethan)
Website	www.johnwayne.com
Signature

The house in Winterset, Iowa, in which Wayne was born in 1907

Early career and breakthrough

John Wayne as "Singin' Sandy" Saunders in Riders of Destiny (1933)

With Marsha Hunt in Born to the West (1937)

Play media

(video) The manner and voice of Wayne (right) showcased in a short clip from the film Angel and the Badman (1947)

With Jean Rogers and Ward Bond in Conflict (1936)

Commercial success

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

With Joan Blondell in Lady for a Night (1942)

Later career

Wayne in The Challenge of Ideas (1961)

Personal life

Wayne with third wife Pilar Pallete at Knott's Berry Farm in 1971

Politics

Wayne meets with President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in San Clemente, California, July 1972

in Rio Bravo, 1959

I believe in white supremacy, until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people ... I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from [the Native Americans] ... Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.^[18]^:289^[60]

In the same Playboy interview, Wayne also responded to questions about whether social programs were good for the country:

I know all about that. In the late Twenties, when I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist myself—but not when I left. The average college kid idealistically wishes everybody could have ice cream and cake for every meal. But as he gets older and gives more thought to his and his fellow man's responsibilities, he finds that it can't work out that way—that some people just won't carry their load ... I believe in welfare—a welfare work program. I don't think a fella should be able to sit on his backside and receive welfare. I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living. I'd like to know why they make excuses for cowards who spit in the faces of the police and then run behind the judicial sob sisters. I can't understand these people who carry placards to save the life of some criminal, yet have no thought for the innocent victim.^[4]^:580

Death

Legacy

Awards, celebrations, and landmarks

Wayne in The Comancheros (1961)

It is important for you to know that I am a registered Democrat and, to my knowledge, share none of the political views espoused by Duke. However, whether he is ill disposed or healthy, John Wayne is far beyond the normal political sharpshooting in this community. Because of his courage, his dignity, his integrity, and because of his talents as an actor, his strength as a leader, his warmth as a human being throughout his illustrious career, he is entitled to a unique spot in our hearts and minds. In this industry, we often judge people, sometimes unfairly, by asking whether they have paid their dues. John Wayne has paid his dues over and over, and I'm proud to consider him a friend and am very much in favor of my government recognizing in some important fashion the contribution that Mr. Wayne has made.^[70]

Cultural image as an American icon

With Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy, 1955

John Wayne Cancer Foundation

Legal problems with Duke University

In The Longest Day, 1962

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Johnny Horton~ "Young Abe Lincoln Make A Tall, Tall Man"

2016-09-07T05:47:00.000-07:00

Johnny Horton

Background information
Birth name	John LaGale Horton
Also known as	The Singing Fisherman
Born	April 30, 1925 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	November 5, 1960 (aged 35) Milano, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Country music, honky-tonk, rockabilly
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1950–1960

Early life

Louisiana Hayride and early career

"Honky-Tonk Man" and later career

Legacy

Personal life

Death

Johnny Horton bench at Hillcrest Cemetery in Haughton, Louisiana

Horton's grave marker

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PW&OSfStSM Mission Statement

2016-08-31T13:07:00.001-07:00

We here at JMK’s Babydog, { JMK's Babydog Traffic Solutions Providers} and PW&OSfStSM

We firmly believe in Fair Play and Family Orientation. We believe the Whole World is one big dysfunctional Family. We are seeking to bring her together and heal her wounds, as well as enlighten as many of her children as we can. We believe this can be done through the Golden Rules of Christianity and Love. We are Dreamers and we are Believers of many things. For all things are possible unto us through our Father GOD in Heaven.

We seek to share the Knowledge we have gained and will try to gain better and increasing knowledge as we grow. We will Share what we gain where and whenever possible, and as easily and as affordable as we can. We are starting with Poetry Writes & Other Stuff from Sinbad the Sailor Man. This is our first real time learning website and Its Beta test. And we have much to learn as we try to earn here on the World Wide Web.

Poetry Writes and Other Stuff is dedicated to furthering and encouraging Would be Poets and Writers, to create and share their works with the world. For we all have some thing to contribute. Father has given every last one of us; a gift. If it is only a smile and we wish to share these as well. By sharing our thoughts and dreams with these Poets and Writers. By providing a learning website which teaches them to seek and to find. As well as encourages them by leading the way, by showing them how.

PW&OSfStSM is an actual attempt from the Owner and CEO of our company. To create and maintain this Learning and Encouraging Website. He does this mostly by example through the Site Itself. The site is up and working and is in a state of constant evaluations or change. The site currently has a total of four Blogs, three Domains, or Web addresses, three pay Per Click Publishers and a variety of passive and inter-active income streams. Ad Space rentals, Adsense from Google, and Affiliations along with Clickbank too.

Our aim is to show and lead the way for these Would be Writers and Poets as well as Song Writers and Producers of amateur films, an Artist with their works of art to Just Do It. To get out and try to do it on the inter-net.

We wish to inspire Do Bees, those who are a little Old Schooled and those who wish to be a little New Schooled. We are all a creation of God’s and we are Wonderfully and Mysteriously made by Him and we wish to propagate that message. And promote Peace and Good Will among the Children of this world. Our World the only one that we currently have. We seek to Earn as we Learn and to Grow as we Go. We are looking forward to the day that Some body will come and Play with us. The day that we all will play well together and cherish the time that we do have here with our Mother, our World, our Earth, and our Home.

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"Destiny Ere-Played" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-08-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

"Destiny Ere-Played"

If I were a Poet

Would I even know It?

I doubt It, don't you see?

For I could not even barely read.

A Dyslexic child backwards born

Who wouldn't even fight to breathe.

Given to a widowed morning.

Lied to, to whom he was born

Trust and Faith now torn.

The Angels even molted and wept.

They tossed Salt all about my feet

Tried to message me through their text.

Oh why, oh why, am I so Vexed?

If I were the Poet how would I even know It?

Would I hear unspoken words be said?

Would They too Play and Dance within my head?

All Ghosts unholy "They" tried to mold me!

They make me bleed this ink sometimes red...

If I knew myself the poet

To be...

Could I save this world, truly?

Or from my past records held, would I doom her all to Hell?

But why would I?

Poets care not for Blood!

They seek only the Puritans Love.

If Poets knew truly one another

How boast free they would be!

Never bothering to correct

It is Just until always they must...

Interject! Their Opinions surplanted

Like onions they tear the eyes.

Poets like Onions peeled

Reveal nothing but...

Just more of the same.

I must be Insane!

To wish to write such dribble

for it sikens me to my very middle.

A flesh bag filled with vial

Bile Stuffed Organs Moaning

Am I Just a Bag for Holding Shit!

If Thy Belly Button Popped Off!

We'd all spill over the place.

Then be devoured by former Angels

Those fallen Sons, "They' may be the only ones.

Who whispered sweet poetry to me.

Torment me with your words you dirty birds!

For every once in a while there spawns a child.

So Innocent that Angelic Beings Weep

If Only I could pen what I hear

When the monsters sleep

Words like Iconic tear drops dancing

Spinning round and round

Upon

My Minds Ear

True blue Poetry spun from poetic Beings!

Never!

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The Hyphen - By John Wayne

2016-02-13T20:06:00.001-08:00

The lyrics:

The Hyphen, Webster's Dictionary defines, is a symbol used to divide a compound word or a single word.

So it seems to me that when a man calls himself an "Afro-American," a "Mexican-American," "Italian-American," an "Irish-American," "Jewish-American,"
What he's saying is, "I'm a divided American."

Well, we all came from other places, different creeds, different races,
To form a nation...to become as one.
Yet look at the harm a line has done

A simple little line, and yet…as divisive as a line can get.
A crooked cross the Nazis flew…and the Russian hammer and sickle too
Time bombs in the lives of Man; but none of these could ever fan
The flames of hatred faster than…The Hyphen.

The Russian hammer built a wall that locks men's hearts from freedom's call.
A crooked cross flew overhead above twenty million tragic dead
Among them men from this great nation, who died for freedom's preservation.

A hyphen is a line that's small; It can be a bridge, or be a wall.
A bridge can save you lots of time; a wall you always have to climb.
The road to liberty lies true…The Hyphen's use is up to you.

Used as a bridge, it can span all the differences of Man.
Being free in mind and soul should be our most important goal.
If you use The Hyphen as a wall, you'll make your life mean...and small.

An American is a special breed, whose people came to her in need.
They came to her that they might find a world where they'd have peace of mind,
Where men are equal...and something more…stand taller than they stood before.

So you be wise in your decision, and that little line won't cause division.
Let's join hands with one another...for in this land, each man's your brother.

United we stand, divided we fall…
We're Americans...and that says it all.

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"Angels Cry" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-12T17:42:00.000-08:00

Rushing the Land Masses, Cutting and Gorging the Lands, as With Hands These Mighty Rivers...

As the Poet begins to write one of his very first poems. He begins to witness the fallen angel's, that Donald saw fall from Heaven, and then their encasement into the City of Atlantis, by God's Holy Spirit. As seen through the eyes of the Angel Donald, when at first it was seen and witnessed by him.

"Angels Cry"

i’ve been alive three thousand plus years

i’ve seen a single tear amass in turn into streams, then rivers they become

Filling the depressions upon the lands, lakes they became

Dammed up unwilling to break; when broken, torrents they become

Rushing the land masses, cutting and gorging the lands, as with hands

Mighty rivers streaming to the seas; they became oceans

A falling angel not yet fallen; a brother of the mighty Michael

The one who cast that old Dragon out

That sinful devil; so full of pride, it is he they hide me from

Because from betwixt his lips, he did but dare; kiss me, with a lie

“they will take Him from Us they will you know’

These humans, they must go We were first, you know this much, is true

The Mighty One has uncannily harmed Us by letting them reproduce

Let Us not take the hurt

A war We must make; We deserve Our just desserts

i was thrown from heaven; down to the earth, by my dear brother

“Our Lords Warrior” and one other

Before the war: Lost in the aftermath of “The Great War”

Micheal’s brother, his mind erased of all; but, where he, came from

and not why he, is here now

my God He hides His face from me, and i do not understand

my wings have be torn away; away from me they are

For i am no more a citizen of Heaven’s sweet land

But, now a citizen of this earth; yet , my reproduction is given; just not my rebirth

i’ve been walking this ball of clay, without my brothers or sisters; if you will

Now all of us, just lambs

Baying

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"Back to My Future" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-12T17:41:00.000-08:00

Poetry: For Fun, a Little Spout Off From a Sad Sacked Poet

Poetry for fun, a little twist to sad sack poetry, that is often times found in abundance from new poets and writers a like.

Back to My Future

Everything remains the same
The birds still sing and fly
The sun still rises

And it still falls, then sets
The tide still rolls in
And it still slips away, everyday

This earth of ours, it is
Such a well oiled, machine
Still to this very day

Flowers sprouting, blooming
And then dying
If only I could, I would

But, everything is still
The same for me
I am lost in history

“Ours”

That was my worst subject in school
History
I hated it

It always implied
That things were over and done
Like where we are today

Although it was our future
I was looking into
And yet

I don’t know where
That little monkey came from
Or where he, went

But, if I ever track him down
He is a goner
Because, I have a banana

And a bullet, with
His name on it
Bad, monkey bad

I’ll beat him to death
With his own damned wrench
Oh well I’ve a history to get over

For it’s back to my future
With out you
You do know

That I still love you?

Don’t you?

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"My Locked up Heart" ~By Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-12T17:39:00.000-08:00

Poetry: Reflections of unbelief and a strong desire to be restored

The poets plea of undying love, even after the absents of time and loss from his lover. He is still wishing to be redeemed and restored.

"My Locked up Heart"

Moonbeams and sunlight, one is
always trying to drown out the other

A continual fight, day by day
by the dark of night or the light of day

Homage paid, games I would not play, is this why you went away?
I told you so many times, there is no other love like mine

It lies deep beneath, in a still and silent mountain, like a dormant volcano
The silent mountain, is all that you see, but beneath it is a sea of lava

Full of bright reds and oranges, the occasional yellows, and blues
For once this furnace stops glowing, blowing ashes of Gray dust

It will harden into blacken sand

I love you, I always have and I always will
At least, the you that loved me

I know it still lurks deep inside of you
As my injured soul does me

But, I fear my dear, it may be lost forever
In a pool of your failing tears

In your fractured heart it lies, as you do
To your new man and he tries

So hard he tries, to keep it together, for you
But, hear me my lover, once it does explode, and it will

Into millions of silvery pieces; as fine as the dust of lust
I know this, because mine has already done so, in me you must trust

Once it does explode the tears shall truly come
Once you realize what we both have done

No matter how well maintained, these fractures are, they will break
Your heart, maybe not here in the open, filleted and displayed

Forever only one for to see, believe me no one but I, will know
Or will be able to tell, I know the look of the silence, that fell

But, yet hidden deep beneath, in my locked up heart
I will know, when yours will need replacing

So let it be me, please!
I will give you mine again

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We Have Gotten Our First Crew Member on the 6th of February Please Welcome!

2016-02-10T11:28:00.002-08:00

We have finally Shanghied... I mean gotten our first new crew member! She came aboard on the 6th of February 2016

Please Welcome!

Catherine, to the Captains Battle Ship "The Lover of Lost Souls"

Catherine will lead off our First leg in our Down-line and She be our first lady team member.

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"Desperation's are Only Weapons" ~By Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-06T09:36:00.002-08:00

Desperation’s are Only Weapons When we Use Them to Sway Decisions and Then Speaking Without Thinking...

A short story poem, with insights and hints of betrayal, and then the sudden anger remembered from it. Which lowly creature, spun what lie and stolen our Paradise?

"Desperation's are Only Weapons"

Desperation’s are only weapons
When we use them to sway
And do not use our words to say

I loved you and still I do today

I so remember watching you disrobe
For the first time uninhibited by
Shame or concern of what not

A gift of love that will never every
Be forgot
For that moment in time

I was yours and you were mine
Like Adam and Eve in the garden
There we needed no pardon

Where and When did this, wanting
Shame and Concern creep in again
What was it that put us so at un-ease with each other

Which sin, who sinned, when and why did it begin?

Which lowly creature
Spun what lie
And stolen our Paradise

Away from you and I

I’ve known of the mistrust and
Where it lied but, I did put it away
Until you threatened me, with a separation day

Then I regurgitated it up, distasteful though it was
I forgave you then and put it on a shelf
To be left alone

But I pulled it back out
Like a weapon
Not to hurt or to strike you with

God alone knows this to be true
Those words you threw at me
When I needed you most

They were eviler then Satan, himself
Although it was out of sight, it was not forgotten
It would have faded away forever

If only, you would have stayed

I wish for it to have never happened

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"Secretly Seduced was She and Then He" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-06T09:33:00.001-08:00

A Religious Zealot, Sinbad the Sailor Man's Thoughts on What Happened in the Garden of Eden

Reflections on what happened in the Garden of Eden from a very zestful fanatical believer and the Captain of his own Ship, the fair Lady the "Lover of Lost Souls"

The garden

Secretly Seduced was She and Then He

There was no apple in the garden of figs

No Law, no inhibitions, there was no sin

To begin the Garden was a place created with out

Where nudity was not seen even though every one there was naked

There where, they could freely partake of every tree, except one

Some one there was under the gun

Some one was being tested; he would turn

Heaven is, what Heaven was

The Garden was it not placed here, on this now our earth?

Oh man what a plan and whose it is

How subtle this devil really is, how cunning, and crafty; to destroy our paradise

He sealed his own fate with one sentence

With a gift every man or woman could have wanted; to be Omnivorous

To be as God to have our eyes wide opened to know that which God does

To truly live forgot she of the Father’s warning not to eat or even to touch

This tree of Knowledge of Good and evil

For when you do you shall surely die

God didn’t say when or why, for time was of no matter then

Until they all disobeyed that clock did not start ticking

Satan didn’t want us to live, to partake, or to share; he wanted us gone

And he still does you all should know and be aware

This is why he did what he did

Oh he was most fair to look upon to every one

God himself said he made him the “full pattern”

Even the angels did not dare test him

Further still he did instruct a third of Heaven

Maybe that is why he was there in the Garden ; for instruction

We’ll have to wait till the conclusion of this our story

Oh little children do not worry

I have read the ending to this story; the first book

I eagerly await, to never see its sequel

Amen

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"Hidden Gold" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-06T09:30:00.001-08:00

It Lies Deep Beneath the Mud and Muck, This Golden Treasure, Hidden Under Rushing Fears and Rivers of Tears.

Seed begins to grow beneath the mountains of the Snow's. A seed planted and revealed; and then its fruit is revealed for the first time, but it has become to late, for the one who planted it.

Hidden Gold

It lies deep beneath the mud and the muck
Under rushing fears and rivers of tears
Stones; entrusted rocks

Filled only by the one with the yellow locks
Who taught and taught
Life with out love, is not

Forlorn Cads; stormed and torn these mountains
Rushing waters run around, snowy mounds
Nuggets therefore thrown upon the frozen grounds

Heart aches unmentioned
Mined for; by only Fools
Rusted chunks of iron

Seed begins to grow
Beneath the mountains of Snow's
Yet her soul, is and was set a glow

Broken glass, pouting lips
Sinking; a battling ship
Stuffed within her, a wondrous treasure

Deep beneath the freezing seas
The golden son, sups beneath these trees
Rooted within the sands of old, a young lad begins to grow

These devils pretend; men never again to be
And Satan, Captain of them all, but only thieves
They return once more to be redeemed

This dame and her flames of unwavering favor
Passages from Hell befell, Satan smelled and savored
Melting Snow's; UN-flavored, and UN-wavered

Stolen mounds they did, from Holy Grounds
Unholy men must be weighed and measured
Hidden within the Snow's; one young master

Within him Rings an unmeasured Talent
The Master is worth his weight in gold
No pirates soul was found alive

Only solid gold abounds, and thrives
Beneath his flesh, her only love runs through
But at last, a final word and then the truth

Upon It's chest, a lock of Golden's hair
Perched between It's hands a sword
Wrapped is he, in a darkened gown

Reclaimed the locket that once was worn by his Holy Mother
Who's golden heart clenched the young master
From the heathen's deathly hands, he laid them all asunder

Its now the Holy Mothers, only son
These sisters gather round, Golden's boy
As they lower (Satan's clowns) into the ground

This Devil did not know or did he hear
Of their Golden's boy, hidden there
Planted years ago, among the Snow's

So carelessly by he

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"The Patter of Little Feet" ~By Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-06T09:28:00.002-08:00

A Story Poem, of a Man's Story as Told Through the Eyes of One of His, Children

A story of a father's life, after his divorce. As told through the eyes of one of his children and their eyes. "The Patter of Little Feet" was a teary eyed tale for this author to write. As it parallels his own life story.

"The Patter of Little Feet"

No longer do they dance about gleefully, after ever pout
With out a doubt, the magic is now gone

There remains a frown; a smile turned up side down
No more pleading daddy why, why can’t we stay

Why are these things this way?
Only mommy answers questions now

She gives the directions and how
Daddy, when will we dance again?

They are now four from five, and there for
The one, his tear drops fly
Mommy said: that she and daddy were through

There was nothing we three could do
We did not understand her words, we just cried, too
Daddy left our home, after my brother’s ninth birthday party

And he thought that he did some thing wrong
But, daddy said: that he did not
And that he shouldn’t feel that way

Daddy said: that he didn’t know what did go wrong
And that’s about all he could say
There is a new baby at our new house

There he dances and he watches Mickey Mouse
There his daddy plays with him, alone

This is his house, he has made that perfectly clear
His baby gets our moms attention too, now; and we tear

We no longer; do get enough, we fear
Why has our life’s become so tough? We tear

Mom’s new man doesn’t play with us
And we do not under stand
But, silently we care

He doesn’t say he loves or
That he even cares
Why is our life so unfair?

He puts my dad and my brothers down
He pays to much attention to me
And that makes my brother’s frown

We three do hear the patter of, his son’s little feet
As they walk all over us
We think our little brother is sweet

But, not really, he is spoiled

Things here really stink
We try to be happy for our mom
But, we are not

It is not the same
Mom she is pretending to be sane
I no longer believe she is

No one here is really happy
We all think our lives now, are truly crappy
I know she is not happy; our mom

She will not marry him
And now she can not
He only pretends to be, like my dad

But, he did things to me, that were bad
And then he said I was bad, that made me sad
So I told my dad

And he got really mad
So mad, that he promised mom
That he would kill him, if she didn’t leave him

So now, every thing is all a mess
Mom’s boyfriend did confess

But, still daddy is not allowed to come around
The Judges have him on restraints

Because; mommy said, he was insane
But, she knew for sure, that daddy didn’t lie
So they lock my mom ‘s old man away

We see our dad around town, now and again
He always has a smile for us, he loves us
He must, for when we part; and go our separated ways

I can see him cry to the patter of defeat

by
Sinbad the Sailor Man

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"Under the Weeping Willow Tree" ~By Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-06T09:27:00.002-08:00

A Story Poem, of Life's Hard Choices and Reflections of Loves Failings, Pro-Life! It Is Not a Choice!

The author is attempting to relate three generations and never imply a actual personage, but instead an actual time-line of events, common in our world today. Pro-Life! It Is Not a Choice!

"Under the Weeping Willow Tree"

A gift was given to the world wrapped up with out an ounce of love or joy
It grew a short bit of time until it was found out it might have been a boy

A young wounded child of God or not, taught by society to fear our Father not
This young lass feared the rebuke and the responsibility of bearing such a thing, this ill-gotten fruit

Little Darling labored hard in her decision of life or death she wished to fore go her first real test
She remembered she had always wished to be loved and wondered if she could destroy some others

Dreams, now given away

Poor Little, Darling has never believed in much of anything, she never felt her mother’s touch, for her Mother was put away
Raised in the Hellish Orphanage where the Devil wielded the caretaker’s hands

Poor Little, Darling always thought there was more to this world of filthy lucre and liquor
She has seen it in others, in their mothers eyes, were these too, just lies?

Poor Little, Darling wondered how and why she has lived the life she has lived
In disgust Poor Little, Darling wanted it not for this child she thought she could not love, but in her sadden views

Shown a bit, a little light on the paper that she read, atop of her new found Bible book
In an odd ad that read; please help! Young couple wants child badly they pleaded in desperation

We will pay fifty thousand plus expenses there was a brief description of their qualifications
A young handsome couple with everything money could buy and very thing a child could want

Or so this young, life-lined, schooled, girl thought

Than Poor Little, Darling began to wonder can a soul be bought? Even Christ paid, but He left the choice up to us
What should I do? That she could not decide as she sat on that lonely park bench, the one she had often placed her head in

Her empty folded hands, she clenched as she cried, why? Why me, Lord why, me? What should I do? They could be cruel too
Should I send this child back to you?

Just than came along old Tom a black cat, purring and wagging his tail
Poor Little, Darling knew him all too well, as she sat often and fed him scraps of her scraps

She begun to pet and talk to him when just then, fell upon the thick green lawn, from the heavens above
A baby sparrow’s throne, thrown out from her nest; the young chick had failed to fly her first test

This confused little darling, landed alright, but floundered a bit and then ran under the very bench were Poor Little, Darling and Tom sit
Now Tom was all excited a free lunch he thought, but Poor Little, Darling would not let that old cat go, to claim this prize

So Tom began to meow and too cry, but she held him tight
As Poor Little, Darling sat there and cried a young bearded man passing by asked her why?

Then He seen the fallen sparrow chirping and Tom hissing and clawing
He scooped the young chick up and gently told her to fly back to her low lined nest

Into the Weeping Willow Tree, she fluttered a while and then from out of his hands
This lady of the light she took flight, Poor Little, Darling then let that old cat go

As Tom danced around the bottom of the tree
Poor Little, Darling she turned instantly; to try and thank the young man, but he had to be on his way

As He went He said: ”Have a good day and may The Father bless you”
She wore a slighted smile as He walked away, her decision she just then made

Life is a gift, one mustn’t throw it or give it away

by
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"Love" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-06T09:25:00.003-08:00

Poetry: A Poem Depicted as all Over the Place by the Formatting, of "Love" and Its Confusions

A poem that runs all over the page with depictions of "Love"

"Love"

It could happen when unadulterated lust does
So take control of yourselves; you puppies

When you, go out Cat-ting or casting lines

Baiting those hooks and then reeling them in
But, incidentally the same can and often does

Just happen; without trying, it is so mysterious and so unfathomable

Impossible to restrain, hard to obtain, and rarely does it

Remain

With one for a life time

but

Forever it will leave a stain

It can hunger as a pack of starving Tigers

or
even
worst
Hyenas

It’s torments are underrated, its undependable, and uncontrollable

Immovable, unshakable, and lighter than air

By far the best drug I have ever been on

As now I am addicted to it

I would cut my limbs off, one digit at a time

To retain it in it’s purest form

It is when lost, a murderous

Thing, love is

A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

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"Sixty Seconds Until the Abyss" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-06T09:22:00.001-08:00

Memories Being Devoured by a Sea of Locust, Green Monsters With an Appetite, for Lovers’...

The speed of "Time", in human equations, as too life spans and memories.

The Abyss

"Sixty Seconds Until the Abyss"

Standing up or sitting down, lying flat upon the ground

A grassy knoll or a copper plate, wired to the switch of fate

Coming in, fading out, a loss of focus

Memories being devoured by a sea of locust

Green Monsters with an appetite, for lovers foolish afterthoughts

Glimpses of the past, pheromones have scarred the heart

Dying scenes, pictures torn, not wishing to mourn

The scorn

Seas of blue, egos bruised, a mist, a trip into the past

Lovers history, thirty seconds have past

Twenty seconds more

Convinced they'll walk through the door

Into your Field of Vision, straight into your loving arms

Five clicks of the second hand

You are Walking in a Barren Land

The Barren Land

One… two… three, the skies darken

A single click, and you are feeling ill

At last the minute has run it's course

A single wish set free, among-st the many flung into the air

You curse them all with a lisp, yet only sixty seconds have passed

Until the Abyss

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"Stay" ~A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

2016-02-06T09:19:00.001-08:00

I Wrote You a Song It’s Called; "Were You Kid-napped by King Kong"

Poetry: For fun a little thing I threw together for my eleven year old she likes these kinds of poems and not the ones I write.

"Stay"

Where did you go, where have you been?

I thank God that you’ve, come back again

Why did you leave, was it me? I’ve missed you for so long

I wrote you a song

It’s called; "Were You Kid-napped by King Kong"

Why did you stay away from us; was it me? If it was, I’m so sorry

Are you here to stay? Or in the morning will you be gone?

You know; I love you, so much and I have for so long

I can’t bare the thought of you gone

Please! Come on in, sit right down

Let me go and get you, your crown

Please stay, please stay with me

A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

Somebody Come and Play! Earn as You Learn, Grow as You Go!

The Man Inside the Man

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