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Here we have
all things that are off the beaten path.
These are personal favorites
of mine
or just
Memphis oddities
that I thought
you might find interesting.
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The Jimmy O Pink Slat Award
Created over a decade ago, the Jimmy O Pink Slat Award is my way of honoring
those who have been a part of and supported my Memphis experience.
Detour now
to meet the folks. |

3/14/19 |
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Mascots
In honor of "the third of
June, another sleepy, dusty delta day" from The Ode To Billie Joe by Bobby
Gentry, we go to the Memphis Press-Scimitar news files (June 3, 1982) for a story when Jimmy O
was the Special Events Supervisor for the Memphis Recreation Department of the
Memphis Park Commission.
Detour now to meet Jimmy the dragon.
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9/1/18 |
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Mid-South Fairgrounds
The fairgrounds of the past is long gone. Gone are the flea markets, the rentals
and dances in the multipurpose buildings, Libertyland, Mid-South Fair and the
Zippin Pippin. The Mid-South Coliseum is closed and not needed. The Liberty Bowl
is a nice stadium for eight games annually and is receiving long-overdue
maintenance attention and upgrades.
Detour now and meet at the fairgrounds.
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12/12/12 |
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GOLF
So.... what does the basketball on the left have to do with golf? Can you name
the 1st golf course in Memphis to have it's own website? Who shot the first
score of 59 in a PGA tournament? Who is John Ogle and why does he carry a box of
magic markers to the FedEx St. Jude Classic?
Curious about these questions and other bits of trivia about golf in Memphis and
want to find the answers?
Detour now to the 1st tee.
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6/19/12 |
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Riverboatin'
Riverboating and Steamboating have long been in
the historical DNA of Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis was founded on the river and
built on cotton, along with the hardwood industry in the 19th century. Hundreds
of years ago, animals and Native Americans determined the pathways (that later
became roadways) to this highest piece of ground on the Mississippi River
between Cairo, Illinois and Natchez, Mississippi. Memphis would not flood and
became the center of the mid-south delta embayment.
Detour now, climb aboard.
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03/31/12 |
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Elmwood Cemetery
For the past forty years, my two favorite places to drive to (and
through) have been Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park and Elmwood
Cemetery. If you only have an hour or so, then the drive (and sit) in Elmwood
Cemetery's rolling terrain and arboretum, is the immediate solution for a place
of peace and quiet.
Detour now to experience "living" history.
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12/8/11 |
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The Legend of
the “March of the Peabody Ducks”
I have done a lot of things in my
life, and have been involved in a
lot of important and exciting events
in Memphis over the past forty years
– and this brief “15 minutes of
fame” will be a memory that lasts a
lifetime for me.
Detour now,
forward march.
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4/20/11 |
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The Zippin
Pippin
Everyone remembers the
“clickety-clackety” of the first
70-foot climb, the five seconds of
pause around the first curve on top,
and then the exhilaration of the
“wheeeee-eee” down the 70-foot drop
to the ups-and-downs,
twists-and-turns, rocking
back-and-forth over the next
2,500-feet+ of Pippin Heaven!
Detour now to take the plunge.
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11/30/10 |
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Proud Mary
"Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis,
Pumped a lot of ‘tane down in New
Orleans,
But I never saw the good side of the
city,
“Til I hitched a ride on a river
boat queen.
Big wheel keep on turnin’,
Proud Mary keep on burnin’ "
Detour now
to get rollin'
down the river.
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8/25/10 |
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STAX
STAX is the heart of Soulsville,
USA. During its prime from
1960-75, STAX produced 167 Top
100 songs in the Pop Charts and
243 Top 100 songs on the Rhythm
& Blues Charts, such as “Soul
Man”, “Sittin’ On The Dock Of
The Bay”, “Shaft” and “Hold On,
I’m Comin”, and having released
over 800 single 45s and over 300
LPs in its 15-year history of
operation.
Detour now
to feel the music. |

6/29/10 |
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I AM A MAN
At
a February 25, 2010 auction at
Swann Auction Galleries in New
York, an “I AM A MAN” poster was
purchased for $34,000 by an
anonymous bidder, after a
minimum bid of $4,000 was set
and an estimated value
between $8,000-10,000 had been
placed on the poster.
Detour now
to further understand it's true
value. |

5/2/10 |
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The
Liberty Bowl Flag
While driving by the Liberty
Bowl Memorial Stadium one
weekend, I noticed that the Flag
was not "on" and by agreement
from 1977, it should be.
*** Update 10/01/14: On nightly drives by the Liberty Bowl now in 2014,
it is nice
to see the proud flag aglow in lights! ***
Detour now to discover "my history" of the
Flag. |

4/6/10 |
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