another revolution

so the plan for the next 300 or so days is that i will teach one last yr, playing music here & there, then burst back upon the world of vernacular music like a quazar, back into the rocknroll circus, as my seester calls it, but the question is will it still catch fire like it did? before this chapter, i was free lonesome selfish glamorous, & so many were here who now are not (except in spirit). they were important ones who made life thrilling, people like Manuel & Art, filled up with american music. this chapter's been so long, it took out lux interior, little richard, chuck berry, & muhammad ali, & tina turner, lorrie collins, dearest gene, dex romweber, so so many i can't even keep it straight. jimmy carter, apostle of southern goodness. not to mention all the family. i'm here at the coast with family to celebrate mama's bd, mine too today, & just finished a moving book, anachronistic but memorable, the four winds, & guess it's got me thinking. long as i have two hands that still move & a voice & brain that still work i will want to play american music. guess i just hope ive got more than a yr left on this plain/plane to do so. thank you to anyone reading this & memphis mike out there, too.