"Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn

Lyrics:

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
W.C. Handy -- won't you look down over me
Yeah I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a boy can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security they did not see him
They just hovered 'round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room

(Chorus)

They've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis

Now Muriel plays piano
Every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see her
And they asked me if I would --
Do a little number
And I sang with all my might
And she said --
"Tell me are you a Christian child?"
And I said "Ma'am I am tonight."

(Chorus)

Put on my blue suede shoes
Ad I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

"When Red Men Talk War" by Charles Russell

This painting entitled "When Red Men Talk War" was painted by Charles Russell (1864-1926). Russell lived in Montana and created over 2000 paintings featuring Indians, cowboys and the Old West.

My great-grandfather lived in Montana at the same time and was given a copy of this painting by Russell himself. Today it hangs on the wall of my grandmother's house. I saw this painting often when I was a kid as my family used to spend Christmas at my grandparents house.

I wanted my own copy and so went looking for one on eBay and found that copies done by Russell himself generally sell for thousands of dollars. That being more than a little out of my price range, I settled for a reproduction that I found from another seller on eBay.

Russell had a wonderful talent for art which in my opinion, rivals that of fellow Old West painter Frederick Remington.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marion_Russell

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Rand.