MAMA'S PLACE

About the Book

THE TERM “REDNECK” ORIGINATED FROM THE RED SUNBURNED NECKS OF FARMERS THAT WORKED IN THE FIELDS. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY IT WAS CHANGED TO DESIGNATE SCUMMY LOW-LIFE POOR WHITE TRASH. THEN ALONG ABOUT THE MID-SIXTIES IT MIRACULOUSLY TOOK ON A DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY. THAT OF A CULTURED INTELLECTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ERUDITE. TO BE REFERRED TO AS A “REDNECK” WAS THEN TRULY A COMPLIMENT.

1967—MAMA’S PLACE, A SLEAZY BEER JOINT NEAR SMACKOVER, ARKANSAS WILL FOREVER HAVE THE FAME OF BEING THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE CULTURED ERUDITE “REDNECK”.

WARNING: If you are offended by crude, obscene, vulgar and downright sinful language.

DO NOT read this book.

About the Author

I attribute my qualifications as a writer of fiction to a vivid imagination and a unique ability to tell a good story. Also, being a former member of Writers Guild of America-West, at which time I wrote and sold numerous theatrical screenplays. This book, "MAMA'S PLACE" will be my sixth book to be published by iUniverse. I worked for 22 years as a western motion picture and television stunt actor after 7 years as a contract actor for Warner Brothers. During all of this time I burned the candle at both ends. Being a singer/songwriter, you could, when time permitted, find me doing a gig in a folk club or coffee house. I loved entertaining and did so through my 75th birthday. I was born and raised in Monroe, Louisiana. At 16, I was lead singer for a bluegrass band. Try getting up and singing on the radio at 6:30 every morning and riding bucking horses every night on the local rodeo circuit. I now live in southern Arkansas and have resolved to keep the remainder of my personal life ... personal.