Country Folk will Survive!!!

Another Sunday special. .
This time featuring my friend Lea on the guitar. .

Black Water by the Doobie Brothers has always been one of my favorites. Thanks to Barb at MindwalkerStudios for helping me get the creative juices flowing.
Black Water
The Doobie Brothers
Well, I built me   more...a raft and she’s ready for floatin’
Ol Mississippi, she’s callin’ my name
Catfish are jumpin’
That paddle wheel thumpin’
Black water keeps rollin’ on past just the same
Old black water, keep on rollin’
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me
Old black water, keep on rollin’
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me
Old black water, keep on rollin’
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me
Yeah, keep on shinin’ your light
Gonna make everything, pretty mama
Gonna make everything all right
And I ain’t got no worries
cause I ain’t in no hurry at all
Well, if it rains, I don’t care
Don’t make no difference to me
Just take that street car that’s goin’ up town
Yeah, I’d like to hear some funky dixieland
And dance a honky tonk
And I’ll be buyin’ ev’rybody drinks all round
Old black water, keep on rollin’
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me
Old black water, keep on rollin’
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me
Old black water, keep on rollin’
Mississippi moon, won’t you keep on shinin’ on me
Yeah, keep on shinin’ your light
Gonna make everything, pretty mama
Gonna make everything all right
And I ain’t got no worries
cause I ain’t in no hurry at all
I’d like to hear some funky dixieland
Pretty mama come and take me by the hand
By the hand, take me by the hand pretty mama
Come and dance with your daddy all night long
I want to honky tonk, honky tonk, honky tonk
With you all night long  less

Catfishing by Hand

Traditional storytellers/modern communications
hoopsnakes and womens stories

Catching a catfish sounds kind'a easy but anyone will have a second thought when you see Jeremy go for this big catch.

I will HAUNT YOU 4-EVER!

Music used with artist's permission. Thanks Charlie!
Charlie Martin Fugate www.cmfugate.net
Check him out!

A 'Bergmanesque" portrayal of a hapless film maker who keeps getting cock-blocked in his efforts by a Queen Of Film in their small town. It seems she gets all the publicity and all the "incentive"   more...money from the local politicians who have "Hollywood dreams". This notwithstanding the fact that this alleged "Queen Of Film", a lady we will call... "Tonja" has bullshitted up her resume', knowing the locals won't check it too closely. After all, she promised to put them in her movie. Bitter? Nooooo... (Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to any "Queen Of Film" is strictly coincidental and unintentional.) Lighten up, Tonja... This is comedy. I actually like you. Turn the volums up so you can hear the voices in the film maker's head.  less

Check out the entire show at www.thecatfishwrapper.com . Just click on the big SpeakEasy mouth!

Musician Angie Aparo performed in Sheffield, Alabama (Muscle Shoals) June 16th, 2007 at 2nd Half Studios. We had the provelege of recording the performance. Check out Angie's site, www.angieaparo.com,   more...for more of his great music.  less

watch a turtle as he hunts his prey then swallows the guppie whole!

Adapted from Herb Carn.

Haven't you heard that cats will always land on their feet? BTW, nobody got hurt, not even Scrawney Neck.

finally for the upstate, NY...were catching cat, and bullheads

fishing bare handed

Guy manages to catch a massive Well's Catfish with just a pole and a small boat.

Damn that's a big catfish!

We have 6 new medium sized tiger barbs in the old 10 gallon. When they are stable and we know they aren't ill they will be moved to the 52 gallon to join the pleco and friends. The pleco is quite active   more...in this video... sorry for the poor lighting conditions... its the only way anything was visible. It was too dark at first.  less

Little close up of feeding time. Rotifers, Baby Brine Shrimp, and Daphnia (usually)

Our newest edition of SpeakEasy airs at 7:00 pm Central Time on
www.thecatfishwrapper.com . Check it out!

Caught this one early morning on shad. 41.5 inches long and 32.8 lbs. CPR'd.

Well worth the sunburn...a Coors Light kinda day...

Sound Mapper, Richard Curtis shows off a bit.