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About Me
Employment opportunity in Bradley is slim. You can
work in the box plant at International Paper in Springhill, Louisiana. Or
perhaps cut pulpwood or logs to feed the mill. Or drive 40 miles to Hope
to work at Tyson Foods. I remember when Bradley still had an appliance store
that sold TVs and stereos and also two or three restaurants. Now there's
only the car wash and a feed store. In my 18 years there I worked the following
jobs:
I remember forests that are now eroding lots where nothing grows but fire ant mounds. Of all the awards I won for sports and academics from elementary through high school, this trophy for tree identification is the only one I still have. To this day I still know most of the Latin names for trees in Lafayette County. After high school I did what I felt I had to do, I went away to college. I
played football in college at Ouachita Baptist University where I
was a four year lettermen. I played quarterback in high school but was
switched to tight end my freshmen year at OBU. College was like high school
for me except you were expected to pay criminally high prices for the
books. The best thing about OBU was that I met the incredible woman I
was destined to marry there.(You'll be hearing from her on this site soon.)
The two other things I learned in college were the leech block and how
to play bass. I somehow graduated without a single course in economics,
physics or a foreign language. We toured constantly from 1993 to 2000 and had to work odd jobs in between tours. My job history and living situations as a professional musician from Arkansas are bizarre enough to deserve a full book If anyone doubts the hard work involved in being in a touring band, I'll give you the sermon first hand if you ask. Here is a list of jobs I took on to supplement my income over the years: Waiter (in at least 15 different restaurants) |
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