Blue Magnoli
a excerpt:
“Hank had it rough on the road. When he graduated from high school in Norman Park, Georgia, he set out to make his fame and fortune as a country singer. His first gig was in a place called Tomcat Joe’s in Moultrie near his hometown. He did all right, too, playing to the Friday and Saturday night crowds for three weekends. Then he set off for Albany, Tifton, Waycross, and Brunswick. After his first of three nights in Brunswick in a redneck dive with a name he’d forgotten, he got a chance to play Murphy’s Tavern on St. Simons Island for a weekend. In his earliest string of engagements, Murphy’s ranked as the big time.
“Hank performed well as a country singer—’itinerate’ was what Mary Ellen called his trade—and his exceptional talent playing the guitar. He knew all the Texas Outlaws songs by Willie, Waylon and the boys, and everything recorded by David Allan Coe. He even had his own rendition of the Perfect Country Song. And always, always, he closed his sets with Dave Dudley’s Six Days on the Road. Cowboy loved the song, even though he didn’t have his own home to go to or a baby there. But it was a crowd favorite, especially at bars that catered to on-the-road truckers.
“Of course, his specialty was Hank Williams, his idol. He knew all of Hank’s hits and then some.”
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For more about the novel and how to purchase, visit W.F. Ranew at Tirgearr Publishing. Blue Magnolia, Red Farlow Mysteries No. 2, is on preorder for 99 cents for Kindle. The release date is May 20, 2020.
Also, take a look at Rich and Gone, Red Farlow Mysteries No. 1. Red goes on the hunt for a crooked executive who bilks family and friends out of $300 million. To Red, justice might be relative. Often, it takes time to work its course.
