Bones Turn to Dust
“That wind’s gonna blow tomorrow, Just like it blow’d today” – Joe Ely
Canadian Ace
The crash near Newton Iowa was the end of the line for a long string of gangsters.
No, It’s Iowa
It is about hopes and dreams, and the fear of growing old without achieving something.
The Day the Music Died
“Well, that’ll be the day, When you say goodbye” – Richie Valens
Willie the Rat Jr.
Nobody in Kansas City got a drink, a building permit, or a roll in the hay unless the mob got a cut.
Faced Towards the Future
“Still… If I had gone back when I was supposed to, I would have had no life in Canada and wouldn’t be sitting here writing this over-long letter” – Helen Shepherd
Imagination
“I’m just a farm boy from Missouri who hides behind a mouse and a duck”. – Walt Disney
I. G. Baker
“The Missouri – too thick to drink, too thin to plow”
The Mad Hatter
Few people know much about President Lincoln’s assassin’s assassin.