clash greatly with all of the past volumes of history written about the artists and songs that he speaks of. Of course, I don’t know the truth, I wasn’t there. I won’t rant about the number of typos in the book, as I have them in mine too, but the redundancies and contra- dictions run wild. It seems given a profes- sional editor, the book would have most likely been easier to read. While Rick’s story is indeed interesting -
he went through quite a bit of Hell prior to becoming “Mr. Muscle Shoals”- my recom- mendation is to watch the excellent “Muscle Shoals” movie instead. There’s plenty of Hall’s stories in the movie, and it is done quite well. Ironically, a copy of the DVD is in- cluded with the book.
- Vincent Vinyl
Dead Weight’ Batt Humphreys (Jogglingboard Press)
“When the Day of
Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere book-
worms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading.” - Virginia Woolf
“The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.” - Patricia A. McKillip
There isn't a better place for a bookworm
to spend a Saturday. My friend Buffalo was on a panel at the S.C. Book Festival in Colum- bia last month and I had to go. No - I HAD to go - there was no kicking and screaming. It
wasn't a chore. It really was a bit torturous, so many books, so little time, but I came home with three new authors. Buffalo's publisher, Mercer University
Press, was set up by a display that kept calling my name. Every time I tried to go look, I got interrupted, so when it was time to leave I said, "I'll be right back." I stood in line to get this one book that had been calling out to me and "right back" was about 15 minutes. I got my book though. That book was Dead Weight. Among my favorite genres in writing are
historical "faction," mystery and true crime. Dead Weight by Batt Humphreys from Jog- glingboard Press is my latest "best book I ever read." It's based on a true story set in Charleston in 1910, and Mr. Humphreys blends the mix of real and fictional characters so well you don't even care to know which is real and which are not. Our storyteller is a Yankee reporter from
New York who weaves this tale as vividly as can be, bringing together the charm and cor- ruption of old Charleston, some great court- room and detective stuff, a bit of a love story, the cruelty of racial tensions of the time. and more. Daniel Cornelius "Nealy" Duncan is a
young, hard working black man arrested for murder just days before his wedding. There's no question of his innocence from the readers perspective, but politics, prejudice and tradi- tion doesn't allow much room for doubt of his guilt in reality. We meet Charleston's royalty, the disadvantaged and even visit with the Ku Klux Klan for an evening. The Charleston City Paper said "To be
shown Charleston in this way is no small thing." I agree. This book is a Must Read.
-Colleen Knights Monday’s Lie
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