rockazine.com Jim Shortt Legendary Blues Joournalist

(Jim's Photo is on it's way- right now it's packed cause rockazine ground level just moved)
Jim Shortt
Da Bluez Corner Columnist

E-mail: Blueznose@hotmail.com

Astrological Sign:
Taurus

Must To Do Every Day:
Have coffee and work Jumble. Take Siamese kittens for back yard romp
with den window open and blues on stereo. Write.

Favorite TV Re-runs:
Rarely touch the stuff, but.okay, any Star Trek series, All in the Family,
and The Honeymooners.

Most Overheard Family Quote:
Then:
Music and English are your two best friends.
Now:
Turn down your stereo.

Influences:
Music:
Hank Ballard, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Johnny Winter, The John R.
Show on WLAC Radio, Nashville. Writing: Edgar Allen Poe, Ogden Nash,
Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, C.J. Cherryh.
A quotation (from Longfellow's Ship of State):
"To put meaning in one's life may end in madness.
But life without meaning is a ship, longing for the sea, and yet afraid."

Link:
As Sondra Faye says:
Proceed with Caution. A couple of my ditties are in the Author Archives
of the Writer's Zine All Mixed Up (How apropos) at

www.digilogic.com/allmixedup