Four Walls&#39;s Discussions

You may remember when I went to Camp Breckenridge a couple of years ago and how I fawned over the artwork on the walls of the one building left standing from the time it was a POW camp. It’s amazing to see the artistic side of...

sister rosetta tharpe

gospel music

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The Artistic Side of the War

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 24 Feb

personal

travel

alabama travel

aliceville pow museum

pow artwork

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WARNING: Distressing Discussion

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 24 Feb

What? You’re looking at the photo of that fine silverware and thinking what can be distressing about it? The silverware belonged to Adolf Hitler. Never in a million years would I have ever expected to go to a little museum in...

personal

travel

alabama travel

aliceville pow museum

rare collection

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Black History Month Music: Smokey Robinson

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 24 Feb

Would you believe that, out of all of the people I chose for celebrating Black History Month with, only two are still living? That’s a testament to the long history of influence of black artists in music. Today we celebrate one...

smokey robinson and the miracles

smokey robinson

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Here’s to My myLot Crazy Sistas!

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 23 Feb

One of the stops I just had to make along the Gulf Coast was Lulu’s Fun Food and Music in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Lulu’s was founded by Lucy Buffett, the sister of Jimmy Buffett. Of course, part of the reason I went is my...

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Heavy Knowledge

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 23 Feb

They tell you to learn something new every day. Today I learned that petrified wood weighs 166 pounds per cubic foot. How’s that for some heavy knowledge!! And where did I learn this, you ask? Why, at the Mississippi...

personal

travel

mississippi travel

mississippi petrified forest

fossils

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Black History Month Music: Charley Pride

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 23 Feb

Right now I’m having lunch not too far from Jerry Lee Lewis’ hometown of Ferriday, Louisiana. I’ll have chickens in the salad (whose salad, what salad, my salad) for lunch. Meanwhile, here’s someone you...

Hello from Louisiana! Off to visit with my friends today. And yes, I’m cheating again. It’s another group to celebrate Black History Month with. I’m pretty sure everybody knew this group would show up, given that three of...

charley pride

classic country music

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Black History Month Music: The Platters

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 22 Feb

Yeah, I’m cheating today and tomorrow. So sue me. I’m on my way to see my friends in Louisiana. They’re great-grandparents now! Let’s travel with some great music in celebration of Black History Month. This will...

the platters

vocal groups

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Black History Month Music: The Mills Brothers

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 21 Feb

Yesterday was mostly filled with a visit to the Legacy Museum, which details the evils of slavery. It’s in Montgomery, Alabama, and part of it is located on the site of slave factories. Not too far from the museum (on the bus...

mills brothers

vocal groups

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The Reality of Slavery

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 20 Feb

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Black History Month Music: Bob Marley

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 20 Feb

Howdy! Yesterday was another one of those powerful museums that I have to recover from. I’ll do that today (I’m near a Sonny’s BBQ ), and I’ll give you a happy song from today’s featured artist. [b]Bob...

Today I was in Montgomery, Alabama. I spent the morning and early afternoon at a museum devoted to the slave trade business in the early centuries of this country (that was heartbreaking, let me tell you). After lunch, I decided...

bob marley

reggae music

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Speaking of Nat “King” Cole…

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 19 Feb

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Black History Month Music: Phil Lynott

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 19 Feb

Not much to report from yesterday, just some driving and visiting tornado memorials from the 2011 Super Outbreak. I also took a nap in the new car, and I need a softer pad. I’m off to sites in Montgomery today, but...

A very happy howdy from Chuy’s! In Huntsville, Alabama. I love the fact that they’re a chain. I also love music, as you well know, and I’m happy to celebrate Black History Month with music. Here’s one of the most...

phil lynott

thin lizzy

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Black History Month Music: Lead Belly

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 18 Feb

My first stop on my newest adventure, and the first one with my new car, was in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It’s a small city about 50 miles south of Louisville, near the Fort Knox Army base. It’s mostly known outside of Kentucky...

lead belly

folk music

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I Am Here!

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 17 Feb

worlds largest pushpin

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Art Fern’s Teatime Theater Would Love This

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 17 Feb

If you’re old, like me, you may remember Johnny Carson’s occasional skit on The Tonight Show where he and Carol Wayne would spoof local TV stations running movies in the daytime. The skit was called “Teatime Theater,” and...

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Black History Month Music: B.B. King

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 17 Feb

The road has called! I’m having lunch before answering the call. That means I get my stuffed potato at Mark’s before I head south. That also means you get another legendary artist to celebrate Black History Month with. [b]B.B....

A new year has begun. Unfortunately, it brings with it the same old sadness as we have to say goodbye to a number of people in the world of music. Every month I celebrate those people, from the barely-known to the hall of...

bb king

blues music

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Music Obituaries: January 2026

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 16 Feb

Well, well, well. I think the time is right to pack my bags and get the heck out of Dodge. I’m planning on leaving either tomorrow or Wednesday. Where am I going? You know as much as I do, which is not much. ...

music obituaries

2026 music obituaries

january music obituaries

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Black History Month Music: Robert Johnson

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 16 Feb

Well duh. You can’t have Black History Month in music without this man. There are people I had to omit (Jimi Hendrix, and as I mentioned yesterday, Diana Ross), but come on, you can’t ignore this guy! So here he...

robert johnson

blues music

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Black History Month Music: Michael Jackson

Four Walls @FourWalls (83285) • United States 15 Feb