You don’t need fishing expertise to enjoy Jimmy Carter: Rivers & Dreams. Dr. Carlton Hicks and St. Simons Island native Jim Barger Jr. (owner of Righton Books) co-wrote this brilliant and beautiful book where the storytelling emits a Zen calmness, like morning fog hovering over Christmas Creek.
(Gary Stewart and Jimmy McDonough. Photo by Carole Nicksin) "Life ain't worth living if it don't get out of hand sometime." --Gary Stewart I waited twenty-four years to interview the preeminent biographer, Jimmy McDonough. I followed his work like Captain Willard...
She's hurt you again, I can tell Oh, I know that look so well." -Hinton/Fritts The Muscle Shoals songwriting team Eddie Hinton and Donnie Fritts wrote "Breakfast in Bed" for Dusty Springfield. The tune appeared on Springfield's iconic 1969 album Dusty in Memphis. My...
Larry Brown’s book On Fire revolves around his seventeen years as a firefighter in Oxford, Mississippi.
Jimmy McDonough met the Kentucky-born songwriter Gary Stewart in 1987. McDonough first watched Stewart perform six years earlier in New York City at the Lone Star Cafe. McDonough confessed, “It remains the greatest live performance I’ve ever witnessed. I entered...
A Pound of Feathers resonates like a wicked soundtrack to this sinister year of 2026.
Once Upon a Time in Atlanta preserves a vivid portrait of a bygone era.
I heard Tommy King, a Lawtey, Florida, native farmed this land for over fifty years.
Everybody Wants to Rule the World counts as Ace Atkins’ 31st book. Based in Atlanta during 1985, known as “The Year of the Spy”, the novel revolves around fourteen-year-old Peter Bennett who believes his mom’s new boyfriend Gary is a Russian agent. It’s a funny,...
Wilson’s Gold Star Studio is now located in Topanga Canyon.