by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 2, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I started playing the violin when I was three and I want to play forever. I like classical music and it seems like I am in the music when I play it. I thought the violin would be a cool instrument but it is way more work than I thought. I practice every day. I am...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 1, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I drove a school bus in Illinois for 35 years. I had five kids. We were starting a construction company and money wasn’t there so I had to do something. My kids rode my bus so I didn’t have to get a babysitter. I loved driving the bus, but the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 31, 2019 | A Southern Soul
In a year of heart-shaking stories, this is the face that keeps coming back to me. “People call me Elizabeth or Mama. The soul food restaurant with a family member didn’t take off that well in Mobile. An opportunity came up in this Chevron gas station in Fairhope and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 30, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“Survival depended on you as an individual. There were a lot of guys in my group who didn’t make it. I watched people tough as nails lose their minds. It is what is in your DNA. Are you a survivor, a leader, a follower? You don’t know until you are placed...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 29, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I am a relic from World War 2. I volunteered for the service at age 18. I shipped overseas in the early part of 1944, just after D-Day and landed in LaHavre France. We worked our way into Luxemburg and Belgium. My biggest battle was the Battle of the Bulge. I had...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 28, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys had been trying to get me to record with him for three years. He wanted me for three days in his studio in Nashville. Three days? What you figuring on doing? I committed and went in early spring. I recorded the Cypress Grove album in...
