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A Little Rain In Arkansas

Courtesy Mike Jurkovic

By George Wallace
April 5, 2025
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Professor fear & his longhair piano sat on the bandstand he was just about to play some boogie-woogie when somebody fresh from pontchartrain with a three-piece suit walked in—did you see that thing go down, bartender? Walked right in & the door slapped shut tight as a tornado behind him a man in a three piece suit & he walked right up to ruby (some people called her needle of smoke) who was addicted to jazz & yes he was a handsome man, a blues pantomime, & she was fresh as yesterday's news. & yes professor fear played that piano like sweet tokay. it was a low-key kind of thing there was nobody around and nothing that could stop it except a little rain in Arkansas & an overnight train to New Orleans

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