But it turned out fine, at least for Billy Joe, who was found not guilty.<\/p>\n
I am very sorry about the incident, Billy Joe said following the verdict. Hopefully, things will work out where we become friends enough so that he gives me back my bullet.<\/p>\n
When I met Billy Joe following a show sometime after that, I was wearing a Ric Flair T-shirt. Billy Joe took a look at it, grinned and said, Whooo! in a pretty good Ric Flair imitation. I Whoooed! right back and we had pleasant conversation. I did not stir my drink with a hunting knife.<\/p>\n
Lets get back to that parking lot in the early '90s, the first time I saw him:<\/p>\n
He sang about going to Georgia on a fast train, being an old chunk of coal, roaming with a wondering gypsy, just about everything I wanted to hear. As that late afternoon show wound down, he stopped, pointed over the heads of the crowd and said, Hey, yall. Turn around and take a look at that. Aint that purty?<\/p>\n
The sun was going down behind the buildings in the distance, lighting the sky up orange.<\/p>\n
Billy Joe stood there silently, his arms open wide toward the heavens and watched the sun disappear.<\/p>\n
Then he grinned, and the honky tonk hero kicked off another song there in the parking lot. It was a good day. Joyful hearts. So long, Billy Joe.<\/p>\n
Scott Hollifield is editor of The McDowell News in Marion, and a humor columnist. Contact him at rhollifield@mcdowellnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get local news delivered to your inbox!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Excerpt from: But it turned out fine, at least for Billy Joe, who was found not guilty. I am very sorry about the incident, Billy Joe said following the verdict. Continue reading
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