Monday, January 29, 2007
Travelin' Music
| As most of you are probably aware, singer Crystal Gayle got her stage name from Krystal hamburgers. This was a suggestion from her sister, Loretta Lynn, who loves the small sqare steamy ones. I've known this for a while, but oddly enough it popped up on Krystal Lover's Blog a few weeks back on Crystal's birthday. (Ok so her having a birthday isn't odd, the odd part is coming up.) Last week it was announced that Loretta Lynn would be having a concert here in Macon in early March. Oddly enough the same day Loretta's concert was being announced, her sister's tour bus was being stolen and driven to Florida by a convict on the run. Now there's so many connections here I'm not even sure where to begin. First off, while Loretta Lynn is in Macon I'd love to meet her for some Krystals. The store on Spring Street is the closest to where her show is. While Loretta's music does tend more towards my father's taste in music, she recently teamed up with Jack White of the White Stripes for her most recent album. I'm a huge Jack White & White Stripes fan. He's also a member of the Raconteurs, who also rock (steady as she goes). If you think I am crazy for thinking Loretta would go for some Krystals you need to think again. Recently over on Krystal-Lovers, Tiffany related that one Hall of Fame hopeful had included in their application pictures of The Judds eating at Krystal after a concert in Murfeesboro, TN. (I may have eaten at the same place last April, by the way). So if anyone is in touch with Loretta, let her know I'm buying. I'd also buy some for Crystal Gayle, but I think I'd have to deliver them, since her vehicle may be in the police impound lot as evidence. Although delivery to Nashville might not be totally out of the question, since I feel a road trip looming (aka Cabin Fever). I had requested the weekend of the 8th and 9th of February off, as I was thinking of going to Huntsville, Alabama for a pair of Huntsville Havoc hockey games. I love Huntsville, the city not the hockey team. Though I do know two of the players, Nick Neidert and Bill Monkman, both previous Macon players. The thing is, I haven't yet made it up to the new Krystal just outside of Chattanooga yet. So now I am caught in a tug of war between a road trip to the new Krystal with the fascinating menu items, or a trip to Huntsville for hockey. In all honesty, I am tending towards the Krystal road trip, since I plan to get a 3 game hockey road trip in the first weekend of March and a long hockey/concert road trip the last weekend of March. I think once I have survived the Superbowl weekend, I'll have a better idea of which way I am leaning for the following weekend. Good hockey or great food. Always such a tough decision. Thats why I spent many evenings in the parking lot of the Macon Centreplex stuffing down Krystals prior to a Macon Whoopee or Macon Trax hockey game. Good times... good times...  |
