LOUISIANA HAYWIRE

10/17/2026

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October 16, 1954
Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the Louisiana Hayride program broadcast from Shreveport tonight in 1954. First broadcast of the Hayride had been on April 3, 1948 from the Municipal Auditorium in downtown Shreveport. Horace "Hoss" Logan was the original producer and emcee. Presley's performance of his newly released song That's All Right Mama brought a tepid response, according to former Hayride emcee Frank Page, but he still signed to a one-year contract for future appearances. On March 3, 1955, Presley made his first television appearance on the television version of The Louisiana Hayride, carried by KSLA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Shreveport.

09/30/2026

Tales From The Magic Circle!

"The Other Side
Then 40 persons packed a small classroom to hear J. Bernard’ Ricks of Shreveport, La., present the other side of the argument. Mr. Ricks, who at one point whipped a well‐worn Bible from his inside coat pocket and swore upon it that his words were the truth, offered a list of elaborate preparations for summoning the dead to speak and materializing spirits so that “they're as solid as you and me, boys.”
An advanced means of “producing voice,” said the blacksuited Mr. Ricks, is to use telescoping, sheet‐aluminum “trumpets” banded with phosporus. These trumpets “fly just like birds” through the room as the spirits speak, he said, but an error in procedure can cause illness for humans who are present. And there is a greater danger, according to the longtime conjurer: Touching a materialized spirit with the fingertips means death for a human.
Despite the dangers, Mr. Ricks indicated, the rewards of such procedures are great. One night, he said, 61 spirits walked on the floor in his, presence, including a beautiful little girl spirit who “sang all of ‘Jesus Loves Me.”
Several speakers during the conference asserted that myticism and miracles were making something of a comeback in established Christian denominations, as the Spiritual Frontiers group hoped when it was incorporated in 1956."
—NY TIMES
August 26, 1973

09/30/2026

Not exactly Music related, more on the Haywire side.
He was a Friend.

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