Bayport-Blue Point Public Library, Blue Point, New York * November 13, 2022 To read your program notes, please click here.
Outlaw country
Ode to Billy Joe
One morning in 1968, a scruffy-looking 29-year-old toting a guitar made his way onto westbound Route 40 somewhere in Texas, looking to thumb a ride to Los Angeles. Despite his best efforts, however, hundreds of drivers passed him by. Tiring of getting nowhere, the impatient hitchhiker crossed the highway and took a shot at a … Continue reading Ode to Billy Joe