Big Rapids, United States

... We figured it'd take four hours and be a close finish. In his first contest appearance, Johnny fared especially poorly. Johnny's a big drinker, but the day of the contest was not his lucky day. After four beers, he was already so drunk he ...

... to be sent. For my next trip to Big Rapids to screen my movie, Erlewine also promises to convene a special edition of the Big Rapids Blues Scholars featuring his brother Dan on guitar for the first time in 30 years, his brother Tom on bass and Daisy ...

... was rolling. I rolled an hour north to Ferris State University, for a Wear-The-Most-Clothes reunion. My friend, the big, smooth-faced, peach-haired guy liked by everyone, Bill "Pancho" Wolbrink, accepted me. Our fellow "Competition of the Week" 4 ...

... . To stay warm, I put on seven t-shirts. As the twelfth sock was being forced on my feet, Pancho's door open. Pancho, a big guy to begin with, came out wearing a hippo's skin in white t-shirts, which he estimated as "seventeen shirts." A horrible arch ...