Newman Springs Publishing, Inc. – förlag

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a story told by three sisters that takes place in a small community in Ellisville, Mississippi, in the Jones County--also known as the Free State of Jones. It begins with the birth of their mother and her siblings through their adulthood and departure from Mississippi. The center of the story was their mother and the life and time of being her children. She married at the age of seventeen. After finishing the eighth grade, she contemplated becoming a teacher, which was the requirement at that time for being an educator, but she decided that she would teach her own children. And that she did.

It has taken almost four years to write this book including the time that they took thinking and talking about it. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly reveals the joys, the tragedies, heartaches, family miracles, disappointments, pains and tears, and southern racism. It spans almost one hundred years, and for them, from what they''ve heard, seen, and experienced, they were worth putting into words.

A lot of this information came from their mother as they would sit and talk. Along with the conversations that the sisters had with everyday life, it was out of these situations that they decided to write this book. Every family has a story, and this is theirs.

This book is meant to be a dedication as well as a salutation to each and every member of their family along with close friends and in memory of all those loved ones who had gone before them. Because without them, there would be no good, no bad, and no ugly. It is a southern story.

Although a lot of things happened, the coolest and greatest thing besides knowing all of these special people is that they are their family.

Who am I? I am time. Time never ceases to stop. It continues to move forward spearheading us into what comes next. The "time" is now. It is time to enlarge your thinking into a new world of time. A new way of thinking. A new approach. This book will not only take you there, but it will spark something in you for generations to come. So as I teach you, teach others. It is time for liftoff. Let us see where you land.

This book will challenge not only your thinking and your perception of how you view time but others as well. My book will take you on a journey to hopefully help you to rediscover time looking through a different lens. Age is no limit to time. From the youngest of age to the oldest, everyone can benefit from reading this book. Drummers and all other musically inclined individuals can prosper from the material that is on the pages in this book. Now put on your thinking caps and let us get started.

What you can take from this book:

The average musician is usually comfortable with playing in 4/4 or 3/4 time signatures. This book will expose you to other meters so that you can master them. It will take you through how to play time signatures within another time signature. This book will show you how to break up phrases of time signatures that enhances your creativity and takes it to another level. It will help you with limb independence while using two different meters. Then the extreme meter of playing in three meters simultaneously. We will finish off my book with advanced songs written by me that you can enjoy playing with your fellow musicians. The examples in this book will add not only to your creativity but also to others who you may perform with.