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Dockery, Conley, Madaris & Woolfolk: The Pack Rat Show
About Me
- Will Dockery
- Will Dockery was born in La Grange, Georgia, in 1958. Inspired by the poetry of Poe and Rimbaud and the music of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, he began writing poetry and song lyrics in junior high, and has been producing poetry chapbooks and recording his songs since the 1980s. He is a well known performance poet, and a past recipient of Playgrounds magazine's Perky Award for poetry. He later wrote a column for Playgrounds for over a decade. He lives in Columbus, Georgia.
"That picture, I still remember that day. I had been shooting the BB gun with Uncle Kelly into the box behind him. It was made in 1956 or 1957. Yes, the road is the Roanoke rd.Back then it was called Pyne Rd and was dirt. The house in the picture was where Bullethead and Shorty lived. Our house was out of the shot just to Uncle Kelly's left. ... Read MoreBullethead worked for grandaddy in the sawmill. Along with my Daddy and he lived next door in the house in the picture. We lived in an identical house. Shorty was his wife and like her name she was very short. Bullethead was named this because his head was shaped like a bullet. They moved away when the sawmill shut down. Fell into disrepair and was eventually torn down. The place was always called the Bullethead house. They had already moved when this picture was made." -Freddie Whitley
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