The Bulletin

If these antique items (outside Mama Hand's) could talk they'd be singing Southern Rock

Armadillos Enjoy Green Grass and High Tides in A.W. over Blitz:

Week Ten in the BDFL featured a pair of single-digit teams, one overtime game, and just one A.W. The A.W. happened down at Kentuck Park just off the banks of the Black Warrior River in Northport/Tuscaloosa. The homestanding Druid City Blitz was dominated by the visiting Duncanville Armadillos. The game was close at the outset, but K.P. & Company got fired up in the second half and took off and ran away with a big vict’ry. NOTE: “Green Grass and High Tides” – The Outlaws (Top Ten in Southern Rock Classics)

Bandits Flirtin’ with Distaster – Score only 3 – Lose to Bellcows:

Actually, there were two A.W.’s in the Big Daddy Football League in Week Ten of the 2022 season. This one was just under the radar, because the Altadena Bandits played so bad. Barry scored a week-low three-points and was steam rolled by the Fieldstown Bellcows, 27-3, at Moncrief Park in North Gardendale. It was the first win ever by a Fultondale team* at the park according to numerous sources familiar with the hist’ry of Barry, Belrose, and Metro Football in Jefferson County. The Bandits claimed the “Toilet Seat Team of the Weak,” with their paltry effort and the Bellcows mooed their way, all the way home. NOTE: Molly Hatchet’s “Flirtin’ With Disaster” is an all time Top Ten Southern Rock classic. *Belrose toiled for years in Fultondale – in the Metro Football League – with Hortons, Hursts, Headleys and Hazelrigs.

There’s Too Many Places I Gotta See - Sings Freebirds in Big Win:

The Black Creek Freebirds stormed out to a huge lead after NFL’s Thursday Night Football. Hime Hand’s QB scored enough before Sunday even rolled around to defeat all but four BDFL teams in Week Ten. At one point the Benton Bullets (who are the whippin’ boys of the Dreaded Schedule Maker (DSM) this season), were behind by more than 40-points. However, the Bentonites did not roll over and play dead. The Bullets rallied and scored 29-points to at least avoid an A.W. – by two points. NOTE: “Freebird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd is typically voted 1, 2, or 3 on the Greatest Southern Rock Songs of all time. The other two in that trio are Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” and “Ramblin’ Man” by the Allman Brothers.

Can’t You See Mayors Rallying Past Grenadiers:

Marshall Tucker introduced a flute to Southern Rock. That’s right – three-part lead guitars, classic chords, steel guitars, and harmonicas were Southern Rock staples along with long jam-sessions. Then Marshall Tucker sticks a flute in there and laments, “Gonna take a freight train, down at the station, I don’t care where it goes,” and we’re all in, we’re all sold, and it’s Southern Rock. Go figure. It’s always a Top Ten voted song on the Southern Rock polls, surveys, and rankings. You can’t make this stuff up, and you can’t put this in a neatly labeled box. In the BDFL, you can’t pay attention to trends and standings and past vict’ries and losses, it’s what happens that weekend. This past weekend, the Magic City Mayors rallied to knock off the Mineral Springs Grenadiers, 37-25. Iron could only think: “I’m gonna find me a hole in the wall, I’m gonna crawl inside and die.”

Dogs Ram Jam to Win vs. Gamblers:

The Brookside Dogs’ have a borderline favorite borderline Southern Rock song. It’s “Black Betty” by Ram Jam. The Bulletin staff just listened to it again. There’s no borderline to it – it is a Southern Rock song, but probably outside the all-time Top Ten. It doesn’t matter, especially when it’s your son’s walk-up song in baseball (Samuel Burr). It even mentions Birmingham, and a child “gone wild.” That’s probably what the Gulf Coast Gamblers thought after “Mark’s Mutts” departed from the Redneck Riviera with a lopsided vict’ry over the Dixie Mafia. The final score read Dogs 30 – Gamblers 12. “Bam ba lam!” said Dog.

Sloths Tied to the Whippin’ Post – Results in Wildcats Win:

The Bulletin executive staff didn’t know until the other day that, “I ain’t wastin’ time no more,” was written by Greg Allman after the loss of his brother Duane Allman. It was based on dying young and obviously not wasting time, but the main tune was taken from random jamming from Dickie Betts during the middle of the classic Whippin’ Post in concert. So, you never know. In the BDFL in Week Ten, you wouldn’t necessarily say that the Sloth Monsters had one hand tied behind their back. You might not even say the Tree Toed Tree Dwellers were tied to the Whippin’ Post. You could say that Mukes’ team just didn’t have enough fingers, and a good enough grip to hang onto vict’ry, so the Sloths lost to the Western Hills Wildcats, 18-15, in a close game. “We tied ‘em to the whippin’ post,” said the Jerry James of the famed James Gang. “Good Lord, I feel like I’m dying,” said Mukes. The Bulletin had it right to start with… Mukes was tied to the whippin’ post in Week Ten.

Blue Deacons Hold on Loosely to Vict’ry over ‘Nauts:

The Hayden District Bishop Squad (HDBS) only scored 12-points in Week Ten in the BDFL, but they were able to “Hold on Loosely” to a win over the Jugtown Juggernauts, who only scored nine points in fantasy football. The Southern Rock Band - .38 Special – was a little smoother than most and got put in more of a pop category than most groups of their era. However, a number of their tunes have held up over time, especially “Wild Eyed Southern Boys,” and “Rockin’ Into the Night.” Meanwhile, the Bishops and ‘Nauts play a snoozer, but thanks to Southern Rock, it get a little more pub than it deserves.

Overtime – Southern Rock Holds Up and in BDFL Cheetahs Top PowerSleds:

In one overtime game in Week Ten, the Cheetahs got the win against the PowerSleds in a game than finished at 10-10. The Bulletin invites you to put together your Southern Rock Top Ten.

Here’s The Bulletin’s List:

1. Sweet Home Alabama – Skynyrd

2. Freebird – Skynyrd

3. Flirtin’ With Disaster – Hatchet

4. Whippin’ Post – Allman Bros

5. Ramblin’ Man – Allman Bros

6. Gimme Three Steps – Skynyrd

7. Can’t You See – Marshall Tucker

8. Train – Blackfoot

9. Green Grass & High Tides – The Outlaws

10. Bounty Hunter - Hatchet

Here’s Iron Hand’s List:

1. Freebird – Skynyrd

2. Sweet Home Alabama – Skynyrd

3. Uneasy Rider - CDB

4. Jessica – Allman Bros

5. Midnight Rider – Allman Bros

6. The Ballad of Curtis Loew  – Skynyrd

7. Fire On The Mountain – Marshall Tucker

8. Jackie Blue – The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

9. Georgia Rhythm – Atlanta Rhythm Section

10. Hold On Loosely - .38 Special

Meanwhile in the JrBDFL:

We can only hope the younger generation gets this stuff, (along with football) but they’ve got to come to it on their own terms.

Special Invitation to all BDFL members, family, fans, friends and other athletic supporters...

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