Arkansas Blog

General McArthur? Lum 'n Abner?

Whatever happened to that old Metrocentre Mall walk? Did it get worn down, pulled up and saved or jackhammered?

Also, how does Bill Clinton fit into an entertainers walk? He did provide the Sunday morning gasbags and late night insomnia curers lots of laughs, but...

Silly beyond belief. Provincial.

How 'bout that beauty of a cowgirll, Dale Evans? She grew up near Osceola, I think. And Ernie Passailaigue, too. He's one of us Arkies now, and he's in the entertainment bidness. For that matter, why not add the Durango Kid? I hear tell he's a livin' raht cheer in Little Rock!

Mike Huckabee?

Best comedian ever to come from Arkansas.

Maya Angelou
Levon Helm
Johnny Cash
Black Oak Arkansas
Al Green
Jimmy Driftwood

Albert King
Sonny Boy Williamson
Al Bell
Ronnie Hawkins

Cate Brothers

Trout Fishing in America

Is there anyone on that committee who cannot tap out "Mary Lou?" There was never a Razorbaby didn't try to dance to "Forty Days" before Blackhawk ever picked up a guitar. Hell Yes, ES. You nailed it. Put Ronnie's name first on the list.

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William Powell, *The Thin Man*....think he was from LR.

Parts of the old Metrocenter Mall Walk are still there. There are some down by the Parking Garage on Main and it seems like I've seen one or two other spots on Main between Clinton and Capitol.

This has been news for a short period and they should already rename the walk to get rid of the "entertainers" line.

Louis Jordan

Jazzy, It is Dick Powell who was born in Stone County and went to school in LR

Does Butch Stone have to be involved with this? Does the city have to be involved with Butch Stone? Jeepers. Of course, naturally Black Oak Arkansas is high up on his list. What a joke.

Ben Moody is on this list, but NOT Amy Lee? What's that about? Not even listing Evanescence as a band on the list, either? But Black Oak Arkansas? Right. Let's put Jim Dandy Mangrum right up at the top, ahead of Johnny Cash.

This terribly incomplete list seems to illustrate just what a backwater this place really is. Let somebody other than Butch Stone organize this thing, please.

This has the potential to become the next Battle of the Arts a la the cornice at the Little Rock Central Library.

ABB!! ANYBODY but BUTCH.

Ummm... what do the folks in Hot Springs, who already have a walkway with plaques commemorating famous Arkansawyers, think of this?

If you're going to honor Arkansas entertainers, why limit it to just a few? Let's honor everyone who's had achieved significant national success or critical acclaim, and everyone who's truly left their stamp on this state. Put twenty or thirty down the first year, then a dozen every year thereafter until we run out (which might take longer than you'd initially think).

Also: If writers are entertainers (and I'd argue they are) what about Charles Portis, E. Lynn Harris, Charlaine Harris (how many Arkies have sold more books than she has?), Donald Harrington. I know I've missed some -- who else should be on that list?

What's with this "impresario" that he puts Bill Clinton on this list anyway? Is he there because he played saxophone? Jesus. Get him off. He's got an entire library named after him, for Chrissakes.

This is silly. Where are Lucinda Williams, Roy Orbison, Billy Lee Riley, Sonny Burgess, Lead Belly, Robert Lockwood, Willie Smith, Lonnie Shields, Bill Harrison, Lisa Blount and Clare Wren?

Yes, let's get a solid definition of "entertainer" please! If we're adding writers, there's about a dozen great ones that passed through the UA English/Creative Writing program.

Need to be considered:

Dick Powell
Chet Lauck/Norris Goff
T. Texas Tyler (David Luke Myrick)
Lee Hays (The Weavers)

John Daly - a very entertaining golfer

Jennifer Flowers
Paula Jones

Whatever became of the four gun-related assualt charges filed against Stone in September?
Full text is not online. Story was published in DemGaz Sept 02,2009.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/sep/02/concert-promoter-stone-arrested-assault-charge/
http://showtime.arkansasonline.com/e/pdf3/butch.pdf
http://www.sherwoodvoice.com/articles/2009/09/05/maumelle_monitor/local_news/nws01.txt
http://abusingtheprivilege.blogspot.com/2009/09/update-september-6-2009.html
http://arkansascarry.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=3&func=view&id=6179&catid=9&limitstart=10
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=82403482&blogId=208236850

If they can get Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty, Charlie Rich, and Jimmy Driftwood to attend, I certainly want to be in attendance as well. Should be some show.