Today is my 52nd birthday. I was born at 8:00 a.m. in Savannah, Tennessee. In 1957 I was the first baby delivered via Caesarian section in Hardin County General Hospital. I’m told my maternal grandfather raised hell and barged into the nursery because I was crying. In those days, dads didn’t witness their children’s birth and my dad spent the time...

We’d planned this for a couple of months. Little Elvis and I made reservations to eat at The Crow’s Nest in Santa Cruz for my birthday (I’m 51 as of 8a Central). Jody Greenberg, a local Santa Cruz musician, fronts for a Tom Petty cover band called The Refugees and they were slated to play The Crow’s Nest on Saturday. LE’s been playing a lot of Tom Petty...