[12/12/01 11:58:49] rbetts?: well . . i was making up this story about willful Bill
Williams last night . .
[12/12/01 11:59:02] rbetts?: he lived in his father.s woodshed until he was 16 . .wh
en he moved to new orleans.
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 11:59:04] abate: who's willful Bill Williams
[12/12/01 11:59:23] rbetts?: as a kid he was an incredible blues guitarist . . but o
ne night it got real cold in the south.
[12/12/01 11:59:42] rbetts?: cold like the devils tit . .and he got frostbite . .los
t his pinky finger.
[12/12/01 12:00:15] rbetts?: anyway . .so he moves to New Orleans . opens a bakery,
of all things . . but still plays bass for John Kingtone and The Smithvilles at nigh
t at this blues dive, the Smokey Curve.
[12/12/01 12:00:48] rbetts?: he doesn.t need that lost finger for the bass and this
kid can lay down a smooth groove like a thousand dollar whore.
[12/12/01 12:00:58] rbetts?: and he can bake a mean turnover, too .
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:01:07] abate: mmm, I want a turnover
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:01:18] abate: so, what happens to our hero?
[12/12/01 12:01:22] rbetts?: well . .the smokey curve gets shutdown by the police ch
ief. .who was being blackmailed by his gay lover . .
[12/12/01 12:01:48] rbetts?: and Willful Bill Williams is out of a job playing the b
lues .. puts all his energy into his business, which is now pretty succesful . .
[12/12/01 12:02:18] rbetts?: along the way he falls in love Seriena . . the daughter
 of the Smokey Curve.s ex owner. . she.s got blonde hair that falls to her ass and t
his real cute smile.
[12/12/01 12:02:37] rbetts?: what he doesn.t know, though , is that she is really hi
s half sister from an affair that Willful.s father never told anyone about.
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:02:58] abate: uh oh.
[12/12/01 12:03:16] rbetts?: a tragic piece of trivia that will come back to haunt h
im . . because he.s gonna take that blackmail evidence to the feds and turn in the c
hief .. . in a few years.
[12/12/01 12:03:33] rbetts?: so long story short, he finds out . .in middle age . .
that his lover is his half sister . . goes insane.
[12/12/01 12:03:37] rbetts?: as in stark raving.
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:03:46] abate: hm.  fragile mind, eh?
[12/12/01 12:04:01] rbetts?: picks up with Albert King who has it in with previous d
rummer of the SmithVilles and takes a long tour .
[12/12/01 12:04:09] rbetts?: only albert picks up this singer along the way.
[12/12/01 12:04:29] rbetts?: and this girl can belt a tune . . . and she has breaast
s like Niagra falls . . just keep coming and coming . .
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:04:42] abate: heh
[12/12/01 12:04:45] rbetts?: yeah . .
[12/12/01 12:05:09] rbetts?: so one day they find themselves in Hillbuck New Mexico
. . playing at this backroad tavern . . deep texas blues . .
[12/12/01 12:05:41] rbetts?: and the drummer, i forget his name . .has this nasty di
spute with big breast singer woman . . . Albert took the night off . . had a bad cas
e of syphillis . .
[12/12/01 12:05:56] rbetts?: the guitarist just can.t take . .leaves . .takes off .
.but . and here.s the thing. .
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:06:10] abate: mmmm?
[12/12/01 12:06:13] rbetts?: it is a night touched by god . .i mean .. the band is j
ust on . . and Willful can feel it . .
[12/12/01 12:06:39] rbetts?: he picks up the guitar that the Jim Twofold left on sta
ge . .and starts to play . . four finger Willful lays it down.
[12/12/01 12:06:48] rbetts?: and the crowd is in it . . just can.t get enough.
[12/12/01 12:07:03] rbetts?: not a dry pair of panties in the place and they play un
til the sun comes up . . .
[12/12/01 12:07:20] rbetts?: willful has a religious experience . .and is ready to r
eturn to New Orleans, mind again intact . .
[12/12/01 12:07:30] rbetts?: when the light truss falls right on him . .
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:07:37] abate: ouch
[12/12/01 12:07:47] rbetts?: crushes him a rusty soup can . .
[12/12/01 12:07:59] rbetts?: and his lover back in New Orleans never knows the bette
r for it . .
[12/12/01 12:08:22] rbetts?: but when she finds out . .she does take the evidence to
 the feds .. the chief gets thrown in jail . .short order . .where he makes some . .
um .. new friends.
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:08:39] abate: heh
[12/12/01 12:08:49] rbetts?: anyway . the bakery chain is doing fine . .and Willfuls
. mother had been doing the books for the bakery .. and . .unbeknownst to anyone els
e.. Albert.s band. .
[12/12/01 12:09:10] rbetts?: she has more dough than willful had on a busy Sunday ..
 and she pays off the chief police to kill her husband.
[12/12/01 12:09:25] rbetts?: of course he has to get out of jail first, but he agree
es .. after all .. it.s willful and thyis girl that fucked him . .
[12/12/01 12:09:41] rbetts?: so he takes down willfuls old man .. right in the same
fucking woodshed that willful spent his childhood in ..
[12/12/01 12:09:53] rbetts?: and theres teh finger .. lying on the floor . .glowing
like a beacon of freedom . . .
[12/12/01 12:10:00] rbetts?: to cop a similie . .
[12/12/01 12:10:18] rbetts?: the chief picks it up... bloody all over from teh ax mu
rdering that just went down ..
[12/12/01 12:10:44] rbetts?: and he hears the voice of willful . .singing the blues
that night down in NewMex .. hears the guitar . .and breaks into a fit of weeping.
[12/12/01 12:11:07] rbetts?: from that day on . .the ex chief moves to atlanta where
 he open a homeless shelter in a bad neighbor hood.
[12/12/01 12:11:40] rbetts?: 22 years later, at the age of 96, he finally dies, leav
ing a legacy of kindness behind him . . and leaving willfuls. finger in a safedeposi
t box . .
[12/12/01 12:11:47] rbetts?: where the story might continue at a later date.
(sent to rbetts) [12/12/01 12:12:22] abate: :)