have happened over the past 20 years. Just graduating out of high school, I never would have thought that I would end up working with George Fisher and Harley Drew. In the early years I took for granted working with Mary Liz Nolan and I really thought early on that Austin would be a flash in the pan. When I met J.B. Fuqua, I didn’t realize who he was until I got to his house in Atlanta.
The irony of the fact that I drove a borrowed car to visit Fuqua is now a source of pride, and if you do not know Fuqua’s story, well, when our book comes out you will. The WGAC story started long before I was born, but it became part of my life, and my story. I was so wrong about Austin and where he would end up, but I was also smart enough to hang on to Mary Liz and let her guide me in the adventure we all embarked upon.
In my tenure at WGAC I have witnessed executions, I have witnessed horrific traffic accidents, and sat in on trials where the graphic evidence displayed broke my heart. I have exposed the wrongdoings of people that I thought from the moment I started as a journalist to be corrupt, and then had to expose the people close to me that I genuinely liked and did not think could ever be corrupted. My heart has been broken many times.
I conformed to what I was taught by the masters of the field. In the course of doing this I developed the stiff upper lip required and trudged on knowing that even my best friends who were in politics might become a target tomorrow, or an officer that I adored might become a fatality that I would have to cover as a news story.
It has been a journey, but throughout, I have never given up on my music. I keep on playing even though I know I will never be a rock star. My music reflects my love for this community…The community I serve…
This song is perfect in the way it was recorded, but it is about to be recorded again, with a different voice and a different style…The voice will not be mine, but one that is up and coming and needs to be heard, and it will live up to the standards our community has set…perfection.
I promise.
