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17. Did I ever tell you about the time I danced with Bo Diddley?

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 07:46 PM

Sep 2012

Summer of '63.
I was a lifeguard.
The Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, SC.

I got incredibly drunk (but still somehow functional) on PJ (Purple Jesus*)
Jumped up on the stage with Bo and just DANCED!
He was laughing and good natured about it.
No security back then.

*PJ - A 'cocktail' mix of about half-and-half of grape juice and Everclear 180 proof grain alcohol.
How it got it's name: (on my seeing a batch mixed up) "What is this shit?"
"Taste it."
"Well, it's purple.
Took a sip.
"JESUS!
PJ

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