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One Day at a Time

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By Rachel Harper, Carl Junction, John Southern, Grace Southern
| Ozarks Farm and Neighbor Verified
Rachel HarperJanuary 20, 2021 One Day at a Time2021-01-20T09:38:26-06:00 Missouri Neighbors, Neighbors The Southern family works together to keep their family farm going John Southern was raised on his family farm in Carl Junction, Mo. His dad Lloyd Southern began farming in 1946 with some pigs and a few cattle. After coming back from the army in the 1960s he began farming full-time, raising wheat, soybeans, milo, corn and cattle.
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The Raising of Lazarus: Bringing an Old Gibson Back From the Dead

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By John Southern
| Guitar Player Verified
(Image credit: Future / John Southern) A year has passed since since my friend and fellow aging regional rock guitarist John Dougherty called me out of the blue and asked when I might be coming up his way, to Collinsville, Oklahoma. I said I had no plans but could come up if he needed me. He then explained that he had a guitar he wanted to give me. I was, to say the least, surprised, and asked if we could meet the next morning at the local mom-and-pop diner on Main Street around 11:30.
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My Amps'' Date With Chuck Berry

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By John Southern
| Premier Guitar Verified
It all started out so serendipitous. I had been thinking of major guitar players to interview for my upstart TV Show “Talkin’ Guitars.” I was driving down South Lewis Avenue and saw “Chuck Berry” on the marquis at the ORU Mabee Center for June 14. My mind started racing. I recalled the story from my friend Larry Shaeffer about the time he booked Chuck for a Blues and Bar-B-Que festival in about 1992.
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With Peter Zumthor's LACMA in the Home Stretch, Is Los Angeles Entering its Post-Rational Phase?

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By John Southern
| Archinect Verified
With Atelier Peter Zumthor's Los Angeles County Museum of Art proposal close to becoming a reality, has Los Angeles entered its post-rational phase? Image courtesy of Atelier Peter Zumthor / The Boundary. Despite vocal critical and popular outcry, Atelier Peter Zumthor's controversial Los Angeles County Museum of Art replacement project is moving full-steam ahead and is due to begin construction imminently.
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