Win Tickets to the Johnnie's Jam: A Tribute to Johnnie Johnson!

• Thank you RFT! Awesome seats, Left Orch, "A" front row, two seats in from the aisle. Might as well be center, front! John Wood

• I was on the Delmar Loop a few days ago with a friend visiting from Sacramento, my old home town. I had parked across from the Bread Company so as to begin exploring for a place to eat. She asked me what all these stars were on the sidewalk. I told her that many might know think that St. Louis represented by an Arch, a beer and a baseball team. Beyond that, most don't understand that many St. Louisans have contributed much to this country and those stars show to highlight those contributions. We were on a mission so we took a walk up both sides of Delmar and stopped at about 15 or so of the stars. My friend is a fan of Blues music, however torturous that status is in Sacramento's fun, but limited Blues scene. But when we came to Johnnie's star, she exclaimed, "I know who he was" and it seemed my mission to share something special about St. Louis was accomplished. I want to go if only to round off one heck of a week sharing St. Louis from the Delmar Loop, through Forest Park, the CWE, Soulard, La Cledes Landing, the Jefferson Expansion Memorial and even Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. In the end I think Johnnie's star was the one that flipped her into digging the subtle contributions St. Louisans have made coast to coast.

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