Intro

Hello

I'd like to thank you all

For takin' the time to listen to these songs

It was many years ago at a place in Dallas, Texas

That we call the AllGood Café

The first time I saw a picture on the wall

It was of a man referred to as the "real deal"

And if you spoke his name above a whisper

He'd just disappear into the hot Texas night

I can see him now on a big stage in

Memphis, Tennessee or Austin, Texas

Singin' with tears in his eyes

He changed my life forever

He was my friend, James Hand

And these are his songs

This one's for you, Slim