Dear Lord, A word, if I may I suppose one could say This constitutes An attempt to pray Neither selfishness nor greed Rather, a heartfelt need For Asphalt Angels To intercede
Please Lord, Protect us from cagers Fumbling for pagers Driving with pets on their lap Cell phones in hand Please understand I'm tired of dealing with this crap
Oh Lord, Help me to see Mercifully Keep, 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' An option for me I shall abide If you will provide Asphalt Angels On every ride
Ok, here's my take on SoA....First, my credentials::
Over 30 years of eating bugs, inhaling dirt, exhaust, manure, etc...Dodging cigarette butts, cagers, dogs as well as a varied assortment of wildlife, (inclusive of which is the unpredictable two leg-ged species).
Associating with a veritable plethora of societal outcasts, misfits, dregs, lowlifes, barflys....ahh, the good life. Ok, you get the picture.
I'm not a big "TV" person, however, I do enjoy SoA as it represents, not so much a point of view, but a general shift of mindset altogether. I enjoyed watching Indian Larry on the tube but rapidly burned out on the American Chopper, Jesse James overkill.
Graybeards such as I may remember a series from way, way back called, "Then Came Bronson", starring Michael Parks, about a sole rider who drifted from town to town. That was one of my pivotal moments of indoctrination into what would become "my" way of life.
SoA, with some expanding storylines, involving additional Bikers, (incuding other SoA Charters Members), hanger ons, prospects, etc, has the potential of attracting a vast array of citizens.
SoA, is to the general perception of the Biker Culture, what Sam Elliott represented to Westerns, a beginning to a gritty, somewhat realistic insight, to the down n dirty, hardcore inner sanctum of the so called Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs.
Add whatever comments that are Biker / SoA related. I'm guilty of straying at times but hey, I wouldn't be who I am if I followed the rules, now would I?
I was about to ponder on a witty, though appropriately concise response to your comment....One that would pay homage to the mentality, the personna of one who would bestow upon us such, dare I say, intellect....Then....there it was...In front of me the entire time...Your username. Ahhh, sweet irony....thou hast served us well.
Ok...Here is my one and only, (maybe), pitch to incorporate other elements of the Biker realm within SoA.
Much along the lines of a previous comment concisely stated that, with any MC there exists those who hang out on occasion. That being a known fact, perhaps a Biker Poet who occasionally minstrels by for comraderie and to spew verse.
Hey SoA producers, Google Biker Poets, Biker Poetry, Biker Poems, etc, and you'll find, within the Biker community, a growing ground swell of talent to tap into. If anything, lyric potential for future themes by the real deals.
Folks, it does not have to be me....Just check it out. After all, much of our endearing Cowboy folklore is based upon the prose scribed by Cowboy Poets throughout our western history. Biker Poetry is the natural offshoot of those pioneers of prose. It's Cowboy Poetry upon a Steel Steed.
