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It's not often that one can lay claim to living in and among legends. I live in a small town in Northern Virginia, which recently laid to rest two giants, both latecomers to the town, both of whom left enduring legacies. The first was Scott Crossfield, who was--along with Chuck Yeager--one of the cadre of test pilots whose brazen daring enabled the X-15 program, which in turn spawned American space flight. Crossfield was the first to break Mach 2, a record he held only for a couple of weeks until Yeager one-upped him. And like Yeager, he had little desire to be an astronaut, preferring the thrill of piloting supersonic aircraft.
The other was Wilson Pickett. Need ...
- Mustang Sally.(Features; Superyacht Special; American Beauties)
- Magazine article from: Yachting Dawson, Dudley June 1, 2006 700+ words
...you wanna do is ride around..." Mustang Sally is a country band in Nashville and...the young family, who renamed her Mustang Sally. Sabates bought their 124-footer...Just to make things more interesting, Mustang Sally's owners also have on order a 161...
- Town mulls whether a risque club is welcome: Mustang Sally's asks for...
- Newspaper article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) May 15, 2007 700+ words
...and rhythm-and-blues group. The Mustang Sally proposed for a remote area of the Town...Monday night on the application of Mustang Sally's Spirits & Grill to operate...Edward L. Davis is president of Mustang Sally's. The permit applicant is 1700...
- Buffet tribute act to rock Friday After 5: Mustang Sally will play Ladies Night...
- Newspaper article from: Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY) June 29, 2007 700+ words
...female band will be taking the stage. Mustang Sally played at the Sunset Series last year...original and cover songs. Lee said Mustang Sally hopes to release its first album of...mustangsallyband to hear four original songs. Mustang Sally is Lee's first time playing in an...
- PERSPECTIVE: The sensuous soul of the 'Wicked Pickett' Wilson Pickett, best...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) January 21, 2006 700+ words
...Hour made the top 25 on the Billboard pop charts in 1965 and Mustang Sally did the same the following year. He enjoyed something of...hits followed, including 634-5789, Funky Broadway and Mustang Sally. His sensuous soul was in sharp contrast to the genteel...
- ESCAPE; A Mustang Sally into Texas.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Murray, Neil July 21, 1996 700+ words
...trail is a dawdle. One of the Hicks gang leads you off at a safe, leisurely pace for an hour-long ride. Twice a day you Mustang Sally forth. And what better way to start the day than ambling on horseback through the woods for an open-air breakfast of eggs...
- Mustang Sally Meets Anita Poke.(Poem)
- Magazine article from: Prairie Schooner Boswell, Marta September 22, 2001 700+ words
He was stunning in the dress. Deep blue, slit-sheath, his wig a fetching bob, Minnelli black, feathered in over his face. His eyes smiling, his smile sly, he shyly mouthed Madonna's lullabye into the crowd waiting downstage, their folded dollar bills erect. My best friend. I haven't mentioned him?
- Mustang Sally Rejects Her Place in Einstein's Universe.(Poem)
- Magazine article from: Prairie Schooner Boswell, Marta September 22, 2001 700+ words
So, okay, by Einstein, mass changes geometry. We part the crowds through which we walk, we split the seas we swim. Splash! The Sun sits in a curvature around which the planets roll, making dimples of their own in space which gives and stays like denim, like the jeans I washed to fit my hips before
- Mustang Sally Sings.(Poem)
- Magazine article from: Prairie Schooner Boswell, Marta September 22, 2001 700+ words
I'm not what I'd call, musically inclined. If there aren't words, I don't hear it, I mean, I don't hear the thing that's supposed to be happening, unless it's that dumb drum solo, Wipeout. Now that, I get. I guess, because it's like tobogganing, or going down a water slide, all friction and