From: Meesh c/o Brian2day@aol.com

Found another interesting angle... actually 3 in one.... Helena AR in terms of the 1919 massacre of blacks... (my research shows a smaller number between 25 and 800+ still an outrageous number... and it's difficult to find documentation... but I can't find anything about 4-5000?) Anyway the town does have some other things to recommend it. The King Biscuit Radio Show is the nations's longest running blues radio show. Sonny Payne who still does the show has been doing it for over 60 years. The show has been on much longer than that... On the weekend of April 25, 26,27 there is an event called the Wild Hog Music Fest & Motorcycle Rally which draws a large bunch of Harley riders to Helena for Blues and Barbecue and assorted Motorcycle rally events... Sonny Payne looks like a cool character and the prospect of several thousand Harley's driving over the Mississippi River... and blues and barbecue... sounds worth exploring. Meesh