-
Walking in the Fog
Written by
on
This morning right at daylight I was walking in the fog. The sort of fog that soaks your hair that makes it seem you’re walking through a glass of fat-free…
-
Figment
Written by
on
Waking up in the dark, before the earth rotates and the sun appears to rise, I sit on the edge of a bed, facing a wall-size mirror. I position…
-
The Music Is All There Is
Written by
on
What do you get dancing the shag at SOS? Everybody gets what they came for. That was my impression. I just hoped SOS wouldn’t end before it got old. You…
-
Golden Oldies
Written by
on
[av_image src=’http://bobryanwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/booksigning1-300×225.jpg’ attachment=’228′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’left’ animation=’pop-up’ link=’lightbox’ target=” styling=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=”][/av_image] The best part of me will always live for the rhythms of summer, in the Land of Shag, where…
-
The Ocean Forest Hotel Jeered at Myrtle Beach
Written by
on
In Myrtle Beach, the first really big idea was the Ocean Forest Hotel. When I was a kid, six or eight years old, every time Daddy took us to the…
-
The Birth of Beach Music
Written by
on
Come the summer 2015, seventy-two years ago, new music that would mesmerize teenagers worldwide was heard first on the beaches of North and South Carolina. Southern kids called it Beach…
-
The Golden Seeds of Big Ideas
Written by
on
Myrtle Beach was always a gold-rush territory. Big ideas and risky ventures have ever-permeated the atmosphere. It started back with the turpentine industry and commercial agriculture before the turn of…
-
A Carnival Town
Written by
on
My daddy used to say that hard times in Myrtle Beach would never last as long as in the rest of the country because all year, working people would save…
-
Shag: Gut-Level Rhythm & Blues
Written by
on
Come the summer of 2015, the Shag, the legendary dance of the South, will celebrate its 72nd anniversary of conception. In June of 1943, it came to pass that Race…