The Picture Below

madjim- with the Lord · #1 September 25th, 2008, 04:21 AM

Folks have been asking me about the picture I have posted in my signature and want to know how I got it so here's the story.

A good friend of mine Lane Miley who just realized his life long dream of going on Wheel Of Fortune last week winning $46.000 had a family picture hanging on the wall of his room. Everybody in the picture had the normal "family picture pose" except Lane, he was making the face you see me making in this picture. At the time, Lane entertained as a gunfighter at a local theme park. He got paid to die four times a day.

One night while hosting "Charley's Midnight Karaoke" Laner brought in his camera. When he pointed it at me I remembered the face he made and copied it. There was a guy standing behind me when this picture was taken in a pink Polo shirt. I had to make the picture black and white to cover this fact (you could see it through my hair over my right shoulder) plus it made my teeth look whiter.

While working with one of the bands I was in, my lead guitar player's wife found this great lightning backgroud. I cropped them out, put the two together and added a small border.

I use the "

" smiley at the end of my name because of the big smile, It goes with the picture.

More useless facts.

Jim

madjim- with the Lord · #2 September 25th, 2008, 01:18 PM

Skybird asked me this:

Hey Jim, still curious about your top hat?

Sky,
I bought it then paid a guy $40 to make the bone/tuquoise hat band. No real story so to speak, sorry.

Jim