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Kaedy's ROCKRIDDLES

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Kaedy Kiely
@ September 23, 2008 9:59 AM
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I'm giving away tickets to one of my favorite Atlanta events, The Great Miller Lite Chili Cook-Off at Stone Mountain Park this Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. This week listen for my ROCKRIDDLES every morning at 8:10, be the first caller with the correct answer at 404-741-9797 to win 4 tickets to the Chili Cook-Off.

Just in case you missed it this morning, here is today's ROCKRIDDLE:

Les Paul taught him how to play the guitar.

He dropped the blues and became a mega-star.

He loves what grows in Georgia's trees,

And just what the heck is "pompitous," please?

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The answer is....

Steve Miller!

Les Paul taught him how to play the guitar.

When Steve was 4 years old, he met Les Paul who taught him some chords and later let him sit in on some of his recording sessions.

He dropped the blues and became a mega-star.

In the mid '60s, he started out as The Steve Miller Blues Band. In 1973 he released The Joker album shooting him straight to the top of the charts.

He loves what grows in Georgia's trees,

"Peaches, " from the lyrics to "The Joker" -- "I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree."

And just what the heck is "pompitous," please?

Lyric from "The Joker," "cause I speak of the pompitous of love." I actually got to ask Steve Miller about this during an interview years ago and he was very coy about responding and wouldn't give me a straight answer. I've since learned that R&B group The Medallions had a song called "The Letter," with a made-up word similar to pompitous in it -- Steve Miller is a big R&B fan...

For more on my ROCKRIDDLES, go to rockriddles.com.



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