On August 8, 2017, the music industry lost a legend. Glen Campbell, the Rhinestone Cowboy, passed away. He was 81 years old. From his web site: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and legendary singer and guitarist, Glen Travis Campbell, at the age […]
Let’s start this article from the beginning. Hammer Down Gun & Pawn was helping to sponsor the Rally at the River this year. Dallas Dorrall was the person that had designed the posters for the event. I spoke to her on the phone a couple of times about getting our logo onto the poster. She […]
SHEFFIELD-On July 23, 2017, at approximately 5:00 PM, this reporter was traveling North on South Montgomery Ave, when we viewed that there had been a motorcycle vs. SUV wreck. This was just past the Jack’s Restaurant, close to the Fuel City Gas Station. According to witnesses, the driver of a four door Maroon Ford Explorer […]
As many of you know, my full time job is running Hammer Down Gun & Pawn. However, I have a side job as an Investigative Reporter for the Quad Cities Daily. Sometimes these jobs cross paths and this event is one of the times they did for a good cause. The event was the Give-A-Thon […]
I have always been a huge reader. I read about 3-4 books a week. Mostly are action-adventure, western with an occasional biography. However, there are few books that just “blow my mind.” Here is one of them. Recently I read a book called Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock. It is written […]
Last Sunday was a bright and sunny day. Lisa and the kiddos were up and I made the suggestion of going to the Old Railroad Bridge located in Sheffield, Alabama. None of them had ever been so we went. If you are not familiar with the Old Railroad Bridge, it is behind the condos just […]
It’s that time of the year again. Summertime. The kiddos are out of school. The weather is warm. The days are longer. You want to do something on your off days. I have an idea. Let’s go shooting. To go further, let’s take someone that might have never gone or have limited exposure to the […]
On June 10, 2017, America lost an Icon of Film and Television. Adam West passed away. West is famous for portraying Batman. He is the first Batman that I knew. I remember watching him in the live action television show as I grew up. He died after a battle with Leukemia. Adam West was born […]
It is a familiar sound. The clock counts the seconds. One 24 hour day when everything basically is turned upside down. There is a threat to America and one person has to stop that threat. First it was Jack Bauer. Bauer protected the United States through eight seasons on Fox. 24 was one of the […]
On May 27, 2017, the Music Industry lost an icon. Greg Allman passed away. Greg was part of the Allman Brothers Band with his brother Duane. Gregory Lenoir Allman was born on December 8, 1947, in Nashville, Tennessee. Greg worked delivering papers to purchase a Silvertone Guitar. He was part of several bands, along with […]
