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...Presley's career. Hey, Porter, backed by Cry, Cry, Cry, was his first hit. Around that time, with the help of Phillips and producer Jack Clement, Presley (who would shortly move on to RCA Victor and megastardom) and two other young men, Perkins and Lewis, would create the rockabilly branch of rock 'n' roll...
...could never let myself think of that. I can't put myself in a box or a basket when I'm working. I'm really trying to prove that there aren't categories you have to stay in, that you can branch out. You can touch others out there that have not been listening to you if you keep trying...
...draws us a map, and we set out past construction crews, who help point us in the right direction. Mr. Truong wants to stay on the main highway, but we veer onto a smaller branch of the old trail. This remnant is still in use, big enough for a car-or, in today's case, several motorbikes, an oxcart and a flock of ducks. There's no jungle here, just flat earth and rice fields. When we reach the landmark of Dong Loc Junction, we see why: in a small museum is a photo of the same road taken...
...last day of our weeklong trip, we travel this new road, going over mountains to A Luoi-where the main branch of the old trail veers off into Laos-and then take Road 49, a tortuously winding piece of the old trail, east to Hué. As we descend, I hear a mighty roar. It's Mr. Truong. He's finally figured out the gears on the Minsk and he's grinning as he passes us all. He is still wearing the helmet. But in my mind's eye, I picture his combover flying triumphantly in the wind, coasting down...
...Sept. 11, which destroyed a U.S. semi-trailer and a large transport truck. It shows 50 people dancing by the flames, chanting "we give our blood and souls for you Saddam." A Fedayeen member, his face unshrouded, then shoots the flaming wreck twice with an AK-47. The Anbar branch also claims responsibility for this ambush...