Since I started my blog I have received a couple of questions about Nome, Alaska…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be clear, I am not, nor have I ever been, from Nome, Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was in a great band as a teenager. Really good. Played three or four nights a week all around Louisiana and East Texas. Every night the members of the band were introduced to the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One night my brother introduced me as being from Nome, Alaska. It was funny to those of us who knew better. And it stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has become a kind of talisman for good luck during a performance. A “break a leg,” of sorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I had not created a “Who am I?” page for the blog my wife took it into her own hands and created the page. I have not changed it and I have no plans to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was born in New Orleans, have lived in Baton Rouge, LA; Jackson, MS; Slidell, LA; Garland, TX; Waco, TX; Plano, TX; San Antonio, TX; Katy, TX; Austin, TX and back to Baton Rouge, LA. Nowhere north of the Dallas area — and nowhere close to Nome, Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I am still Jeffrey Skaggs from Nome, Alaska.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Since I started my blog I have received a couple of questions about Nome, Alaska… To be clear, I am not, nor have I ever been, from Nome, Alaska. I was in a great band as a teenager. Really good. Played three or four nights a week all around Louisiana and East Texas. Every night … Continue reading Nome, Alaska<\/span>