Of no import what-so-ever, unless peace of mind is what you seek. by Mark Vogl
(conservative)
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Every once in a while God places a gift on the path before you. It’s totally unexpected, and there seems no rhyme or reason for it. One second it’s a regular day, nothing special. In fact, when you come upon the gift it may not seem like much at all. I mean it’s something nice, but nothing you immediately understand as a special gift. That happened to me when I went to a Confederate living history event down in the area of Houston and ran up on an entertainer. His name was Jed Marum.
Jed is a Yankee, born and raised in Massachusetts and is of Irish descent. Some of his kin came across from Ireland during the war.
Jed has a gift. He can tell stories through music. He has a good voice, and plays a good guitar. And he writes music. But, why Jed was a special gift to me is because he has a real curiosity about the South. Jed does not pretend to be Southern. In fact, one of his songs is titled “I didn’t know I was a Yankee til I moved to Texas.”
Jed has an advantage. He sees the South as someone foreign. And so what he sees is without the natural bias of southern blood. But what he sees is the South that is real, he sees the goodness of the South, the Irish – Scot heritage of the South.
Jed has a unique approach in some of his music. He attempts to tell the story of the American war from the southern perspective. And he takes on events or issues which are not politically correct. For example one song he wrote tells the story of a Confederate coming home to a war ravaged Missouri. In another song, Jed talks about the terrorist John Brown from the southern perspective. His music has a point. One not often told. And, its written in a modern, casual easy listening style that soothes and gets your toe tapping.
A couple of months after I met Jed, the two of us were featured at a Fort Worth Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp Christmas gathering. Jed provided the music, and I was honored to give the evening’s comments. It was scary to have to follow Jed. He is really talented and you could listen to him all night. I kind of felt like I was interrupting his performance when I got up to speak. Maybe it helped keep my comments brief, so that we could get Jed back up.
If you are Southern and you have an event coming up, whether it be something to do with history, or something personal like a wedding, or graduation, or you just are bringing some friends together for something special, I highly recommend Jed Marum (www.jedmarum.com) . He is worth the money. And if you are Irish, well that’s even more of a reason to reach out to Jed.
No, we are not partners, hell I would be surprised if Jed even remembers me. But for me, the regionalism of America was a very special part of the America I was born in to. That regionalism is being homogenized, and America is losing a very important part of itself. Jed’s work takes us back to those days. To the days when America represented a kind of Christian united nations. Call Jed and reach back to a City on the Hill, to the glades of Erin, to the dream that was America.
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