Arkansas Son C. Michael Bailey has been writing about music and literature for 25 years. He is a Senior Contributor for All About Jazz and publisher of the webblog Mercury and Moonshine.... Michael’s day job is spent as a pharmacist/clinical data analyst for a pharmaceutical contract research organization.
Michael believes, but never follows, the old adage that it it better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open one's mouth and relieve all doubt...
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