Well with all this talk of Blues lately and Leej bringin' up the crawdad thing, I thought a trip down the river and through the Delta country might be just the thing. When we get down to New Orleans we can pig out on some Cajun and Creole cookin'. But gettin' there is half the fun!!!

So Welcome aboard the "Albert Hansell" a big sternwheeler docked in the Queen City of the West, Cincinnati. The Hansell is wholly owned by Spiegel Bullshit Shipping and Freight out of Pennsylvania and the gangplank is out!

We'll be picking up folks along the way too. Hopefully that ol' Steamboater, Art Thieme, will be joining us when we stop in Peoria.....Louisville, if he can get there sooner. I'm your captain, and my pilot here will be helpin' steer us through to New Orleans.

Now I'm sure there's gonna' be lots of good music on board and drinking to excess is recommended. Why? Well this old river has still got some pirates on it and there's always some gambler's plying their trade in the bars and the dance hall on the lower decks. There's likely to be shenanigans and charlatans, southern belles and jezebels........all travellin' down through Memphis and Baton Rouge, and heading for the sin palaces of Orleans parish.

Start boardin' anytime. you'll find the bar, the main salon and the dance hall right up this plank. We're gettin' up steam and we'll be goin' downriver to our first stop at Louisville!!!

"Well I wonder where an old riverman goes,
After he's made his last run."

ALL ABOARD the ALBERT HANSELL !!!!

Spaw