Gip

Other players of honorable mention (and another “Best Five”) are: Earl Campbell, Bronko Nagurski, George Gip, Sammy Baugh, and Jim Brown.

My Five Best College Football Players of All Time | myFiveBest 2009

Later, I had a chance to talk to Lenny Madden, a plumber by the day, and one of the pillars who keeps Gip on track and helps decide on the bands.

Margie Goldsmith: Driving the Alabama Tornado Away and Singing the Blues Margie Goldsmith 2011

In the 90s, Gip's Place only had netting as a roof, so Lenny built a tin roof for Gip.

Margie Goldsmith: Driving the Alabama Tornado Away and Singing the Blues Margie Goldsmith 2011

And then head on over to Gip's Place and tell Lenny and Gip hello -- that is, if you can take the time to stop clapping, stomping, and screaming your lungs out as the blues seep into your soul and drive all thoughts of the tornado away.

Margie Goldsmith: Driving the Alabama Tornado Away and Singing the Blues Margie Goldsmith 2011

Later, I had a chance to talk to Lenny Madden, a plumber by the day, and one of the pillars who keeps Gip on track and helps decide on the bands.

Margie Goldsmith: Driving the Alabama Tornado Away and Singing the Blues Margie Goldsmith 2011

Gip sat on a rickety chair in a stained turquoise sweatshirt, his head bobbing beneath a frayed wide-brimmed hat, playing acoustic guitar and wailing throaty blues into the mike.

Margie Goldsmith: Driving the Alabama Tornado Away and Singing the Blues Margie Goldsmith 2011

And then head on over to Gip's Place and tell Lenny and Gip hello -- that is, if you can take the time to stop clapping, stomping, and screaming your lungs out as the blues seep into your soul and drive all thoughts of the tornado away.

Margie Goldsmith: Driving the Alabama Tornado Away and Singing the Blues Margie Goldsmith 2011

In the 90s, Gip's Place only had netting as a roof, so Lenny built a tin roof for Gip.

Margie Goldsmith: Driving the Alabama Tornado Away and Singing the Blues Margie Goldsmith 2011

Gip sat on a rickety chair in a stained turquoise sweatshirt, his head bobbing beneath a frayed wide-brimmed hat, playing acoustic guitar and wailing throaty blues into the mike.

Margie Goldsmith: Driving the Alabama Tornado Away and Singing the Blues Margie Goldsmith 2011

Clements said it was not a fair fight, and with his brothers—Joe, Jim, and Gip—rode into Wichita early one morning in 1874, aiming to “tree” the town and have some fun with Wyatt Earp.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007