Guest Book

Joe Dan Petty Friend, Musician, Cobbler & Counselor Kind memories of Joe Dan here. I Still own and sometimes wear my oldest, lightest, and most comfortable pair of shoes that he put new soles on at least four times. One can remember like yesterday when stopping by the Peach Cobbler shop in Macon, he had a soft spoken laid back, and comfortinng voice gifted with wisdom and dry humor that could literally turn a stressful day into a lighter walk, sometimes not having to say a word to make people feel better. Often folks would just drop in to talk with Joe Dan because he was such a good listener while he worked away making custom boots or restoring tattered shoes. Joe Dan could take a pair of old ratty falling apart shoes and make them shinier and better than the day they were bought. They were called THE LIFTERS, but most people around the music scene here when talking about happenings around town in the eighties would call their pals with the reminder simply that "Joe Dan's Band" is playing tonight downtown. The Rookery seems to have been the only good place to go in Middle Georgia for good live music during those days. Judi I'm being repetitive to say his presence was a blessing and that you will always be a special and genuinely good neighbor in Macon, Georgia. Thanks for being my friend. Thanks to Joe Dan for his kind hearted spirit. John G. - - - Macon, Georgia