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Cover story on Johnny Rodriguez.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Rex Allen, Joe Berry, Bubba Brown, Johnny Bush, George Chambers, David Allan Coe, Patsy Coleman, Moonlight Delight, Freddy Fender, Myron Floren, Bill Goodspeed, Bob Harrington, Beth Hooker, Mary Jane, Bo Jangles, Club Bo Jangles, Bobby Jenkins, Evelyn Linton, Guy Linton, Jim Lovelace, Augie Meyer, Augie Meyers, Frank Miller, Claude Morgan, Pop Nelson, Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, Cliff Oliver, San Pedro, Mary Jane Pollock, Deep Purple, Doug Sahm, John Santos, Rolling Stone, Barry Sullivan, Romy Vela, Vance Villastrigo, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lawrence Welk, Wet Willie, Bob Wills.

Sam and Johnny talk about rugged individualism, luck and circumstances as factors of success and achievement. They try to define rugged and come to the conclusion that it is a false concept. They also briefly talk about the movie “The Right Stuff” and various things about it. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.

Sam and Johnny continue their discussion on rugged individualism, what the rugged individual would posses as far as material things, knowing whether you have ruggedness or not and having the “right stuff”. They also make a list of people throughout history who have had the “right stuff”. Sam also discusses filming The Right Stuff and how hard it was to film yet everyone worked as a team and how writing letters are a more personal way of communication. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.

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