Will Dockery: The Later Years

Doo-Nanny (Seale, Alabama)




Doo-Nanny is always the last weekend in March:

“Come all ye inventors, movie makers, ballerinas, bikers, morticians, bakers, artists, conspiracy theorists, scientists, foodies, eco-whatevers, moonshiners, comedians, fire-spinners, yodelers, he-shes, animal-trainers, pickle-makers, party girls, sock monkeys, stackers, jugglers, musicians, whittlers, spankers, fisherpersons, beggers, wanderers, and map-makers…….” So says the introduction to Doo Nanny on their official home page.

Doo-Nanny official home page



"...Get ready for Doo-Nanny 2012. It will be held March 30, 31 2012. So, pencil it in your date book and get ready." Directions to Doo-Nanny: 41 Poorhouse Road, Seale, Alabama (not very far, really) Locally, take 431 South from Phenix City to Highway 169 East, take the first right onto Poorhouse Road, look for the signs about a half mile down, on the left side of Poorhouse Road. Get directions from: Mapquest 16 miles from Columbus GA 2.5 hours from Atlanta 5.5 hours from Asheville 16.5 hours from New York City 32.5 hours from LA Please adjust times if traveling by means other than automobile.



Just head down 431 from Phenix City to Seale Alabama. Follow the signs or just ask somebody.

"'I could tell you about The Bibb City Ramblers and how they brought out the hoe-down, East Georgia style on Saturday afternoon quickly followed by The Shadowville Allstars and their insane menagerie of pickers, strummers, drummers, bangers, trumpeters, trombonists, chanters, singers, freaks, faux-Indian dancers and I forget all what. I wish I could capture with words the colorful costumed cacophony of chaos that rolled from the both levels of the double-decker stage out to the performance area and up the hill to the kitchen and on out over the pond before it dissipated into the ether, never ever to be reproduced. (You just can’t recapture the magic of an organic improve performance.) I was thrilled to be able to bond with all the folks who made the trip down to Seale all the way from Asheville, NC — my childhood home town. I was even more thrilled to be able to point out to the Asheville peeps that the weirdest thing on stage bar none was an act from Columbus, GA — my adopted forever-home.' -Katy Clyde"



Doo-Nanny Festival documentary featuring art and music. Bibb City Ramblers and Shadowville-Allstars. EATV 7:

Doo-Nanny filmed by Rusty Wood


 * - Dinglewood Pharmacy (Columbus, Georgia)

Although the Scrambled Dog was said to be created by Firm Roberts.


 * - The Alley behind Rhino's on Broad (Columbus, Georgia)
 * - SoHo Bar and Grill (Columbus, Georgia)

Annual World AIDS Day Concert
Will Dockery & The Shadowville All-Stars have, on an annual basis, put on concerts for World AIDS Day in co-operation with local Columbus, Georgia politician Jeremy Hobbs and The Chattahoochee Valley Better Way Foundation since 2009.



"'The World AIDS Day Concert 2012 was a success, raising some bucks for the cause with our annual sidewalk show. I want to thank The Shadowville All-Stars: Alex Jordan, Gary Frankfurth, Jack Snipe, Dana Dodd, Rusty Wood, Eric M. Gunter and Brian Mallard plus special guests Mike Matthews, Jeremy Scott Hobbs, Veronica Coldiron & Intrinsic Blue, Bobby Walden and the illustrious staff of baristas at Fountain City Coffee for helping me put this shindig on.— with Intrinsic Blue, Alex Jordan, Mike Matthews, Veronica Coldiron, Dana Dodd, Shannon Jackson-Summers, Ryan Griffis, Gary Frankfurth, Rusty Wood, Eric M. Gunter, Brian Mallard, Jeremy Scott Hobbs and Jack Snipe at Fountain City Coffee.' -Will Dockery"

"It was such a success because of you Will Dockery. You do such a wonderful job every year and the people of our great city are very lucky to have man of your caliber at work within it. I hope people know everywhere that Will and all his friends are Helping Pave A Better Way Forward For All..."

"The Chattahoochee Valley Better Way Foundation, Inc. is a Non Profit Organization located in Columbus Georgia that provides services to those in the Chattahoochee Valley who are infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. The Chattahoochee Valley Better Way Foundation, Inc. is a Positive Led Organization that not only works to help all those living with HIV and AIDS but continues to publicly advocate to enhance awareness, increase federal and state funding, build community support, and improve prevention methods throughout the area to lower infection rates. -Jeremy Hobbs

In Columbus Georgia, a World AIDS Day Banquet is held annually from 5:30-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at Columbus Government Center (Plaza Level). Expect free Country’s barbecue, HIV testing, testimonials and entertainment. Also, the free concert with Will Dockery and Shadowville All-Stars follows the banquet.

Other fundraising events are held through the year for AIDS research.

Just Stop The War!
"Just Stop The War!" is a song and fundraising recording and video recorded by the members of the Columbus, Georgia/Phenix City, Alabama music scene in 2010. It was written by Basil Fitzpatrick and recorded at Rick Edwards' studio in Phenix City.

An idea for the creation of an American anti-war fundraiser came from Army veteran and guitarist Basil Fitzpatrick, and Rick Edwards was instrumental in bringing the vision to reality. Several musicians were contacted by the pair, before Fitzapatrick sat down to the task of writing the song. Following several months of perfecting the anthem, Fitzpatrick completed the writing of "Just Stop The War!" one night before the song's first recording session, in early 2010. The historic event brought together some of the best performer in the Columbus/Phenix City music scene of that time.



Artemis Record ® presents "Just Stop The War!" by Glaz Wind.This music video features several artists including, Basil Fitzpatrick, the late Clyde Baker, Durundo Jenkins, Faye Fitzpatrick, Will Dockery, Gaye Poor, Sandy Madaris, Gene Woolfolk Jr., Gary Adkins, and Henry Foster Conley. A portion of proceeds of CD and internet music downloads goes to support the Disabled American Veterans.

Song and video was edited By Jamie Mitchell.



T.O.T.M. (Theatre of the Mind)
Dockery has a Spacerock album called Flying Saucer Mechanic with the band T.O.T.M. (Theatre Of The Mind) with Brian David Vaughan and Brian Fowler, released in 2011. T.O.T.M. (Theatre Of The Mind) are an American rock band, usually considered one of the space rock groups, but often delve into an eclectic music variety. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes, and spoken word excursions. Founded by Brian Vaughan (Synthesizers, guitar, loopers, a lot of various effects, software workstation, sound engineering) the current group consists of Vaughan, Brian Fowler (Guitar, bass, theremin, percussion, drums, violin, mandolin, rhodes piano, lyrics & vocals, sound engineering) and Will Dockery (Resident space poet, lyrics & vocal performances).



Poetry

 * Selected Poems, 1976-2019 (edited by George J. Dance). Toronto: Principled Press / Columbus, GA: Will Dockery, 2019.

Chapbooks

 * Red Zeros - Summer 1983
 * Topaz Cube - Summer 1984
 * Blood Skeleton - Summer 1984
 * Green Ringlets - 1989
 * felt -1990
 *  To The Magic Store -1993
 * April Bullets -1995
 * Secret Madrigals -1997
 * Problems In Time -1997
 * Hard Return -1998
 * Opera Positions -1998
 * Sea Weed Fox -1999
 * White Irony -2000
 * Ice Cream From Venus -2000
 * Brain Green - 2001
 * The Yello Notebook - 20002

Discography

 * Bag of Groceries (1982) material written and recorded with Jim Pontius and P.D. Wilson, possibly lost and/or deteriorated tapes.
 * Shadowville All-Stars(2006-13) material written with Dennis Beck and Brian Mallard and others, including:
 * Over You (Written by Will Dockery, Brian Mallard &Jack Snipe )
 * Red Lipped Stranger (Written by Will Dockery & Brian Mallard)
 * Black Crow's Brother (Written by Will Dockery & Gini Woolfolk)
 * She Sleeps Tight (Written by Will Dockery & Brian Mallard)
 * Silver Blazing Sun (Written by Will Dockery & Brian Mallard)
 * [Dockery-Conley (1998-2011) material written with [[Henry F. Conley]], including Ozone Stigmata, Fadeaway Encounter and others.:
 * Shadowville Speedway (Written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley)
 * Truck Stop Woman (Written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley)
 * Twilight Girl (Written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley)
 * Ozone Stigmata (Written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley)
 * Waking Up Now (Written by Will Dockery, Henry Conley, Gene Woolfolk & Sandy Madaris)


 * Shadowville Speedway ep A five song sampler compact disc released June 11 2008, 1.) Shadowville Speedway 2.) Twilight Girl 3.) Fadeaway Encounter 4.) Ragpicker Joe 5.) Surgeon General. All songs written by Will Dockery and Henry Conley.
 * Shadowville Speedway compact disc album, released April 18, 2009.

Copyright Information at Library of Congress http://www.wikinfo.org/Multilingual/index.php/Shadowville_Speedway Shadowville speedway.

Type of Work: Entry Not Found Registration Number / Date: PAu003501816 / 2008-09-23 Application Title: Shadowville speedway. Title: Shadowville speedway. Description: Compact disc + Print material. Copyright Claimant: Will Dockery, 1958-. Address: P O BOX 7394, Columbus, Georgia, 31908. Date of Creation: 2008 Authorship on Application: Will Dockery, 1958- ; Citizenship: United States. Authorship: collaboration of words and music.

Video appearances
Various peformances of Will Dockery are available on YouTube, including


 * Ozone Stigmata, written with Henry Conley.
 * Truck Stop Woman, written with Henry Conley.
 * Last Dream Today, written with Brian Mallard.
 * The Ride/Combat Zone, written with Dennis Beck.

Television
Dockery hosted a television program, "Kaleidoscope," for 12 episodes for East Alabama TV channel 7. An Access channel for Cable TV of East Alabama from August to December of 2012. He interviewed artists from the Chattahoochee Valley area in the Phenix City, Alabama/Columbus, Georgia area.

Copyright Information on Shadowville Speedway CD art
I see the CD cover art can be viewed at:





Cover art for Shadowville Speedway CD

Library of Congress Copyright Registraon information:

Shadowville Speedway.

Type of Work:       Music Registration Number / Date:       PAu003501816 / 2008-09-23 Application Title:       Shadowville speedway. Title:       Shadowville speedway. Description:       Compact disc + Print material. Copyright Claimant:       Will Dockery, 1958-. Address: P O BOX 7394, Columbus, GA, 31908. Date of Creation:       2008 Authorship on Application:       Will Dockery, 1958- ; Citizenship: United States. Authorship: collaboration of words and music. Henry Conley, 1960- ; Citizenship: United States. Authorship: collaboration of words and music. Pre-existing Material:       Words and music for Last Dream Today. Basis of Claim:       All other words and music. Copyright Note:       C.O. correspondence. Names:       Dockery, Will, 1958- Conley, Henry, 1960-

Thanks again.

File:Shadowville Speedway CD cover.jpg
Ellin Beltz 02:57, 12 August 2017 (UTC)


 * The artwork in question is to my Shadowville Speedway compact disc release of 2009, to which I own all Copyright (references and evidence posted below), with my collaborator Henry F. Conley.

Here is the Copyright Registration information for Shadowville Speedway, which is registered with the Library of Congress:

Search code:

Library of Congress Information on "Shadowvile Speedway"

Shadowville Speedway.

Type of Work:       Music Registration Number / Date:       PAu003501816 / 2008-09-23 Application Title:       Shadowville speedway. Title:       Shadowville speedway. Description:       Compact disc + Print material. Copyright Claimant:       Will Dockery, 1958-. Address: P O BOX 7394, Columbus, GA, 31908. Date of Creation:       2008 Authorship on Application:       Will Dockery, 1958- ; Citizenship: United States. Authorship: collaboration of words and music. Henry Conley, 1960- ; Citizenship: United States. Authorship: collaboration of words and music. Pre-existing Material:       Words and music for Last Dream Today. Basis of Claim:       All other words and music. Copyright Note:       C.O. correspondence. Names:       Dockery, Will, 1958- Conley, Henry, 1960- The best way to copyright poetry and songs is as collections, for example...

The way I did it was I mailed two copies of the CD, which In think was their instruction, which are filed at the Library of Congress.

This way, the entire package is covered, from the songs, lyrics, cover art. Again, I think the Copyright Office folks suggest thisn is the best way, rather than paying for each song individually.

--Will Dockery 16:57, 22 October 2017 (UTC)