Spider Goes Electric: A Prodigal Returns

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Was it Phillips plan or was it Spiders fantasy No matter, with Spiders help and one borrowed guitar after another, he shook off his fathers failures and his fathers God. The fantasy became the obsession that pulled him through a war and a disastrous relationship. But while that fantasy promised and teased Phillip with so much, it delivered so little. Thats OK, everyone knows, If you wanna sing the blues, ya gotta live the blues. No matter how bad things get, he still had the blues and Spider to lead him forward.

After the war, most went home. Everyone knows you cant go back, and Phillip never wanted to. A super-human father and bitter memories kept El Paso, Texas, framed in the rearview mirror of his fantasy Cadillac, even while hitchhiking.

An odd assortment of strangers pressed Philip into remembering what he had escaped. Surreal encounters interconnecting just below the surface of Phillips conversation seemed to press him towards a decision. How long could Spider lead the way How long could Phillip follow

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David lives in Central Texas. He is a minister and gospel musician. At the completion of this story, he enjoys four children and twelve grandchildren. In 1976, David decided to "taste and see that the Lord, He is good." For twenty three years, he served God as a Christian mental health therapist in well-known psychiatric hospitals. He has seen the difference between a good life and a futile one. He has realized the healing that comes from the Father of life.