One: Flinders Petrie Defends His Camp at Balas!

“And in 1903, Thompson submitted to Budge a letter from Egypt which contained not only a description of one of Petrie’s misadventures he had heard, but a marvellously funny drawing of the events: “. . . I believe the standing jest against Petrie is to mention Balas [the site of one of Petrie’s excavations]. He rushed out one night to scare away some dogs and fired 2 shots with his revolver. Then seeing in the dim light a beast like this [hand-drawn picture], he shot at it. Next day an Arab turned up, demanding compensation for a spoiled pot. [Mrs. Petrie is saying in the picture: “Now, F[linders], do mind what you are doing with that nasty thing” as Petrie fires in the dark.]”

Ismail, Matthew. Wallis Budge: Magic and Mummies in London and Cairo (Revised Edition) (p. 357). (Function). Kindle Edition.

Two: Roger Brown Visits Buddy Moss in Atlanta

“Roger almost always found Buddy very accommodating when he visited. He remembers the many times he would drop in to visit, and he'd ask Buddy, apologetically, if the ax was around--he knew how many people were bugging Buddy for his time. But Buddy never begrudged him a single session. He would always respond to Roger's apologetic attitude with the generous insistence that he needed the practice. Buddy could become touchy, however, if there was a recorder around. Roger got Buddy to record "Hey Lawdy Mama" in 1971 at his father's house in Decatur, and when he asked, in his enthusiasm, for "1000 Woman Blues," Buddy just shook his head and said, “I done give you that.” Roger knew Buddy well enough simply to back off and leave the matter at that.”

Ismail, Matthew. Blues Discovery: Reaching Across the Divide (pp. 53-54). (Function). Kindle Edition.