BSA made some of the finest motorcycles on earth right up until they went broke with all the other English manufacturers in the early 1970s. By the time they went broke BSA had bought Norton and a couple of other brands.
Do you know what BSA stands for? Birmingham Small Arms. Yep, the company was a maker of rifles and pistols before they started making motorcycles.
Burt Greaves' brother lost the use of his legs in WWII while flying in the RAF. Immediately after the war Burt built his brother a powered wheelchair. The prototype didn't work out so well and Burt built another. and it worked. Burt had learned a ton about power generation and transfer so he decided to build a motorcycle. One of the best. Dirt motorcycling would never be the same.
Back to Birmingham. Who is the most famous band from Birmingham? Black Sabbath, of course. 50 years ago today Black Sabbath released their most famous album, Paranoid. The band wrote the songs during the 4 month tour for their previous album and when they got home recorded the album in just 6 days.
Wonder about the start of heavy metal music.
It IS the weekend, and no doubt I'll listen to some music other than Black Sabbath. No doubt I'll have some blues on the tune box at some point in the weekend and you can bet I'll listen to some Beth Hart. Got the voice of Etta James in a scrawny body. On this vid she is backed by Joe Bonamassa, probably the best blues guitarist since Stevie Ray Vaughn died.
This is not going to be the year the Mariners win the World Series. Never even played for one in their entire existence. The Cardinals are 1-0 in the NFL is this their year? In damn near 100 years they have one championship: a gift in WWII. I'll watch anyway.
Here's the deal with the Engage the Weekend community. We talk. You've got lots of choices here.
And don't forget that today is actually Friday. The ultimate engagement day when 
