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The coronavirus story continues the Dictatorship of COVID-19 worldwide the Faucian version of how humanity is supposed to live with the backdrop of President Trump's diagnosis and treatment now underway. "If we had an honest media" starts this Twitter post..... We'll move forward and consider those from the world of music who have moved on this week. He was one of my friend's favorite singers back in the 1970's and songs like this remind me why my friend loved the music of Mac Davis who passed away this week at the age of 78..... Before we remember the music of...

Hooked on Mac Five fans go extra mile to meet up for concert BY WILLIAM KERNS A-J ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Mac Davis made the musical plea "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" in 1972. Thirty-three years later, fans still refuse to take his lyrics to heart. Davis is no stranger to stardom, but he plays a lot more golf than songs these days. That makes today's 8 p.m. Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre concert by the Lubbock-born entertainer a rare opportunity for fans. Five women from four different states traveled to Lubbock this weekend to meet one another and attend a...

T.J. Davis, dead at age 93, loved to help, says son Mac BY P. CHRISTINE SMITH AVALANCHE-JOURNAL T.J. Davis, longtime Lubbock resident and father of country music star and actor Mac Davis, died Friday at 93. Davis' widow, Alice, and Mac Davis both stressed Saturday that first and foremost, the elder Davis loved and served others. "My husband was always here for his family. He was always here for me," she said of her husband of 47 years. "All the grandchildren loved to come home and see Granddaddy." T.J. Davis shared stories with the children and loved to poke fun...