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After a two-year break, Sawyer Brown dances back onto the scene with a fiery new hit - and a new renewed sense of purpose.
After two decades together, sometimes a band needs a little extra spark - and Sawyer Brown believes a recent hiatus gave them just what they needed.
Over two years since their last album, they're now returning with an explosive new song and video - the rousing "Mission Temple Fireworks Stand."
"We wanted to take some time off - it just turned out to be longer than we planned," says singer Mark Miller, between takes while shooting the clip on a hilltop farm in rural Tennessee. "It's the longest we've ever gone between records, but we couldn't be happier about it."
Best known for such hits as "Some Girls Do," "Thank God for You" and "The Dirt Road," Sawyer Brown feels that "Mission Temple" is their most exhilarating single since their high-octane remake of George Jones' "The Race Is On" 15 years ago.
Mark's excitement is obvious as he energetically dashes through some signature dance steps for the video with renowned Grammy-nominated gospel steel guitarist Robert Randolph.
Robert's extreme style of playing - "Imagine Jimi Hendrix on steel guitar!" exclaims keyboardist Hobie Hubbard - is a perfect fit for the tune, which tells of a pastor leaving the pulpit to save souls while selling 4th of July-style explosives.
"He's selling cherry bombs for Jesus," explains Mark. "He decided he could convert more souls by working among the people than staying in the church. It's a fun song, but it's also got a strong message. All of us would like to think we'd be brave enough to walk away from our jobs and follow our hearts if we were inspired to do it."
The many fireworks used in the video inspired local police officers to come out to the rural location to check on the explosions. "The video really captures the energy and excitement of the song," says Mark.
Sawyer Brown - with new guitarist Shayne Hill joining Mark, Hobie, drummer Joe Smyth and bass player Jim Scholten - thought they had finished recording their new album, set for release early next year, when they added "Mission Temple Fireworks Stand" to the live show.
"We were getting ready for a new tour, and I wanted to add something different that we hadn't played before," says Mark. "I've always been a fan of Paul Thorn, who wrote it, and my family has been playing this song in our SUV for months. So we worked it up to do in our show."
The reaction was instant. "The first night we did it, it was like the first time we played 'Some Girls Do' or 'The Race Is On,' " notes Mark. "When we came back for the encore, the crowd was chanting that song. We've only done a song twice in the same show a couple of times in our career. But when we did it in the encore, the fans went crazy for it a second time.
Playing it live is like you're in the passenger seat with Dale Jr. during a NASCAR race while he's seeing how fast he can go," says Mark. "The song is so fast and furious, all I can do is hang on. Every show, I can't wait until we do it, because I know what's going to happen when we do. People go crazy every time."
Mark figures releasing "Mission Temple Fireworks Stand" is the perfect way for the band to mark the 20th anniversary of its recording career.
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SANTA CLARA -- Pop quiz: Who was the 49ers' starting receiver alongside Michael Crabtree last postseason?
(Drawing a blank. Tall guy? Was it Dwight Clark? Maybe J.J. Stokes?)
It shouldn't be a stumper, not really, but in many ways it is, because Anquan Boldin is in that spot now and seems like he has been there forever.
It certainly seems like Boldin should've been with the 49ers forever, because he came in a trade last offseason and has fit wonderfully into the hardy team culture.
So much that ...
As the 49ers head into Sunday's mega-NFC Championship game against Seattle, Boldin has more than replaced Randy Moss in the 49ers' offense beside Crabtree.
To put it bluntly, Boldin has basically erased Moss, a future Hall of Famer, from all 49ers memory banks so decisively that it puts Boldin's own Hall of Fame candidacy in much grander perspective.
I covered almost every 49ers game last season, and I clearly remember only two things that Moss (now out of the league) did during the season:
His touchdown catch in Week 1 at Green Bay and his halfhearted attempt at a high Colin Kaepernick pass over the middle in the Super Bowl that ended up as an Ed Reed interception.
Maybe not all of it was Moss' fault; during Super Bowl week he said he was unhappy with his role with the 49ers and suggested he was mainly a decoy.
But this season, the 49ers sure haven't used Boldin as a decoy, and he carried much of the 49ers' pass attack for the first 11 games, while Crabtree rehabbed his Achilles injury.
Boldin had 85 receptions for 1,179 yards and seven touchdowns this regular season; last season, Moss had 28 catches for 434 yards and three touchdowns.
Last postseason, Moss had seven catches for 112 yards in three games. Already this postseason, Boldin has 11 receptions for 174 yards.
The truth is, the 49ers are doing everything they can to get balls to Boldin, who is 33, after they essentially gave up trying to get it to Moss last season, when he was 35.
"I don't remember him saying that," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday when I asked him about Moss' comments and how it related to Boldin's production this season.
"He never said it to me ... (but) ...
"Anquan Boldin! My goodness. Been a valuable, valuable player. He's a real football player; of course we're going to utilize him."
The basic point is that the 49ers took a flier on Moss last season hoping to catch lightning.
When Moss proved to be a negligible performer, Kaepernick often had to force the ball to Crabtree, no matter the coverage, and the last three passes in the Super Bowl are the most obvious examples.
Boldin, acquired for a sixth-round pick when the Ravens had to dump his salary, is not Moss -- just about the opposite, actually.
And that's why he fits in at 4949 Centennial Blvd. so well.
Boldin was shut down by Seattle in the teams' first matchup this season -- one catch, 7 yards -- but he racked up six catches for 93 yards when the 49ers won the rematch in December (and when Crabtree was back in the lineup).
You know Boldin is a huge influence when the 49ers' defensive players talk about him like he's one of them.
"He has that toughness, that physicality," safety Donte Whitner said approvingly of Boldin.
"Same guy that had his jaw broken and wires and stuff put in his jaw and he came back a couple weeks later (in 2008).
"He's one of the toughest guys on this football team, one of the toughest guys in the National Football League."
Boldin is reliable (not a Moss specialty, even at his peak), he's physical, and he carries himself with soft-spoken intensity.
When you're heading into the Game of All Games, knowing that you have to grapple and claw against the physical Seahawks secondary, whom would you rather have -- Boldin or Moss?
Easy answer.
"Anquan Boldin is a valuable, valuable player, and every player should aspire to practice and play the game of football like Anquan Boldin," Harbaugh said.
"It doesn't take guys long to see that; it's not saying anything, it's the actions of him doing. You'd be pretty unaware not to notice it right away."
And Boldin has proved that he excels in the postseason, including six catches for 104 yards and a touchdown for the Ravens against the 49ers in the Super Bowl.
In that game, Boldin memorably wrestled a pass away from 49ers cornerback Carlos Rogers on a key third-down play in the fourth quarter.
"I think for some guys, they don't pay attention to the small things, and that's one of the things that can kill you in the playoffs," Boldin said.
"You really have to go back to basics and play fundamentally sound football and take care of the small things."
He seems like an eternal hard-edged 49er, right there with Mike Iupati, Justin Smith, Patrick Willis, Frank Gore and the rest.
But Boldin is a free agent after this season, and his high salary is the reason Baltimore traded him to the 49ers in the first place.
"That's something that we'll deal with in the offseason," Boldin said. "Right now I'm focused in on beating Seattle."
The point, until then, is that Boldin is perfect for the 49ers, they are perfect for him, and even if he leaves this offseason, he will not be forgotten, not for a long time.
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ATLANTA | University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban is selling his lake-front estate in the north Georgia mountains with its three-story lighthouse and custom boat house.
A real estate firm confirmed Wednesday that the 9,600-square-foot home northeast of Atlanta on Lake Burton will be sold privately in a June 6 auction.
Concierge Auctions says the home, on the shores of the mountain lake, was originally listed at $10.95 million, but will be auctioned to the highest bidder. A brochure says it has "jaw-dropping 270-degree cascading mountain, lake and sunset views."
Saban said he developed the Rabun County property with builder Jim Suddes. It features a grand room with a 24-foot vaulted ceiling, a wine cellar with antique gate from Barcelona, a European-style pub/billiards room, formal and professional kitchens and staff quarters, according to the auction firm.
"My family and I own another home on the lake, which we have enjoyed for 12 years, so I was excited when this very special lot came available to develop with Jim (Suddes)," Saban said in a statement. "Lake Burton is our favorite getaway. It's a beautiful, hidden gem, where we find great peace and seclusion."
Rabun County is popular with celebrities, not only as a retreat but as a filming location. John Travolta filmed scenes for an upcoming movie in the Clayton area last year. The Chattooga River and the surrounding wilderness not far from Saban's estate was the setting for the 1972 film "Deliverance" starring Burt Reynolds.
Details of the Saban auction were reported this week by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
"We're just starting to spread the word," Concierge Auctions President Laura Brady said.
"Certainly we've had a good deal of attention already because the property is owned by Mr. Saban, so that definitely grabs people's interest."
Saban is one of the nation's most successful college football coaches. His teams at Alabama have won three out of the last four national championships, including back-to-back titles the past two years.
"The auction is without reserve, so on auction day the property is selling to the highest bidder," Brady said.
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STOCKTON - Health officials Monday reported a 65-year-old Stockton man had contracted the West Nile virus, marking the first discovery of a human infection with the virus in San Joaquin County this year.
The man didn't become sick from the virus, but the discovery prompted health officials to urge people to take steps to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes, which transmit the virus to humans.
About one in five people who contract the virus develop West Nile fever, which causes symptoms like headache, fever and fatigue, according to San Joaquin County Public Health Services. Fewer than 1 percent of people develop a severe neurologic illness, such as encephalitis or meningitis, according to the health department.
People 50 and older have a higher chance of getting sick, and recent data indicate people with diabetes or hypertension are at a greater risk of serious illness, according to Public Health.
The more serious form of the illness can be fatal, but most people who contract the virus don't get sick. The recent discovery in San Joaquin County came from the screening of a blood donation, and the man showed no symptoms of illness, according to Public Health.
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77.I clearly remember the first time I heard about Holocaust denial. It was in the mid-1970s and I was then teaching at the University of Washington in Seattle. A scholar visiting from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem told a number of professors about the deniers. I laughed aloud at both the absurdity of their so called "conclusions" and at the notion that anyone, who was not ideologically wedded to them, might treat such material with any degree of seriousness. I said something akin to, "Let's worry about something that is important, not such ridiculous matters!". Given the extent to which David Irving's legal action against me has circumscribed my ability to undertake that research which is a substantial part of my professional activity and the way in which one ultimately builds an academic reputation, laughter seems not to have been the appropriate reaction. In any case, it was hardly prescient.
78.My book explores both the history of Holocaust denial and the modus operandi of the deniers. I also analyzed how segments of the public, the media in particular, respond to Holocaust denial. Consequently, in addition to delineating the evolution of the denial movement, I also focused on the means deniers use to "package" their arguments so that the public will perceive them to be serious scholarship. I discovered that over the course of time the modus operandi of deniers has become increasingly subtle. Consequently, it has become more difficult for the lay person to separate the wheat from the chaff, i.e. differentiate between real scholarship -- however radical it may be -- and pseudo-scholarship -- such as Holocaust denial.
79.My intention in this work was to demonstrate how deniers confuse and distort history. I did not wish to refute their findings point by point. Above all, I felt it was essential to expose the illusion of reasoned inquiry that conceals their extremist views.
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