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Arctic Monkeys
Blink-182
Editors
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
Kaiser Chiefs
Kasabian
Kings Of Leon
Lou Reed
Matchbox Twenty
My Chemical Romance
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Reverend Horton Heat
Seth Kaufman
Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol Feat. Martha Wainwright
Stray Cats
The Clash
The Offspring
The Ramones
The Zutons
Third Eye Blind

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Albert Collins
B.B. King
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Buddy Guy
Cream
Derek & The Dominos
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton & B.B. King
Howlin' Wolf
John Lee Hooker
John Mayer
Koko Taylor
Muddy Waters
Robert Cray
Robert Cray Band
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The Vaughan Brothers

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Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens
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Garth Brooks
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John Prine
John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Johnny Cash
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Stray Cats
Supersuckers
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Willie/Faron Young
Willie/George Jones
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Willie/Kris Kristofferson
Willie/Lacy J.Dalton
Willie/Leon Russell
Willie/Merle Haggard
Willie/Ray Charles
Willie/Ray Price
Willie/Waylon Jennings

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Gorillaz

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Nick Drake
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Thelonious Monk
Willie Nelson

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Whitesnake
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Stevie Nicks Feat. Deep Dish
Stevie Nicks Feat. Don Henley
Stevie Nicks Feat. Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks Feat. The Melbourne Symphony
Stevie Nicks Feat. Tom Petty
The Alan Parsons Project
The Beatles
Van Morrison

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6ix
Allen Toussaint
Ananda Shankar
Aretha Franklin
Artie Christopher
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Black Haze Express
Black Heat
Bobby Byrd
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Brute Force
Charles Wright
Clarence Carter
Clarence Reid
Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers
Claudia Lennear
Cold Blood
Cold Grits
Commodores
Cornell Dupree
Curtis Mayfield
Cyril Neville
Darrow Fletcher
Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
Dr. John
Earth Wind & Fire
Ed Robinson
Eddie Harris
Eldridge Holmes
Eugene Mcdaniels
Faze-O
Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns
Freddi/Henchi & Thhe Soul Setters
Freedom Sounds Feat. Wayne Henderson
Funk Factory
Grassella Oliphant
Hammer
Harlem River Drive
Herbie Mann
Houseguest
Howard Tate
Jimmy Norman
Johnny Cameron & The Camerons
Johnny Harris
Johnny Tolbert & De Thangs
Joyce Jones
Junior Mance
King Curtis
Labelle
Little Richard
Little Sister
Lou Johnson
Lulu
Macondo
Malo
Mark Holder & The Positives
Mark Putney
Marvin Gaye
Memphis Horns
Mongo Santamaría
Natural Bridge Bunch
Oscar Brown Jr.
Phil Moore Jr.
Rasputin's Stash
Rufus Thomas
Seatrain
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Shirley Scott
Sly & The Family Stone
Society's Bag
Soul Angels
Tami Lynn
The Bar-Kays
The Beginning Of The End
The Fabulous Counts
The Gaturs
The Meters
The Mighty Hannibal
The Mystic Moods
The Noble Knights
The Rhine Oaks
The Southshore Commission
The Stovall Sisters
The T.S.U. Tornadoes
The Unemployed
The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
Titus Turner
Tony Alvon & THe Belairs
United 8
Wade Marcus
Willie West
Wilson Pickett
Young-Holt Unlimited

Reggae
Bob Marley

Rock
10,000 Maniacs
AC/DC
Badfinger
Belly
Billy Idol
Bob Seger
Body Count
Boston
Boz Scaggs
Buddy Guy
Chicago
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Bowie
David Bowie & Mick Jagger
David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group
Dire Straits
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Eurythmics
Fine Young Cannibals
Fleetwood Mac
Genesis
Grateful Dead
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani Feat. Akon
Gwen Stefani Feat. Pharrell
Head East
J. Geils Band
James Taylor
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Cocker
John Lennon
Journey
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Living Colour
Loverboy
Lynyrd Skynyrd
M.A.C.C.
Marc Cohn
Mark Knopfler
Neil Young
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Neil Young With The Stray Gators
Nigel Kennedy
P.M. Dawn
Pat Metheny
Paul McCartney & Wings
Paul Rodgers & Band Of Gypsys
Pearl Jam & Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Queen
Queen & David Bowie
R.E.M.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Robert Palmer
Rod Stewart
Roy Orbison
Rush
Ryan Adams
Santana
Seal & Jeff Beck
Sly & The Family Stone
Spin Doctors
Steely Dan
Styx
The Allman Brothers Band
The B-52's
The Beatles
The Cure
The Eagles
The Jam
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Kings
The Mission U.K.
The Pretenders
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Tom Waits
Toy Matinee
Traveling Wilburys
U2
UB40 Feat. Chrissie Hynde
ZZ Top

Genre sort from Itunes, thus the duplicate artists for different albums. Thought I had some of my classical, but evidently not.

1st Dirk's Fat Ass 50k

Dirk’s Fat Ass 50k participants left to right:Rick Caffy, Joe Millichap, Paul Arnette, Rob Apple, Jon Fisher, Dirk Hayes.

Race director’s report

The inaugural Dirk’s Fat Ass 50k started at the General Bragg Headquarters pavilion at the trailhead of the Stones River Greenway in Murfreesboro, TN. The course headed out to the Stones River Battlefield. We added a one mile out-and-back on Van Cleave which next year will have to eliminate that stretch. The course ended up a little longer than I measured, closer to 32.5 miles. OOOPs, better long than short was my thinking. The course out to the battlefield is basically a lollipop. One mile to the battlefield, a two mile loop and the one mile return to the pavilion at Bragg. From there, we did a six mile out-and-back to Cannonsburgh. Each loop was around 10 miles and only minor elevation changes, no real hills. We had bathrooms at the battlefield, the start and at Cannonsburgh.

The weather was great for the runners. Start time at 8 am and it was around 44 degrees with a north-northwesterly wind. After the first loop the temperature dropped to around 40 degrees and the wind was steady. I grabbed my gloves and a vest. Joe decided the best way to do the battlefield loop was to head into the wind; the rest of us went the other way and tried to shelter ourselves from the wind. I have to kudo’s to Raz and Booper for braving the cold and wind to monitor the runners and our aid station at the General Bragg pavilion. Paula and Dylan came out to relieve her, but left because Dylan wasn’t too eager to hang out in the cold.

Six of us started and finished the extended 50k. Joe and I were the only newbie’s. Rob, Rick, Jon and Paul were all ultra veterans, with close to a thousand ultras among the four of them. We all started together, but Joe separated early to use his new Galloway method. It worked well. I did a portion of the first loop with Stephanie and then waited at the aid station for the Fab Four and continued on with them. I ate two quarter peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, some chicken and dumplings and Gatorade at each of my three + stops at the aid station. I also had some potato chips, a banana, and a coke on the final loop.

Joe started with us by saying he was only going to do one loop and see how he felt. He must have felt pretty good; he went on to beat all of us to the finish. He passed us on his way home and I picked up the pace to try and reel him in. He was too far ahead of us, close to 2 miles. I was amazed by how much energy I still had coming home those final 4 miles. It actually felt really good to open up into another gear.