At our BBQ, we're serving up fresh portions of the "big, burning questions" we've always wanted to know about Morgan's life, work and hobbies. So, if we could "grill" Morgan in an interview, what would we like to know?

Well, recently, we got some of our answers. Morgan graciously gave Julie an interview in July. When she discovered a technical glitch that rendered the original interview recording unusable, he agreed to a second interview in August (which makes him in our estimation even cooler than Luke!). Some of the original interview will be featured here with answers in text, other parts with the audio from the second interview.

Big Daddy's BBQ

Audio Part 1 - Morgan reminisces about Arlington before suburbia, and favorite places in Texas:

Audio Part 2 - Parades, pride and sidewalk sales:

 

Question from the original interview: Tell me about the turquoise pin we see you wearing in so many photos.

Morgan: " It was originally a bolo tie, but I took the leather piece out and started wearing it as a pin. It represents a buffalo, and was made for me by an old Indian man, his name was Frank. I bought this from him, he made several pieces for me."

Audio Part 3 - Morgan talks about the first car he had restored:

Audio Part 4 - The first airplane:

Morgan told Julie a humorous story about this plane in the original interview. It seemed he wanted to impress a girl, so he offered to take her up in his plane. He bought as much fuel as he could afford, at 25 cents per gallon, and so up they went. The problem was, Morgan had forgotten to put the fuel switch onto the correct tank, and the plane began to run out of gas well before he had intended. He brought the plane safely down, but the girl never let him take her up again. Perhaps he should have just settled for flowers.

More to come in the near future!

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