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"I had meant to time the closing of the door with a subtle emission of a fart," my guru said as he shut the door to his room at the Holiday Inn in Oxford, Mississippi. "Evidently, my timing was off."
He was being "Will Campbell" today. You could tell by his outfit-his cheap black preaching suit and the wide-brimmed Amish hat that capped a freckled dome and a riotously unbarbered fringe of gray hair. On his feet were a pair of rather pricey alligator boots, which were given to him by his closest friend, the country songwriter and singer Tom T. Hall. In one hand, Campbell carried his staff-a handcarved cherry-wood cane-and in the other, a plastic glass to spit tobacco in. A maid in the parking lot gave him the sideways sizing-up such a metaphorically mixed outfit demanded.