Posted on 08/11/2003 11:29:33 AM PDT by LibWhacker
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - The son of late folk and country singer Hoyt Axton was arrested on suspicion of trying to kidnap a 9-year-old girl at Lake Tahoe, authorities said.
Placer County sheriff's deputies said Michael Axton, 39, of Tahoe City, allegedly tried to abduct the girl during a July 29 outing with her family on the Truckee River.
He's accused of kneeling down beside her and grabbing her after she floated on an inner tube 40 to 50 yards down river. The girl screamed and ran back to her family, deputies said.
Hoyt Axton, who died in 1999, wrote the hit rock song "Joy to the World" sung by Three Dog Night. Hoyt's mother, Mae Axton, wrote the song "Heartbreak Hotel" sung by Elvis Presley.
Michael Axton, who occasionally did background vocals on his father's albums, has his own CD, "What's In A Name?"
Someday I'm gonna be famous,
Do I have talent, well, no.
These days you don't really need it,
Thanks to reality shows
Can't wait to date a supermodel,
Can't wait to sue my dad.
Can't wait to wreck a Ferrari
On my way to rehab....
Cause when you're a Celebrity
It's adios reality
You can act just like a fool
People think you're cool
Just cause your on TV.
I can throw major fits
When my latte isn't just how I like it
They say I've gone insane,
I'll blame it on the fame,
And the pressures that it goes with
Being a Celebrity
I get to cry to Barbara Walters,
When things don't go my way.
I'll get community service
No matter which law I break
I'll make the supermarket tabloids,
They'll write some awful stuff
But the more they run my name down,
The more my price goes up
Cause when you're a Celebrity,
It's adios reality.
No matter what you do,
People think you're cool,
Just cause you're on TV.
I can fall in and out of love,
Have marriages that barely last a month.
When they go down the drain
I'll blame it on fame
And say it's just so tough.
Being a Celebrity
So let's hitch up the wagons and head out west
To the land of fun in the sun
We'll be real world bachelors
Jackass Millionaires
Hey, Hey, Hollywood
Here we come!
Yeah, When you're a Celebrity
It's adios reality
No matter what you do,
People think you're cool,
Just cause you're on t.v.
...Being a Celebrity
...Yeah Celebrity!
...uh-huh
"Where's my coffee?"
-Brad Paisley
I'm glad this scum was arrested. Further, I'm thankful the young girl wasn't further harmed.
Dunno.
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