PRICHARD, Ala. -- Mike Huckabee, a former candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, was the featured speaker at the University of Mobiles annual scholarship banquet on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. Before speaking, he joined in with a student band, playing four-string bass guitar in an improvised blues number. Huckabee went on to speak on more weighty matters, including the financial meltdown on Wall Street. For more southwest Alabama news and videos, go to http://www.al.com/press-register/