stoppin' in to change a bulb, miss letty.
ed left the dylan out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ushmq4ZyaUE&feature=related
(no harp)
Good morning! We went to a concert last night and saw U.D.O. It was pretty cool. Here he is live in Balingen earlier this year. Yes, we were there, too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDdCDV696mk
@urs53,
urs,soooooooo close to the stage and soooooooo much space around you.German crowds seem to be more polite than UK crowds
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@Barry The Mod,
Yes, it's usually were relaxed at Bang Your Head Festival. I really like that! Even during the Journey gig we were almost right in front of the stage and it was still not bad.
Good moring, and Good afternoon to all of our WA2K folks.
Thanks to the mooseman and edgar for the Dylan songs with and without harp.
Urs and Brit, Welcome back and I loved the "Balls to the Wall" song Dys, always have liked The Yellow Rose of Texas. Thanks.
Wish I had time to acknowledge each one personally, but waiting to hear from my daughter.
Here are a couple of songs for today.
One is a tribute to Freddy Mercury and the other by Willie Nelson.
Didn't know about Freddy's problems, y'all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S3vpVDqQgQ&feature=related
Now Willie,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94AF_-RIl0E&feature=related
That's a bunch of good music, folks. Not a Queen fan, but they have a few good songs. I like the Highwaymen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enwnrMBHyT8
Rusty Draper here does a Willie Nelson song. Willie sold this song for $100 back in the pre supers star days.
Letty, I love Queen. Thank you for the Mercury tribute. Now I'll look at all the clips!
afternoon miss letty. hope your kids are doing better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY&feature=channel
it's cloudy here today, but I got my shades on anyway...
one more 'fore I go back out and finish working on my truck.
Toto, from a great book made into a bad movie...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYa0jDIO0hc&feature=related
(nods to Austin)
Late afternoon here in my wee studio.
My daughter arrived home safely.
edgar, Don't know Rusty Draper, but I liked that Night Life song. Also noted that he did a different version of Freight Train. Thanks, Texas.
Hey, Mooseman. I do believe you have played Timbuk 3 before and it reminded me of Timbuk 2. Yep, that what's the jazz boys called sunglasses, (shades)Remember?
My word, Kansas. ToTo did the theme from Dune? It was great, but you are totally right. That was one bad movie. Even after reading the summary, I can't remember one bit of it.
Today is Michael Keaton's birthday, so here's a tribute to him, y'all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A09kaUCeHAw&feature=related
Michael has made a few films I enjoyed.
@edgarblythe,
edgar, that was a beautiful song by Dan Hill. Never heard him before, but he tells it like it is, Texas. I listened twice.The lyrics were especially meaningful.
Well, folks, this is somewhat of a come down, but today is Jesse James' birthday. I think we forget that the man robbed trains and shot people, perhaps due to the fact that the railrod seized his property. We tend to glorify the outlaws of the old west.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxQ8jRZSGA&feature=related
Tried to find Freight Train by Peter, Paul, and Mary without much luck.
@Letty,
Letty wrote:Tried to find Freight Train by Peter, Paul, and Mary without much luck.
Letty
Is this what you were looking for?
http://www.rhapsody.com/peter-paul-and-mary/in-the-wind/freight-train/lyrics.html
@TTH,
TTH, that was it. Thanks, gal. I searched and searched and you came up with it in a Rhapsody.
Hey, folks, want to know what the oldest symphony in the world is?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/09/tech/main572434.shtml
That's our bit of trivia for the evening.
Time for me to say goodnight, and last evening, I was up watching Without a Trace. When I looked out my window, there was a setting moon with a cloud drifting over its face.
So Chet will sing my song for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgtVS5GVWq4&feature=related
Tomorrow will be better, y'all.
From Letty with love
Farrell H. "Rusty" Draper (born 25 January 1923, Kirksville, Missouri " died 28 March 2003, Bellevue, Washington) was an American country and pop singer who achieved his greatest success in the 1950s.
Nicknamed "Rusty" for his red hair, he began performing on his uncle's radio show in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid 1930s. He moved on to work on radio stations in Des Moines, Iowa - sometimes deputising for sports announcer Ronald Reagan - and in Illinois before settling in California. There he began to sing in local clubs, becoming resident singer at the Rumpus Room in San Francisco. By the early 1950s he had begun appearing on national TV shows including ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee.
In 1952 he signed to Mercury Records and issued his debut single, "How Could You (Blue Eyes)." The following year, after a national club tour, his cover version of Jim Lowe's "Gambler's Guitar” made #6 on both the country and pop charts, and sold a million copies. After a series of less successful follow-ups, he made the national charts again in 1955 with "Seventeen" (#18), "The Shifting, Whispering Sands" (#3) and "Are You Satisfied?" (#11), becoming one of the biggest pop and country crossover stars of the period.
In 1956, he returned to the Top 20 with "In the Middle of the House" (#20), followed up by his version of Chas McDevitt’s UK skiffle hit "Freight Train" (#3). In 1960 his version of "Muleskinner Blues" became his only UK Singles Chart success, although several of his U.S. hit songs reached the UK chart in cover versions by British artists.
In 1962 he left Mercury to sign with Monument Records, with diminishing chart success as his style became more old-fashioned. However, he continued to have minor hits in the country charts through the 1960s. He remained a steady concert draw in years to follow, and also appeared in stage musicals and on television.
