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I Love The Night...Blue Oyster Cult
Livin Ain't Livin...The Byrds
Ghost Riders in the Night...Tom Jones
No No NO...
It was GP's wife who B*tched at him for singing out loud.
OriginalDPB5 has a smooth "Singalong" voice.
No cats ever meow, nor dogs bark to MY croonin'!
LOL!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm........
I feel I must check out this Pink Floyd Phenomena. Must admit, I never followed their music...
Your turn Colt...
Enlighten me!
68 or 67...sounds about right!
CCR was just "getting primed" then!
Nope! I never DID see the movie! And I've never seen it on the VIDEO SHELVES! Is it "available" to rent????
What MOVIE NAME should I look for??
I'd love to see it!
God Bless Creedence Clearwater Revival!
I did my 'duty' tonight as previously committed to Carolyn on The Corner Bar Board (BAR) here at IHUB!
I am sharing the beginning link to the tribute I posted there tonight to CCR!
Be sure to click on each link one after the other, and NOT use your NEXT TEN LINK if you are a "subscribed member"!
ENJOY!
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=360463
Yes! We've SEEN THE RAIN!
In all their music, Creedence Clearwater Revival asked only one poignant question to those of us in this future.
They asked, "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"
I believe they got the answer to their question on September 11, 2001 !!
Someone told me long ago,
there's a calm before the storm.
I know, and it's been comin' for some time.
When it's over, so they say,
it'll rain a sunny day.
I know, shinin' down like water.
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
comin' down on a sunny day?
Yesterday, and days before,
sun is cold and rain is hard.
I know, been that way for all my time.
'Til forever on it goes
through the circle fast and slow,
I know, and it can't stop, I wonder.
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
comin' down on a sunny day?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
comin' down on a sunny day?
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I don't know if I can do this next posting in the alloted 15 minute timeframe, but I'll try.
My, how times have changed since then.
Today, in 2002, we see an entirely different world view!
Terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center in a totally senseless act of ignorance on September 11, 2001.
It shocked the world, to say the least.
It was about much more than rice paddies and oxen, it was a personal attack against FREEDOM Worldwide!
Creedence Clearwater Revival asked a most provocative question about us as human beings and our relationship with the future and the past, which I will share in the next post.
Times are different now than they were "before", yet our sense of freedom is stronger than ever. Many of those very people who rightfully opposed that senseless "WAR" in Vietnam clearly understand that these are different times now.
The RICE PADDIES of HOME....
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It ain't ME!...
As the senseless Vietnamese War continued, Creedence Clearwater Revival recorded their most VOCAL disagreement against the battles.
FORTUNATE SON
Some folks are born
made to wave the flag
Ooh
they're red
white and blue.
And when the band plays
Hail to the chief
they point the cannon right at you.
It ain't me
it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son.
It ain't me
it ain't me;
I ain't no fortunate one.
Some folks are born
silver spoon in hand
Lord
don't they help themselves.
But when the tax man
comes to the door
Lord
the house looks like a rummage sale.
It ain't me
it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son.
It ain't me
it ain't me;
I ain't no fortunate one.
Some folks in her it
star spangled eyes
Ooh
they send you down to war.
And when you ask them
How much should we give ?
They only answer more ! more ! more !
It ain't me
it ain't me
I ain't no military son.
It ain't me
it ain't me;
I ain't no fortunate one.
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Psychedelic!
During the Vietnam War, attitudes in America were in turmoil. It was a time of patriotism and governtment defiance, a time of war and a prayer for peace, a time of economic upheaval and a time of free loving, a time of stone cold sobriety and a time of drug induced euphoria.
For better or for worse, it was America!
CCR joined the fray with their song....
"Goin' Up Around The Bend!
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VIETNAM!!!!!!!!!
In the late 60's and early 70's, a dark cloud remained suspended over the globe called Earth.
It was called the Vietnamese War. It was fought in a land of Rice Paddies and Oxen. Amidst confusion and typhoons. It was senseless and meaningless.
It shaped American Philosophy at the time.
I was in High School back then. The draft was stopped in my Senior Year in High School, and the senseless WAR ended soon after. Thank GOD!
Even Creedence Clearwater Revival turned their music toward this "event". Unlike their previous songs, they took on the "Voice of American Thought" and recorded
LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR!
It was perhaps the most subliminally suggestive song of the time.
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Almost Forgot Suzie Q!
Although the pic below is NOT an early pic of CCR, it reflects their timeliness and also leads me to discuss the interesting songs of their final days as a group.
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Street Band!
This is my favorite CCR Tune!
Before tonight, I never knew that one of their early Band Names was "Willy and The Poorboys!"
LYRICS....
Early in the evenin'
just about supper time.
Over by the courthouse
they're starting to unwind.
Four kids on the corner
trying to bring you up.
Willy picks a tune out and
he blows it on the harp.
Rooster hits the washboard
and people just got to smile
Blinky
thumbs the gutbass
and solos for a while.
Poorboy twangs the rhythm out
on his kalamazoo.
Willy goes into a dance
and doubles on kazoo.
You don't need a penny
just to hang around.
But if you've got a nickel
won't you lay your money down ?
Over on the corner
there's a happy noise.
People come from all around
to watch the magic boy.
R E F R A I N :
Down on the corner
out in the street
Willy and the Poorboys are playin';
Bring a nickel; tap your feet.
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Here's a fun loving Street Band...LOL...
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Come on home!
Come on home to Green River!
Lyrics....
Well, take me back down where cool water flow, yeh.
Let me remember things I love.
Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite,
walkin' along the river road at night,
barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight.
I can hear the bull frog callin' me.
Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree.
Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water,
shoe fly, dragon fly, get back t your mother.
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River.
Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, oh,
with flat car riders and cross-tie walkers.
Old Cody, Junior took me over,
said, you're gonna find the world is smould rin
an' if you get lost come on home to Green River.
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WOW! That's WILD! EOM!
Rocketing (Boating) to Stardom!
Another hit song on the Proud Mary Album...
Born On The Bayou!
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The First BIG HIT!
CCR's first big hit, Proud Mary, was later made even more popular by the famous Tina Turner!
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A Fascinating History....
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(dpb5 Note: I wonder if the Blue Velvet name came from the Bobby Vinton song playing in the background, or vice versa?)
In 1958, rock music had passed its infancy. It was more like a toddler. These days, every high school in America (and in most places around the world) has several rock bands slugging it to play parties and concerts, in 1958 rock was not reputable. Not many high schools had a rock band, let alone junior highs.
Potola Jr. High, in the East Bay San Francisco Suburb of El Cerrito did. Called The Blue Velvets, they came together when John Fogerty and Doug Clifford discovered a mutual love of the blues, R&B and rock and roll. John bought an 80 dollar Sears Silvertone guitar and amp with a loan co-signed by his mom, earning the $88 to pay it back by delivering newspapers. He retreated to his room in the basement of his mother's house and taught himself how to play. Doug balanced a used snare drum on a flower pot stand and played with two sticks he had lathed down from a couple of old pool cues.
Not satisfied with the sound, they invited Doug's friend Stu Cook to join. Stu had studied classical piano for years, but also was hooked on the local R&B station, KWBR, in Oakland. Stu and Doug were born within hours of each other and because of their last names, never sat far from each other in school. The group became the Blue Velvets. By the end of 1959, they were playing sock hops, fairs and parties around the area.
Despite being one of the few 'teen bands' in the area, there were just so many sock hops they could play, and during the winter, county fairs are hard to come by. Still eager to perfect their craft, by 1961 the Blue Velvets were hanging around the local recording studios, backing up local artists. In 1959, the group made their first record with John on guitar, Doug on drums and Stu on piano. John recalled the song. "I had my garage band all through junior high and high school, and a semi-recording career, meaning I made my first record when I was in the ninth grade. Three of us from Creedence were the back-up band on a record by James Powell, a black singer from Richmond, California, on a small label, Christy Records. It was actually played on a local rhythm and blues station -- I think it was KWBR -- for about three weeks. It was a typical four-chord slow doowop song called 'Beverly Angel..'"
At the same time the Blue Velvet's were establishing themselves, John's older brother Tom also a gigged locally as a musician and singer. He was doing the high school dance circuit with a band called The Playboys. His vocals were so impressive that he was asked to join one of the top groups in the area, Spider Webb and the Insects. They say he did a version of Bobby Freeman's "Do You Wanna Dance" that would elicit shrieks of delight from the girls in the audience. He also would occasionally sit in with his brother's band.
Spider Webb and The Insects broke up in 1959. Shortly after they recorded the tune with Powell, Tom asked his brother's band to back him on a demo. While their friends and family enjoyed the recording of Tom's two tunes, the artists like Pat Boone to whom they sent it returned the tunes with rejection notices. Tom wanted to keep his rock and roll dreams alive, although he was already married and working for the local utility company. He convinced Stu, Doug and his younger brother that he could be an asset to them. He was, after all, considerably older (four years) and already, through his days with Spider Webb, was a local hero on vocals. John had not yet started singing, so most of the Blue Velvets repertoire was instrumental. By Fall of 1960, Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets (as they were now billed) played all of the usual haunts, the school sock hops, parties, fairs and the like throughout Northern California.
They also continued to record demos. In 1961, a small Bay Area record company called Orchestra decided they liked a tape of two Fogerty and Fogerty compositions called "Come On Baby" and "Oh! My Love" enough to press them.. A month later, Orchestra released another pair of Fogerty and Fogerty compositions, "Have You Ever Been Lonely" and "Bonita." In June, 1962, Orchestra gave the band one more chance. They put out Tommy Fogerty and The Blue Velvets' "Yes You Did," backed with "Now You're Not Mine." The record did far more poorly than the previous release. "It died," Tom would say years later, "before it even came out." This would be the last record Tommy Fogerty and The Blue Velvets ever put out.
In 1963, a jazz artist named Vince Guaraldi put out a single called "Cast Your Fate To The Wind." It became that rarest of entities, a jazz instrumental hit. PBS did a special on the "Anatomy of a Hit." Watching this special, the band got excited when they discovered the label was Fantasy, still across the bay in San Francisco. The fact that a local record company was breaking music on a national scale impressed the band. In March of 1964, John and Tom took some Blue Velvet's original instrumentals to Fantasy, hoping to sell the tunes to Guaraldi.
The band's energy and audacity impressed Fantasy records co-founder Max Weiss. He signed them as a rock group rather than just for their instrumentals. He also suggested they change their name, the Blue Velvets sounding so passe and 50s. They chose The Visions. Between the time they recorded "Little Girl (Does Your Mama Know)" b/w "Don't Tell Me No Lies" and the release of the 45, Beatlemania happened. Hoping to capitalize on this, without having to go to England and sign a Merseybeat band, Weiss released the record as "The Golliwogs" a sobriquet the band would live with for the next three and a half years.
Like the Blue Velvets before them, the Golliwogs played frat parties, military bases, and, despite being considerably shy of their twentyfirst birthdays (except for Tom, who had four years on the rest of the band) bars up and down the West Coast. The public address systems at most of their gigs were of dubious or nonexistent quality.
This proved to be a bit of a strain on Tom. During a down period in the band, John had taken a two week gig up in Oregon and developed some confidence in his own singing. John started taking over the vocal chores. He screamed the vocal to compensate for the poor PA systems and developed that raspy, blues dripping holler that would be his trademark from then on.
Stu, in the meantime, was moving from piano to electric bass. Tom was becoming more proficient on guitar. They started working out these musical changes at any venue that would pay them for playing. One of these places was a go go bar in Berkeley called The Monkey Inn, which they would later describe as "a scuzzy beer tavern." It played a formative roll in the band's development.
Being musicians was not paying the bills, though. Now out of High School, the Golliwogs had to go to work to support their musical habit. Tom had his job with the power company and a young family. Stu and Doug went to San Jose State College, pledging the same frat. John got on the payroll at Fantasy as a shipping clerk. They practiced evenings and played weekends. John honed his chops in the studio. And the Golliwogs made records. These were also formative years for John Fogerty the songwriter. He worked hard at his craft, but in retrospect, he called most of the Golliwogs' songs "very contrived. Everything I could think of in a commercial record, I'd stick in."
During October of '65 they recorded a song called "Brown Eyed Girl" (not the Van Morrison tune). It started to make a buzz and actually sold better than 10,000 copies. It was the only single the Golliwogs made that wasn't a total stiff. However the follow up to "Brown Eyed Girl," a Tom Fogerty composition called "Walk on the Water" failed to generate any excitement at all. (An updated version on Creedence Clearwater's debut album several years later, would.). The Golliwogs remained undaunted and kept on honing their craft.
They did the frat/bar/club scene for three years. Doug had quit school and gone to work by this time. Stu's dad, a lawyer, had a law school all picked out for his son, now into his last year at San Jose State. Tom was into his fifth year with the power company. Uncle Sam notified John and Doug that he wanted them. They became reservists in different branches of the service. During their six months of active duty, the band got put on a back burner. Stu graduated at about the same time as John and Doug finished their tour of active duty. While they still faced monthly meetings and camp, this meant nothing more inconvenient than going entire weekends without sleep every now and again. However, none of the Golliwogs were kids anymore. By the Summer of 1967, the members of the band faced hard choices about what to do when they grew up. The fate of the Golliwogs was uncertain.
Stu sold the car his father had given him as a graduation gift. He and Doug rented a small pink house, where the band hung out and rehearsed. Tom quit his job. They pooled their money, paying off the creditors with the shotguns and leaving the rest until they also got nasty. They played as often as they could get jobs, and the money started to get a little better, but not much.
By fall, the band was in pretty dire straits The Weiss Brothers had been in the record business for nearly 20 years, and had a lucrative plastics business even before that. They were ready to get out of the business and take it easy. Saul Zaentz, a salesman for the company, put together a group of investors and bought Fantasy. As a shipping clerk, Fogerty knew Zaentz, and Zaentz knew Fogerty. They had a good relationship. He told John that he liked the Golliwogs, but they needed to make some changes. He saw what was happening in the Bay Area music scene with the rise of "underground radio" and venues like the Filmore presenting shows with groups like The Grateful Dead and The Great Society (who would become the Jefferson Airplane). They changed the name to Creedence Clearwater Revival, after a friend of a friend of Tom's, Credence Nuball. The first name, with its connotations of believability and integrity, appealed to the group.
Clearwater also had two meanings. It came initially from a beer commercial, but also resonated with the burgeoning environmental movement of the time. Revival, however, had one meaning. It was the band's aspiration, that after four years as the Golliwogs, after ten years of playing together, this new change in their fortunes would take the band where they all knew it could go. John would often say, "The most important part was revival."
The newly named band released a single, Porterville, then went into the studio to cut their album. One of the tunes they cut was an extended version of one of their live favorites, Dale Hawkins' "Susie Q." Even before the album was pressed, "Suzy Q" was on the radio. KMPX one of the more popular free-form FM stations in the Bay Area, played tapes the band brought them after the band had supported a DJ strike, playing a benefit concert, and the like. So even before the record came out, it started to generate excitement on the West Coast. They played to a packed house at the LA club The Cheetah. Bill Drake, one of the most powerful people in pop radio at the time, decided he really liked the tune and suggested it to the radio stations that used his services.
At this juncture, though, the band couldn't go too far from home. Doug and John still had to get to reserve camp one weekend a month. This impediment disappeared as they both got discharged from the service at almost the same time. In 1969 the group charted with three separate albums. Their eponymous debut, Creedence Clearwater Revival peaked at #52. Bayou Country peaked at #7, largely on the strength of the monster hit single, "Proud Mary." That tune topped out at #2 on the charts, beginning of a long history of songs by the band that go shut out of the top spot on the chart. The third LP of the year, Green River also hits #7, the song "Bad Moon Rising" peaking at #2.
The band headlined at Woodstock, although by the time they got on, following the Grateful Dead, it was three in the morning. Few people were awake to see them. They didn't want to be in the film because none of them were particularly happy with the performance. They weren't on any of the albums because Cotillion (the label on which the film soundtrack came out) couldn't strike an agreement with Fantasy for release rights on their biggest money maker. Anything CCR, at the height of their fame, came out on Fantasy. (The 1994 Atlantic Records release of the four-CD remastered Woodstock set features 5 Creedence songs from their performance.)
Willy and the Poor Boys, appeared near the beginning of 1970, peaking at #3 on the album charts. The single "Down on the Corner," released late in 1969, foreshadowed the album. The a-side of the singe reaches a chart peak of #3. The flip side, "Fortunate Son," has a chart peak of #14.
The album also featured several other notable songs, like a reworking of Leadbelly's "Midnight Special." "It Came Out Of the Sky" showed John's prescience as a songwriter, taking one of the first musical swipes at Ronald Regan. The band toured all over America, mostly playing weekends.
After ten years of struggle, the year and a half of astonishing success started to spawn dissension in the band. Fogerty took the reigns hard. When the band recorded "Down On the Corner," one band member complained, `This isn´t rock and roll.´ Looking for outside satisfaction, Doug produced a record for Mark Spoelestra. Cosmo´s Factory came out in September of 70. The album has a chart peak at #1, both in America and in England, the band´s only #1 album over there. "Traveling Band" had already had a chart peak at #2. "Who´ll Stop The Rain," the single´s B-side, hit #13. One of Fogerty´s first public political statements (aside from the gentle jibe in "It Came Out of the Sky,") the song is an allegory about the situation in Vietnam.
When the Beatles announced their break up in the winter of 1970, CCR became the most successful band and the biggest singles act in the world, despite never landing a #1 single. Always very private, the group never became stars personally to befit their status on the pop charts. They sought to change that with the release of Pendulum. Before the album's release, they had a fan type book written. Called "Inside Creedence", the book took about six weeks from the time it was conceived until it was actually published, coincidental with the release of Pendulum. In fact, many copies of the book were sold packaged with the record. The band also made a television special and had a $30,000 press junket to ballyhoo the album. The record shipped a million copies.
There were signs of internal dissension at the junket party. Stu Cook beefed to Rolling Stone about lack of respect he felt the band received. "We're tired of that riff about John Fogerty's back-up band." Tom Fogerty, although one of the instigators of the party, became reticent during the event. He's the only band member not directly quoted in the coverage.
In 1971, Tom left the band. "I started out in this business in 1958 as a stand up singer," he said later. "I got really frustrated at not being able to be everything I wanted to be when I started out?I left because of a falling out between John and I about the music itself and how much I could contribute."
The band decided to continue as not only a trio, but a democracy. Unfortunately, the members all had different ideas about how to democratize the band. The result is Mardi Gras, referred to as the worst record ever made by a major band. After touring Europe as a trio, the band called it a day on October 16, 1972
Sunday Night Revival!
What better evening of the week to feature this Classic Rock Group?
Creedence Clearwater REVIVAL !!!
CCR!
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Tonight's "NOT BOOKED" Guest....
Although tonight's entertainment guest appearance can be said to have "Religious Connotations", Pat Robertson was shocked and saddened to learn that he was not the chosen.
LOL GP!
I hope it doesn't lead to your divorce, but I just added SEVEN MORE Karaoke Tunes just today, bringing the total up to about 75 songs now. I won't really be happy until it's over 200 or more!
I think it would be neat to have an Internet Radio Station called WDPB !!! LOL!
Thanks for the kind words!
http://community-2.webtv.net/dpb5/KARAOKEKINGDOM/
AN OLD RADIO.....
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BTO - "Takin' Care Of Business!"
http://community-2.webtv.net/dpb5/TakinCareofBusiness/
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The Pinball Wizard
Playing in background!
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Investors' Hub rises again!!!
Now up to 24,561 on ALEXA.COM!
WTG !!!!!
http://info.alexa.com/data/details?url=www.investorshub.com/
A Humble Plea.....
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One of the website's I am currently working on ties in quite well to this board, actually!
On the site, I have a category called ROCK SONGS.
I am extremely interested in having readers/posters Private Mail me with songs and lyrics they'd like added to this website!
Also, let me know what you think of the site!
THANKS!
View the website here...ENJOY!
http://community-2.webtv.net/dpb5/KARAOKEKINGDOM/
I'm my own Grandpa!!!
I just posted the following on the Rock Board, but thought it was good for a Friday Night Laugh here!
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Rock and Roll on 78RPM's...
As a child in the late 50's and early 60's, I remember visiting my Grandfather. One of the coolest memories I have is knowing that he played in the Minstrel Shows early in the century!
Before he died in 1964, he gave his old 78 RPM Record Collection to my Mom. Most of these records were dated between 1895 and 1915 !!!!!
I would say that the "original" rock and roll sound started much much earlier than the 50's!
Here are the lyrics to one of my Grandpa's old 78RPMS!
Follow along, the story isn't all that complicated! LOL!
(In the background is a wav file, if you choose to sing along!)
Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her and soon they, too, were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother, 'cause she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
To the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my step-mother.
My father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my grand-child, 'cause he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too.
If my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
(This has got to be the strangest thing I ever saw)
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpaw.
Chorus
I'm my own grandpaw
I'm my own grandpaw
It sounds funny I know
but it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpaw.
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Rock and Roll on 78RPM's...
As a child in the late 50's and early 60's, I remember visiting my Grandfather. One of the coolest memories I have is knowing that he played in the Minstrel Shows early in the century!
Before he died in 1964, he gave his old 78 RPM Record Collection to my Mom. Most of these records were dated between 1895 and 1915 !!!!!
I would say that the "original" rock and roll sound started much much earlier than the 50's!
Here are the lyrics to one of my Grandpa's old 78RPMS!
Follow along, the story isn't all that complicated! LOL!
(In the background is a wav file, if you choose to sing along!)
Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her and soon they, too, were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother, 'cause she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
To the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my step-mother.
My father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my grand-child, 'cause he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too.
If my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
(This has got to be the strangest thing I ever saw)
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpaw.
Chorus
I'm my own grandpaw
I'm my own grandpaw
It sounds funny I know
but it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpaw.
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Mystery Entertainer Answer......
Good sleuthin' gang....
Indeed it IS.....
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$20 Bill and 9/11 Anomaly...
Weird, yet interesting!
http://www.clydelewis.com/twenty.html
Further Bob,
I can see from the list that the percentage of NON STOCK topic boards is approximately 15% of the total.
I wonder ........ does the percentage of posts on the NON STOCK boards outweigh those of the STOCK BOARDS, which would clarify our mutual belief in the interest of a General Discussion type Message Board like Talkzilla.com or EarthTalkers.com ????
You have the ability to see the data. What is it saying to you?
Please stay in touch.
Bullrider,
Likely, predestiny! LOL!
EXCELLENT BOB!
Good for us all!
So, just WHO IS XXXXX ????
I think I'll let this question fester a bit! Interested to see the responses!
Last clue for tonight....
BLACK!
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More clues.....
His face, aged by illness and time, has the deep lines and somber mien of an Old Testament prophet; for several years, he has struggled with autonomic neuropathy, a diabetes-related disorder that attacks the nervous system in much the same way that Parkinson's disease does. XXXXX used to perform more than 200 times a year. No longer; now, he rarely appears in public at all, though he hopes to perform again this year.
But there's no silencing XXXXX's voice, no denying its rugged, earthy power. It is a voice of truth. Listen to XXXXX sing XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and you believe he is a cold-blooded killer; listen to him sing XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, and you believe he is a desperate lover; listen to him sing XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and you believe he is a humble son.
XXXXX, turns 70 on Tuesday. In a career spanning almost 50 years, he has sung with Elvis and Dylan, hosted his own TV show, played for presidents and prisoners. He is sui generis, yet appreciative of every tribute, every honor.
Sorry for the delay!!!!!!
I had an unexpected phone call!
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COLT!!!....
I last saw Pre with these five!.....
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Some Clues....
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He has recorded more than 1,500 songs and they can be found on about 500 albums, counting only American and European releases.
More of his albums (45) remain in print today than most artists ever make.
He is the youngest person ever chosen for the Country Music Hall of Fame and the only person ever selected for the Country and Rock Music Hall of Fame, until this 1998, when Elvis Presley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
He has placed 48 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop charts, about the same number as the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys.
He has tallied more Pop hit singles than Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson (including his Jackson 5 hits), the Four Seasons, David Bowie, the Supremes, Elton John, Billy Joel, Kenny Rogers, the combined totals of Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel, Martin Gaye, B.B. King, Roy Orbison, Kool & the Gang, Linda Ronstadt. Diana Ross, the combined total of all of the Osmond Family, Jerry Lee Lewis and the combined total of Lionel Richie and the Commodores.
He has won 11 Grammies, the most recent include the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2002 shared Grammy for Best Country Album. Two of his Grammys came for writing liner notes, for his At XXXXX XXXXXXXX album and Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline record.
XXXX's 1987 Grammy came through his participation in The Class Of '55 recordings with the late Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. The project represented a rebirth of "The XXXXXXX XXXXXX Quartet" recordings featuring XXXXX, Perkins, Lewis and the late Elvis Presley and, interestingly enough, it predated Orbison's participation in The Traveling Wilburys.
He has had chart success as a solo artists, as part of a duet, as the leader of a trio, and as a part of the award-winning XXXXXXXXXX quartet.
Long before the term "concept album" was coined, XXXXX created such thematically unified albums XXXX XX XXXXXXXX (1960), XXXX, XXXXXXXX, and XXXXX (1963), XXXXX XXXXXX (1964). and XXXXX Sings Ballads Of The XXXX XXXX (1965).
People forget just how hot XXXXX was, when his sales career was at its zenith. In the fall of 1969, XXXXX was the hottest act in the world, selling around 250,000 albums per month of his XXXXXX XXXXXX and XXX XXXXXXX albums. At that time, he was even outselling the Beatles.
As Rich Kinezie observed it Country Music magazine 10 years ago, XXXXX "strengthened the bonds between folk and country music so that both sides saw their similarities as well as their differences. He helped to liberalize Nashville so that it could accept the unconventional and the controversial and he did as much as anyone to make the 'outlaw' phenomenon possible."
As host of The XXXXX Show on ABC-TV (1969-1971), he served up 60 hours of prime-time TV, which featured performers like Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Linda Ronstadt, Ray Charles, Neil Young, James Taylor, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Kenny Rogers, Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr., Dennis Hopper, Judy Collins, Charley Pride, the Oak Ridge Boys, Patti Page and Merle Haggard, most rarely seen on TV back then.
His 1975 autobiography has so far sold around 1.5 million copies, about 300,000 in hardcover.
He is one of the very few people in the history of music to sell more than 50 million records.
He has placed at least two singles on the Country charts for 38 consecutive years, including an amazing 25 hits between 1958 and 1960.
He produced and co-scripted a movie about the life of Jesus, XXX XXXXXXX, and filmed it in Israel. The film was distributed by Billy Graham's organization and is still in great demand today.
He has starred in four additional theatrical films including one of the last great westerns, with Kirk Douglas. In addition, he has been a featured star in seven TV movies including XXXXXX XX XXX XXXX, a hard-hitting, poignant story of one man's struggle against illiteracy. The show has proven to be a valuable tool in the battle against illiteracy.
He has posted over 130 hits on the Billboard Country singles chart, more than anyone in history, except George Jones. (Discounting duets by both men, XXXX's total exceeds Jones.)
He has won over two dozen songwriting awards from BMI; two of his songs, XXX XXXXX XXXX and XX XXXXXX XXX XXXXX have earned million-performance citations from BMI.
Over a hundred acts have recorded one of XXXXX's most famous songs!
He has toured extensively for 38 years on a scope far beyond the normal tour bus routine of U.S. honky-tonks, state fairs, and showrooms. Hundreds of thousands of fans in Japan, Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe have seen The XXXXX Show. He has toured in Vietnam and throughout the U.S. State Department, he has appeared in concert in many Eastern European nations such as Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
He has fathered four daughters and a son, all of whom have performed with him at one time or another. In addition, one daughter has become our of country music's top singer-songwriters.
XXXXX's influence on younger musicians in the Rock/Pop field is as strong a it was in the 60's: A group of European musicians last year released XXXXXXX, an album 100% composed of XXXXX covers by such acts as Michelle Shocked and Marc Almond. In addition, fresh recordings of XXXXX classics like XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXx have recently been made by Stevie Nicks and the Beat Farmers. He is a featured guest soloist on U-2's album ZOOROPA.
His last three albums earned him Grammy Awards: American Recordings Best Folk Album 1994; XXXXXXX - Best Country Album 1998 and XXXXXXXXX - Best Country Male Vocal Performance 2000. XXXXX received the most coveted of Grammy award for Lifetime Achievment in 1999.
XXXXX was honored with a Kennedy Center Award in December of 1996.
Despite country music stations refusing to play his newer music, XXXXX and American Recordings were honored with Country Music Television-Europe's #7 Video of the Year for Rusty Cage, and Playboy Magazine honored XXXXX with the 1998 Music Poll Winner "Hall of Fame" Award.
There's still time...
To go to the bar and get some "HOT BUTTERED POPCORN!"
(Carolyn likes the revenues !!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
P.S. While searching for popcorn background sound for this post, I also like the wav file below, but decided to let you choose if you'd like to hear it! HEHEHEHEHE!)
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