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Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 21:23:14 GMT -5
I always thought Amelia’s last flight was a dumb song, but those pilot types loved it. When the Greenbriar Boys recorded it, I could hardly believe anyone would write that song, let alone perform it. I got used to it eventually. Well, to the 99s, anything that mentioned Earhart was important, so they loved the song. I once played Capt. Noonan at an Air Show fly-in. My ex was Amelia who piloted us in and landed in front of the cheering crowd. Don’t recall where it was. That’s just one of the many crazy aspects of my past!
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Amelia
Apr 13, 2024 18:42:54 GMT -5
Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 18:42:54 GMT -5
I always thought Amelia’s last flight was a dumb song, but those pilot types loved it.
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Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 18:41:14 GMT -5
Froon worked for Batdorf and Bronson. I used to buy coffee from them & we would say hello to each other when orders went in. I always loved Dancing Goats blend.
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Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 11:13:27 GMT -5
This is a song about being interconnected and you get to dance.
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Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 9:43:51 GMT -5
Can you state that poetically? No.
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Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 9:40:55 GMT -5
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? Full disclosure: I haven't. Have you? My neighbor’s dog howls when there is a siren.
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Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 9:37:13 GMT -5
Why do you have to learn this song? The Iowa Ministry of Music is forcing all musicians to learn it. And it can’t be played in G. I did not expect to like that recording, but, damn it, I did.
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Amelia
Apr 13, 2024 8:47:05 GMT -5
Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 8:47:05 GMT -5
I used to do Last Flight of Amelia Earhart. In my previous life my ex was a 99. Earhart founded a pilots’ group for women. 99 showed up for the first meeting so that became the name of the international group. I played that song a lot. I was doing it back in the mid-80s. Someone from Elderly Instruments helped me track down an obscure recording-no YouTube in those days. As I recall, it took some work to find one. I may still have it. I fingerpicked it on the J-45, as I recall. Husbands were 49 & 1/2ers in the organization. Lots of stories I could tell, but most too lengthy and buried deep in the past of my flying days.
I heard a guy do it at the Opera House in Traverse City, MI during one of the gatherings of members from around the country. I talked to the guy who told me where he heard it and that set me off tracking a recording down. This was maybe 1982-83. Anyway, I had mostly forgotten it because it is mostly forgettable.
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Post by drlj on Apr 13, 2024 8:40:10 GMT -5
I have discovered that if I want to sleep soundly all night, all I have to do is have physical therapy come and beat the hell out of me for a couple hours. Works like a charm. It should be 70° today. Bright & sunny out there. Hooray!
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Post by drlj on Apr 12, 2024 14:31:58 GMT -5
There is a 3 chord Country song in that. I hope there was a dog in the truck.
Tragically, a person died and 13 people were injured because of this idiot.
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Post by drlj on Apr 12, 2024 11:32:02 GMT -5
PT went well. I got down & up the stairs, in the passenger seat of the car, and out on the front porch a couple times. Confidence booster. Of course, I am tired now but I still feel good.
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Post by drlj on Apr 12, 2024 8:47:22 GMT -5
PT coming to torture me again this morning. I know it will wear me out. Bright & sunny day. At least we have that.
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Post by drlj on Apr 11, 2024 16:07:53 GMT -5
P’hfft!
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Post by drlj on Apr 11, 2024 13:53:24 GMT -5
Well, now I know who the guy is and I still don’t know who he is.
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Post by drlj on Apr 11, 2024 9:18:48 GMT -5
Physical therapy beat me senseless yesterday. The young woman will be back tomorrow for round two. Dismal day. Rainy & funky. Breakfast awaits.
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Post by drlj on Apr 11, 2024 9:16:29 GMT -5
I remember Young because he was one of the first independent builders I had ever heard about. Greven was the other. I played a Greven or two, but never a Young. There were a lot of people playing Young’s guitars for a while. It’s rare to see one now. The idea that you could get someone to build a guitar that wasn’t factory made by the big boys really fascinated me.
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Post by drlj on Apr 10, 2024 20:39:04 GMT -5
He hasn’t made guitars in over 30 years, so maybe he decided something was off. He makes violin bows now and I understand they are pretty expensive. Dream Guitars has one of his guitars listed for $30,000.
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Post by drlj on Apr 10, 2024 16:21:17 GMT -5
There were 3 Sears homes a block away when we lived in Crete. They were interesting and nice homes.
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Post by drlj on Apr 10, 2024 16:18:13 GMT -5
I should win something. People who guessed Guild or Washburn should have to pay for my prize.
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Post by drlj on Apr 10, 2024 16:05:42 GMT -5
I am 99% positive that is a David Russell Young guitar built for Prine in the late 60s/early 70s. It was patterned after a D-28. Bozo’s guitars generally had a lot more decorative bits on them. He would have passed out from the stress of building such a plain guitar! Young used a bridge like that on a number of guitars. It’s distinctive. Same bridge on this DRY guitar.
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