THE WORLD OF MUSIC LOST ANOTHER GREAT ONE
May 15, 2015
Music legend BB King died last night and the world got a little lonelier. People have said that there is this great band up in heaven. Well I’m not a religious person but I would like to think that somewhere all these great musicians are have a great jam session. Could you imagine Frank Sinatra singing along with BB king on the Thrill Is Gone? Wouldn’t that be great? Then you could have Hendricks, Albert King, Stevie Ray, and oh so many others in the Guitar Jam of all time. Some of those musicians up there went before their time like Buddy Holley, Richie Havens, Richie Valens, Stevie Ray, Janice, Keith, Jim, Mama Cass, Otis Reading, John Lennon and the list goes on. I’ve often wondered what music would be like if they had all survived to a natural end. Would psychedelic still be around would Curt Corbain still be depressed or would he be sing happy songs with Janice. What about all the great Jazz people in that band what would be there influence on music if they were still around? These are all unanswerable questions. But one thing is for sure they’ve got one hell of a band up there. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.
AGE EMBRACE IT
March 20, 2014
Let’s talk about age shall we you what happens when you live awhile. Jeff is 68 years old and is astounded by what he has had the privilege to witness. He saw the Korean War on something called TV he got to listen to old time radio and fondly remembers the shows Gunsmoke, the Shadow, Dragnet, the Lone Ranger, Abbott & Costello, Phillip Marlowe, the Great Gildersleeve, the Green Hornet, and Fibber McGee and Molly. If you want more go to Wikipedia and look up old radio programs. He has been able to listen to all type of music from Dean Martin, Perry Como, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra and Enrique Caruso. He has seen the birth of Rock and Roll and every major star it’s produced, many in person. He has seen radio replaced by TV, Video Tapes, and DVDs. He has seen man walk on the moon. He’s seen the world map change. He has seen legendary sports figures such as Bob Cousy, Sam Huff, Mickey Mantle, Arthur Ash, and Billy Gene King. He seen women role in the world improve, he’s witnessed desegregation, 18 year olds getting the right to vote. He has also seen how the world doesn’t learn from its mistakes. He has had the privilege of see every major world event since 1949 when his memory started to function. So for those of you getting older look back and see what you’ve been fortunate to see and experience like the birth of a child or grandchild don’t complain about getting older embrace it. This is an old cat named Flounder saying CIAO from Colombia
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