Well old man, It looks like you are ‘bout to split a
seam. What’s you bitchin about now?
Well Ida Red, I still got my mind on music. Way back music when you could understand the
lyrics and the members of the band, yep, they were called a band not a group,
could actually play musical instruments. If you went to a live performance no
one on the stage had an earring or clothes that looked like they came from the
Goodwill second hand store. There was no
lasers or clouds of odious smoke and the only thing you might smell in the
audience was some guy’s Luck Strike. Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, and the other big bands were easy
listening. Close harmony from such as
the Andrews Sisters and the Chordettes made for a pleasant listening
experience. Female vocalists such as
Patti Paige and Jo Stafford sang with the big bands and were superb. Back then
what is now called Country Music was called Hillbilly. Hillbilly and Redneck go together like
whitewash on a fence. Western swing
from bands like Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys could fill a stadium the size
of, well, Texas. Pay attention Ida Red,
here is Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys and your theme song.
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