coan.net:  Thanks so much.  I guess I'll learn to test even time-worn links when I edit.  You're a prince, thanks a million.

BOY!!  Y'ALL STARTED BLUEGRASS NIGHT BEFORE I GOT UP!  HAHAHA.  I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE ENTHUSIASM ABOUT A GENRE SO WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY AND NOW THE WORLD.

SEAWOLF2:   RE "FIREBBALL MAIL"  || WHAT A GREAT VIDEO.  IT'S LIKE A WINDOW IN TIME.  I JUST LOVE THE COMBINATION OF INSTRUMENTS - SO TYPICAL BLUEGRASS.  GOOD CHOICE!  AND ERNEST TUBB TOO?  LOOKED LIKE A TAKE OUT OF HEEHAW.  INTERESTING HOW SETS AND COSTUMES WERE SO CONTRIVED.  MARVELOUS.  CARTER SISTERS - WHAT A FAMILY - ALL SO TALENTED.  FLATT & SCRUGGS - YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE COMEDIANS TOO.  AND WHAT A PART THEY PLAYED IN THE BLUEGRASS SCENE!  "PEARL" - WHAT A PEARL.    (DROPS REFERENCE TO BEVERLY HILLBILLIES IN THE RECYCLE BIN)  "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL" WITH CHET - ON THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW?  "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL" IS YET ANOTHER STELLAR EXAMPLE OF THE BLUEGRASS GENRE.  HOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWDEEEEEEEE - I KNOW.  I CAN STILL SEE THE PRICE TAG HANGING OFF HER HAT, AND THE GINGHAM DRESSES WITH LACE.  WHAT A VISION.  JUST ANOTHER HINT - SINCE I KNOW, AND SEAWOLF2 KNEW I WOULD. 

THANK YOU, SEAWOLF2.  I SEE THE BLUEGRASS STYLE OF MUSIC DIDN'T MISS YOU, AND THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.  HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

*SIGH*  I DIDN'T TOUCH THAT LINK DURING MY EDIT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WERE GETTING POPUPS.  WHEN I CLICK ON IT, I GO STRAIGHT ONTO THE SITE.  I COMPARED THE URL WITH THE ONE YOU PUT IN THE BOX, AND THEY ARE IDENTICAL.  DUNNO.  TRY AGAIN AND SEE IF IT WORKS AFTER A REFRESH.

NIRVANA:  RE ROBBIN GIBB || TALK ABOUT A BLAST FROM THE PAST.  PAVAROTTI - YOU'RE SPOT ON.  WONDER WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE IF HE'D LIVED ANOTHER 100 YEARS?

GOOD WORK YOU TWO.  I WONDER WHAT THE DAY AND EVENING HAVE FOR US???

Tigger:  Cool, huh?

Radiant2007 :-):  We certainly have diverse tastes here among very few contributors.  Everyone is to be commended for their understanding of music, and it's roots, and their tolerance of each other.  Hahahaha!

Radiant2007 :-):  WOW!!!  That brought chills, and tears all at the same time.  Nice file, Josetta.  I hope he keeps working at it.  

Tigger:Yessssssssssssss!  Get ready for tomorrow.

Foxy Lady:  I love classical music, and I love opera, if I can have a bit of the story ahead of time.  I have a book of hundreds of descriptions of operas I use before I go.  We may be the only ones here that night, but we'll have fun anyway.  I'll bring fruit and cheese.

Tigger:  I take it you like this idea.  GREAT!  I think it will be a lot of fun.

Foxy Lady:  Yes, I'll put it on the list.

Jim the Dandiest brought this idea to me, and after considering it for more than two hours, I think it's a great idea.  (Will someone please wrap JD's head so it won't get too big to get through the door? )

The idea is for us to have theme nights.  He suggested Bluegrass Tuesday, and in his honor, that's what it will be.  So, why don't we all shop around YouTube for some bluegrass tunes we would like to share, and put them up on Tuesday for everybody to listen to.

To kick things off, I found this little video of John Hartford on the banjer (as some of us southerners call the banjo) and Johnny Cash on the guitar on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.  Hartford explains a little of the history of the banjo, and they play a tribute to Bill Monroe.  Kick back, put up your feet, and tap your fingers along with this clip. 

In addition to what Hartford said, my remembrance of the history of the banjo is that it was originallly used as a percussion instrument.  It was Earl Scruggs who first played music on it.  More than that, you will learn here. 

So, without further ado, please enjoy the blue grass of Bill Monroe performed by John Hartford and Johnny Cash.

Jim Dandy: You know how I feel about the Dead, anything is fine, they could have done laundry soap commercials, and I'd have just sat back, listened and been happy.  I was reminded, though, while watching that of why I quit performing in clubs - the audiences are so rude, they talk right over you.  Stella Blue is a very tender song, and we had to have the "wooooos" louder than what was going on on stage.  Thanks though, for reminding me of such a beautiful song.

Uncle Ed.  You came out of left field on that one.  It was a nice song for Sunday night.  I wonder if that was not for our Mousetrap.

Jim Dandy:  Black Crowes.  I made a note one day a few years ago, that I liked the Black Crowes.  Some life thing must have happened, and I forgot about it.  Thanks for reminding me.

Tigger did it for him.  Wasn't that the cello one?

rod03801:  I WONDERED IF THAT WAS THE CASE, ROD.  THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

Jim Dandy:  Wow!  G-R-E-A-T stuff to wake up to!! 

  You're so cute, I could pinch your cheeks (the ones on your face, come up out of the gutter).  Hahaha!  Lovely song.  Supertramp is another of my all time favorites.  Great lyrics.  I can almost identify with the description of the closed up heart.

Rick James & Tina Marie  are  flat hot!  Lucky you to see them in concert.

You guys have been putting out a bunch of really great stuff here tonight.  Sorry I haven't been around, I'm learning how to do Wikis, and I've been working on my html in preparation for finally getting my web page up and operational.  So, I've been scattered, but I just ran through the chat and files from tonight.  We have such talented people here, with such great taste in what is and what isn't music.  It makes me proud to know all of you, even those I only cyber-know.  Dan, you're absolutely blowing my mind.  Thank you for sharing all you have shared.  Please don't stop, we're spoiled now.

Tigger:  I'll send you a penny to help you get there.  Let me know when you're going, and I'll set up next to you.  We can take turns...maybe learn to harmonize.

Tigger:  *chuckles*  The judge of a big person is her ability to laugh at herself.  I have a lot of admiration for what you're doing, Dan.  I know what it takes.

That's the way - salesmanship.  Haha!  I was in a group when I was in high school, and we used to play ANYWHERE, including street corners.  The Dallas Morning News once printed a picture of us playing on a railroad track.  Honestly, I don't remember why we were playing there!  Hahaha!!  But, it did get us some publicity for our song, "Throwing Enchiladas at the Wall".  That song could have been big down here, but we didn't promote it, we just wrote it to be silly. 

Tigger:  It was obvious to me you'd played together more than a few months.  You seem to almost read each other.  Good deal!  Are there lots of places to play where you live?

It's so great when one of our members shares with us.  And, you're putting up some really fine music.  How long have you guys been playin together?

OK, what did I miss now?  

Tuesday:  Possibly.  I'd rather he go free than be wrongly convicted and incarcerated.  Just for the record, I have no opinion in his case - I don't know enough about it.  But, thanks for the update.

Jim Dandy:  Hahaha!  Only you.  What does he get for wrinkling his nose?

Jim Dandy:  OK, convince me.  I'm not a big fan of the dance genre, so maybe I've shut him out, because of that.  I got limited lyrics, and Michael Jackson affectations.  Tear me up.

Jim Dandy:  I've not heard him before.  I'll have to look for more.  Thanks for the introduction.

Jim Dandy:  That's hilarious!  He really does give it his all, doesn't he?  To quote a famous Mousetrap, FOTFLMBO.

Jim Dandy:  JT - truer words were never spoken.  Too bad we don't all always do that, eh?

Sweet Gene Vincent - got another one on me.  Do I detect the flavor of Elvis, Elvis Constello?

Jim Dandy:Wow!  We were so young in 1982.  That's a flash from the past!!!  Thanks a lot.  It helps me to know that others have aged as well.

Jim Dandy:  You figure his bars are loud and rowdy?

Jim Dandy:  The mistake was going into the store part.  We could just go in and have a Margarita and leave.  But, you might want to bring a basket to put me in afterwards, because nowadays, a shot of Tequila would put me in lala land.

I don't doubt his stuff is expensive.  And, in Vegas, there are a lot of better things to spend money on.  As far as the Hawaiian shirt is concerned.....I just don't see you in one anyway.

Radiant2007 :-):  No!  No music plays when I come onto this board unless I click on it.  I thought you were saying music starts playing when you get here.

Tigger:  Awwww, you did great!!  Good to see you out there doing something with your music.  God loves to hear His children sing.

rod03801:  You're right, that's about his most famous song.  I knew all the words, did you?  I had an experience with Margaritas in Puerto Vallarta in 1984 that's pretty outrageous.  I was really disappointed I left my earcuff with the Pakistani star and crescent somewhere at the fiesta or in the cab on the way back to the hotel.  No telling what I left that I just don't remember.   I do know I was commode hugging most of the night after we got back to the hotel.  It was the night I scared my friend to death when I crawled under a bus to get our tickets I'd dropped.  Somehow, I assumed the bus driver understood me when I said, "Just a second."  And, that was before the Margaritas.  I don't drink much anymore.  Aren't you glad?

Jim Dandy:  Jimmy Buffet owns a chain of  bars called Margaritaville Caribbean.  We should all meet down there some time, and check it out.  Then, we could all be in heaven.  

Nirvana:  Thank you for reminding us of our roots,  Every story is multi-faceted, after all.  It pays to listen in all directions before crossing.  Beautiful music.

Tuesday:  It was Napster's contention that the peer to peer sharing concept sold more recordings than it cost in royalties.  I agreed with that.  I got kind of "off" Napster when they (not Napster, the proverbial "they") started filing suit against people sharing files.  That was pretty Gestapo in my book. 

I think we've had enough input in here today to take weeks to sort out.  There have been a lot of interesting things thrown out for our minds, and souls to consume. 

Jim Dandy: Re:  Off their first album titled WORD SALAD  I agree with you he sounds somewhat like Pete Townshend.  He has that strong voice, a similar timbre.  I didn't realize you were the cave man type, dragging dates places.  If that snaps your suspenders, I guess that's ok. 

Re:  This Al Green gem flew under the radar:  He does seem to be seeking.  That song must require multiple hearings to "get it", so I will listen again, and see how I feel then.

Re:  An excellent cover of a classic A poignant piece, and I agree an excellent cover.  She has a beautiful voice, and the arrangement of that song is quite unusual.  Thank you for letting us share it with you.

Radiant2007 :-): When I come on this board, nothing plays without my invoking it.  Since it isn't happening for me that I come on the board, and something starts playing, I can't tell you who it is, or what it is.  As far as I know, there is not a way to do that.

rod03801:  You are correct, to embed a file, you MUST be using the plain text editor.  Otherwise, you get gobbledy gook.  

Jim Dandy:  Do you remember that we talked about missing Stevie Ray's DOD, and that we didn't really miss it, we just were too late realizing it for it to be meaningful?  I ran across this little file today, and thought, "Hey...why not celebrate Stevie Ray's talent?"   We talk a lot about dead people, but this guy is still alive.  I hear a Stevie Ray Vaughan piece on the radio every day, and every day I fall in love all over again.  So, I'm sending this out to all SRV fanatics, and anybody else who wants to spend 10 minutes with MY king of the blues. 

Tuesday:  Well, MY OPINION is YouTube is part of a huge corporationm, and as long as they have what they have up there, we can link to it here.  We're not the ones with the problems.  They have a bank of lawyers working for them.

If it makes you feel any better, I heard the other day they had signed a deal with the British licensing organizations that collect royalties in that country.  They know they are hanging out, and I also heard they were workong on some deals in the U.S.  So, they're trying to make it right.  The Germans have filed suit against them for royalty infringement.  It seems the kitch thing to do right now.  I think Google can hold it's own.  If it was fearful of all this, it would either pull the infringing material, or shut down.  They have not done either.  And, this isn't the first time it has been an issue with them.  A lot of artists are putting things up there, because they realize the sales it brings in.  So, everybody is benefitting here, it's just the huge record companies and super-rich talent are trying to get a little MORE than the sales a posting on YouTube brings in.

Tuesday:  I tend to agree with you!  We learn a lot here, don't we.

Jim Dandy:  I don't know if they could do that one.  Do you think we could arrange it as a Gregorian Chant for them?  If you can come up with the drone, I will write the score. 

Mousetrap:  I thought it was a pretty interesting use of rock 'n roll myself.  Whoda thunk it?  Glad you enjoyed it.

Mousetrap:  I found a version of that song that will let you know for sure if you have been converted or not.  I started to put it up, but thought it a bit extreme. 

Jim Dandy:  Now, those arms could hug ya, couldn't they?  Might be kinda stiff, though.  Thank you for finding that for us.  He's kind of one of the originals.

Mousetrap: Oh, I do love the Eurythmics. 

This one is worth a speeding ticket to me.  It's a live version, and all gospel fans, we're going to church:

Mousetrap:  Marilyn Manson is really a trip.  But, I've always liked that song.  Not sure that it would be my favorite driving song, though.  I'd have to think to much.  Hahaha!

We need to know the driving habits of all our contributors. Hahaha!  What ever happened to Blondi?

Tuesday:  Life seems to come at me uninvited.  I just leave myself open, and let it fly in.  When you near the end, you wake up one day, and realize you never closed your hand and kept anything.  I should write songs. 

Jim Dandy:  Great driving tunes,  Would you want to meet that deity?  I wouldn't, he was spooky.

One of my favorite driving tunes (it must be, I've about worn out the CD) - Kirsty MacColl - In These Shoes

Thanks!  I love Zevon.  Tight band too.  I love precision.

TexasToest:  VERY nice.....very passionate.  I loved it.   Singing with strep throat has GOT to be painful, but he did a great job.

Speaking of troopers, our minister one year on Christmas Eve sang Ava Maria from the
pulpit with pneumonia, and it was broadcast live over the radio.  It's all show biz, isn't it?