Radiant2007 :-):  You did great work, Josetta.  We all enjoyed it.

Tonight is Bluegrass night.  The theme on theme nights will be announced at the first of the bulletin board above, so you won't be lost.

I just searched "opera" on Youtube and the searchmachine came up with him. I had never heard of him before, but thought he has an extra-ordinairy talent!

What is the Theme today? I perhaps will post a recording from when I had the honor worshiping God with a band when the theme of the Sunday was 'Israel'.. It's not opera though so, don't want to ruin the theme..

Blessings to all,
Josetta

Eriisa:  Oh quit being a gork.  If he's a prince for fixing that link, he's a prince.  

GOOD OLE GRANDPA JONES:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eO0HRsAVzc&mode=related&search=

ROY ACUFF PERFORMING "WABASH CANNONBALL" ON STAGE AT THE
GRAND OLE OPRY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOdvOnLCxxw&mode=related&search=

TexasToest: LMAO @ Prince Coan!!!

coan.net:
THANKS FOR THE CORRECT LINK!!
IT TOOK ME RIGHT TO TODAY'S MUSIC TRIVIA
QUIZ.... MUCHO GRACIAS!!

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.

TexasToest: It works now because I had already fixed the link. Basically a return got put into the link - probable because it was longer then the box... which I don't think you did it, but the editor and/or system probable put it in there which messed it up - happens often.

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???

SEAWOLF2: here is the correct link:

http://my.funtrivia.com/tournament/BrainKing-Music-Trivia-Challenge-73433.html

looks like the one above got messed up somehow - I can fix it in a few minutes.

I AM GETTING STRANGE POP-UPS HERE AND NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE MUSIC TRIVIA QUIZ TODAY. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT'S UP?
TIA

DO Y'ALL REMEMBER WHO USED TO SAY THAT?!!
AWWWW.... C'MON NOW! I KNOW YOU DO!!! WELL,
Y'ALL GET BUSY NOW AND FIND SOME MORE OF THOSE GREAT BLUEGRASS CLIPS TO POST, OK?
I'LL BE BACK LATER TO SEE WHO REMEMBERS
THAT FAMOUS ONE WORD INTRODUCTION BY ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC'S GREATEST COMEDY
LEGENDS. CUL FOLKS.... HAVE A GRAND OLE OPRY KIND OF DAY!!

THE LATE GREAT CHET ATKINS PERFORMING ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BLUEGRASS TUNES OF ALL TIME: "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Svm_Vnntyk&mode=related&search=

(GOOD GOD I HOPE I HAVE THE LINK RIGHT THIS TIME.... GOOD OLD CHET IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
GUITAR PLAYERS!!)

LET'S HOPE I GOT IT THIS TIME!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z0vVUPhXSPs

SOMETHING WEIRD SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN I TRY AND CUT AND PASTE FROM THIS DANG
COMPUTER!! NOT SURE WHAT OR WHY.... BUT
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GRAB THE URL FOR ME,
AND THEN WHEN I GO TO POST IT HAS AN OLD
ONE IN THERE!!!??? ARGH!!! SORRY FOLKS!! SURE
HOPE THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU NOW.....

YOU KNOW.... NOT ONLY WERE THESE TWO FELLA GREAT MUSICIANS.... BUT THEY WERE
PRETTY GOOD COMEDIANS TOO!! LOLOLOL!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u3Itz0rTiMU

ONE OF HER "SIGNATURE" SONGS:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ENS4nD0vRKI&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JJ_Wt-rKZIs

ONE THING STRUCK ME ABOUT THOSE GALS SINGING THEIR TRIBUTE SONG... THOSE DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS HAUNTING EYES OF THEIRS!!
BEAUTIFUL GALS EVERY ONE OF THEM!! MAYBE
IT WAS THOSE PEIRCING BLUE EYES OF JUNE'S
THAT UNLOCKED POOR OLD JOHNNY'S SOUL???!
WHATEVER IT WAS SHE HAD THE KEY TO HIS HEART, THAT'S FOR SURE!! THEY MADE A TRULY
GREAT COUPLE.... MAY THEY BOTH REST IN PEACE!

HERE IS ERNEST DOING ONE OF HIS BIG HITS:
"WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU".

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EEDXNmShNXk

<crossing MY FINGERS HERE....LOL!!>

SEAWOLF2:


OOPS!!! BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.....
THAT WASN'T ERNEST TUBB ON THE LAST POST I MADE, SORRY FOLKS!! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE,
BUT APPARENTLY I DIDN'T "PICK UP" THE NEW LINK WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO CUT AND PASTE IT!~?
DANG COMPUTERS ARE SO CONFUSING... ARGH!!
LET ME GO TRY AND FETCH THE RIGHT ONE AGAIN FOR YOU.... BRB!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0pWnZFrdQFE

GOTTA' LOVE OLD ERNEST BACK IN THE DAY.....
ENJOY FOLKS!!

Nirvana:

YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT PAVAROTTI BEING THE IMPETUS FOR BRINGING OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC TO "THE MASSES" NIRVANA!!

NICE POST!!! THANKS!!

SEAWOLF2:

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT HAS BEEN NICE TO SEE CLASSICAL MUSIC AND OPERA MADE A LITTLE LESS ELITEIST AND MORE WIDELY LISTENED TO BY PEOPLE MORE GENERALLY. PAVAROTTI HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT HAPPENING.

G4 WERE OUT OF ONE OF THE U.K'S X-FACTOR SERIES.

HERE PERFORMING WITH ROBBIN GIBB ~ FIRST OF MAY:

TexasToest:

OKAY FRIENDS.... THE SENILE OLD WOLF IS GOING TO TRY POSTING A VIDEO LINK AGAIN!
I WON'T USE THE EMBED LINK THIS TIME AS I DO
NOT SEEM TO HAVE THE HANG OF IT.....

WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU.... HERE IS A GREAT
CLIP OF "FIREBALL MAIL". AND I HAVE TO SAY,
I TRULY ENJOYED THE PORTION WITH THE DOBRO
ON THIS CLIP TOO!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0pWnZFrdQFE

TexasToest, JIM DANDY:

BRAVO! GREAT IDEA, JIM!!

THEME NIGHTS SOUND LIKE SOME FUN.... AND I AM SURE IT WILL OPEN UP A LOT OF NEW DOORS FOR US ALL TOO!! YES, BILL MONROE IS THE
GRAND-DADDY OF BLUEGRASS FOR SURE. BUT
LET'S NOT FORGET FLATT & SCRUGGS, OR THE
GREAT ERNEST TUBB EITHER!! I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENING'S SELECTIONS.....
HAVE AT IT FOLKS!! I'LL BE BACK, CUL!

Foxy Lady:
OPERA NIGHT!! YEAH!! I'M IN.... I'LL BRING
THE WINE OR CHAMPAGNE ALONG FOR
THE ATTENDEES!! 8^)

Radiant2007 :-):
I JUST SAW THE NEW PAUL POTTS ALBUM OUT AT BORDER'S RECENTLY... SO SNAP IT UP WHILE IT'S STILL ON SALE FOLKS!!

I'M SURE THIS BRITISH BLOKE IS GOING TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE WITH THE RELEASE OF THIS NEW ALBUM! HE CERTAINLY DOES SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DRAW OUT THE
EMOTION FROM HIS AUDIENCE, DOESN'T HE???!

NICE POST!! ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE SOME OTHER OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC FANS
ON THE BOARDS!!

Radiant2007 :-): Oh wow Thank You so much i loved it.Opera always gets me in tears.

Tigger:  Cool, huh?

Radiant2007 :-):  wow!

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!

TexasToest: Yes, I got the chills too!! He surely is talented!

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

Enjoy!

Foxy Lady: hiccup

Tigger:Yessssssssssssss!  Get ready for tomorrow.

TexasToest:  I love the idea  :)

TexasToest: I'll bring the Vino.

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.

TexasToest: Oh thank you TT.

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.

TexasToest: Can we have an Opera night? Now don't ya all diss me

Tigger: Cool!

TexasToest:

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.