Tuesday:  Thank you, Tuesday.  All I am trying to do is bring the subject closer by exposing personal experiences with a lot of artists in our younger years.  You and I differ in that those 65 year old guys you lusted for in your teen years are almost (thank goodness) my contemporaries.  Hahaha!  So, I knew  lot of them when.  I went to North Texas State University in 1964 to study piano, and discovered Michael Murphy (who is now known as Michael Martin Murphy) and I hung out at the same coffee house.  Rather than studying piano, I started a self-study program of guitar, and harmonica.  Voice did fit in with my lesson plans at school.  Oh, and I had a second major - bridge.  Hahahaha!  But, there were other people there, Trini Lopez' little brother, Jesse.  He blew my mind one day by showing up at my dorm one snowy day to take me to class across campus in his car.  You coulda knocked me over with a feather.  Hahaha!  I was going to cut class and sleep in, but who could resist Jesse Lopez?  (Seventh photo down, third from the right.)  He was cuter in the winter of 1964.  Hahaha!  North Texas (now The University of North Texas) is known for it's music school. Don Henley went there, for one.  B.W. Stevenson, deceased, but famous went there.  And me.  Too bad, huh?  If you know much about jazz, you will probably have run into the NTSU or UNT lab bands.  They are an excellent example of what the school turns out.

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?

TexasToest: That is tough to do,trust me,but the adrenalin does kick in............I just came across this rarity.The first time I saw this band I was very disapointed,no stage charisma,Smmy Hagar blew them off the stage,but there is no denying their talent.I wisely caught them again 3 years back,great show. RIP Brad Delp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AlzsP4jN1E&mode=related&search=

TexasToest: I guess they have always appealed to my philosophy that good entertaiment grabs you by the throat and doesn't release you till they decide they're finished.A good entertainer takes control,they shouldn't request it.Keep in mind this philosophy only applies to the stage.

Jim Dandy:  Very good, excellent as a matter of fact, assessment.  I never thought of it that way, other than I knew I had to get the audience fast, and keep them busy.  Same thing, only simple southern girl kind of thinking - not so eloquent as yours.    If it's ok, I'll use yours in the future. 

TexasToest: a good ole song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_efJ6y7eHg

The singer had strep throat,but it was a benefit,what a trooper