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Cool treatment of "Wichita Lineman"
By: AJ Date: April 29, 2018, 9:14 pm
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...by Gary Husband...A guy primarily known for his drum work
with Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin.
Does a beautiful rendition of the Glen Campbell/Jimmy Webb
classic "Wichita Lineman" on piano.
HTML https://soundcloud.com/aryusband/wichita-lineman
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Re: Cool treatment of "Wichita Lineman"
By: indigo_dave Date: May 2, 2018, 7:13 am
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Nice work by Husband. Hadn't heard of him. I looked him up and
he has some impressive credits.
Ironically, the night I spent recently in Oklahoma City, Jimmy
Webb was performing at the local community college performing
arts center. It was promoted as a tribute to Glenn Campbell.
So I guess it was Jimmy Webb doing Glenn Campbell doing Jimmy
Webb. I'd have liked to go but didn't know the city and was
probably road weary.
I didn't make it past Amarillo TX. I'm now thinking of booking
a flight and a rental car to Albuquerque. Maybe plan a 10 day
trip. I've made myself a general rule of thumb now: 1,000 mile
one way limit. After that, it's just to long sitting in the car
in one position.
Anyway, Gary Husband sounds good.
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Re: Cool treatment of "Wichita Lineman"
By: AJ Date: May 2, 2018, 9:20 pm
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Long road trips can be hard on the old frame to be sure. I still
love them..........I think....It's been a while since I took one
actually. Oddly enough, the last one I took was to New
Mexico...Thoroughly enjoyed it.
But I spend a LOT of time in the saddle too. The supermarkets I
service cannot come to the shop. And given we service stores in
five different counties....Well....I drive a LOT. I got a new
truck back in November and my back was killing me for the first
week, due to the new seat. I have it broken in now so it's all
good. It's not unusual to put 150 miles a day or more on it.
just depends on the depth of the trouble at the store really...
It's 13 miles to the office and my first service call may be as
little as eight miles away, or 80. If the problem is major, I
may be at one store all day. I've had days where I'd drive 70
miles south, (Galveston), then 110 miles northwest (Navasota),
then 90 miles east,(Baytown) then back to a store in Houston
proper before finally going home. The traffic is a constant
irritation of course. But when driving for pleasure, 100's of
miles just melt away if the countryside is involved.
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Re: Cool treatment of "Wichita Lineman"
By: indigo_dave Date: May 3, 2018, 8:03 am
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My lower back was sore during much of my trip. Not sure whether
it was from sitting in one position for hours OR whether it was
from lifting things improperly. I emptied most of my car daily
when I checked into motel rooms. The reason for that ? Here in
Orlando from time to time there are local TV news stories of
smash and grabs. Skilled thieves smash car windows, grab
whatever is available and scoot out. Sometimes they'll hit a
handful of cars in a parking lot in one swoop. I'm an ounce of
prevention sort of person.
BTW, on the way back I went to Clarkesdale MS for 2 nights.
Went to their Blues Museum and the Rock and Blues Museum. The
Rock and Blues Museum is my favorite of the two. It's owned by
a Dutch guy who was an attorney. I was told he's retired, living
in Memphis. And was told that he'd like to sell his museum -
building and everything. $499,000 is the asking price
(reportedly).
Someone recommended Natchez MS, so I drove south on Highway 61
south to see it. Stayed one night in Natchez and wasn't
disappointed. Beautiful town with lots of surviving old
structures downtown. I was told that the town was neutral during
the American Civil War.
I will go back to Natchez sometime in the future during the
colder time of year.
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Re: Cool treatment of "Wichita Lineman"
By: indigo_dave Date: May 3, 2018, 10:03 am
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I just found this about Rock and Blues museum being up for sale.
HTML https://thefreshtoast.com/culture/for-sale-a-treasure-trove-of-music-memorabilia/
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Re: Cool treatment of "Wichita Lineman"
By: AJ Date: May 4, 2018, 6:06 pm
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Looks like a cool place, the museum. Someone will come along and
buy it I'm sure. Hopefully someone that will keep the collection
together and perhaps fold it into another for public display.
Clarksdale has a well noted blues scene. I think at one time or
another actor Morgan Freeman owned a small club there, with a
small stage just for local blues artists to perform on.
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Re: Cool treatment of "Wichita Lineman"
By: indigo_dave Date: May 7, 2018, 7:12 am
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Morgan Freeman's name is included with maybe 3 others as an
owner of the Ground Zero Blues Club. It's an attempt to
recreate the old juke joint.
BTW, on most of my trip I ate breakfast in McDonalds. 2
sausage McMuffins (2 for $4) and a large coffee with 2
creamers. With these in my stomach, I could drive about 6
hours before needing to eat again. I'd often look for a Subway
in the mid to late afternoon.
Looking at the number of morbidly obese workers in the various
McDonalds, the thought struck me that these people in their
20's - 40's are headed for disability at worst. Serious health
problems at the least. They're eating their fast food probably
2 meals per day, every working day - my guess anyway. Seems to
me this is one of our societal time bombs.
I guess it's easier to just ignore this until it becomes a
crisis. It's coming. Personally, I never visit McD's unless
I'm travelling.
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Re: Cool treatment of "Wichita Lineman"
By: AJ Date: May 7, 2018, 5:59 pm
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Breakfast is the only time MickeyD gets any of my money. And not
that often at that. I have a myriad of options for burgers when
I want one. MickeyD's burgers are pretty horrible, IMO.
When i do fast food for breakfast it is usually Whataburger. A
sausage egg taquito. The tortilla doesn't weigh as heavy on my
stomach as a biscuit does. I do like biscuits, but not unless
gravy is involved.
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