Roy Orbison . . .  an "Unmatched Original"!

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Harv

Not a lot of press on these guys yet.  The group resides in London England.  Still somewhat in the formative stage.  Will they make it big???  Your guess is as good as mine.  Nice sound though . . . don't you think? 
 
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Harv 

IN THE NEWS   This pup could be headed to the dog house.  Transportation Security Administration officers say a woman's 7-year-old Chihuahua triggered an alert at New York's LaGuardia Airport.  The owner had no idea that her little dog had crawled in while she was packing for a flight to Los Angeles.  The woman's husband came to the airport and took the dog home.  (forewarned is forearmed)


When we travel, we listen to Sirius radio "Easy Listening".  Kind of insulates us from the "madness of the Freeways".  Don't know if you do Easy Listening but if you do then you know they play a lot of "oldies" in instrumental arrangements.  It's fun trying to guess who the "original" artist was that sang the song. This is always settled when we switch from navigation to radio.  The screen lists the artist and the name of the song.  


I can tell you that it has been a long time since I heard "Ferlin Husky's Gone" but there it was in a very nice instrumental arrangement.  Amazingly, his name, and the name of the song came right to me.  Joan is always shocked when that happens . . . "And you can't remember to pick up the peanut butter at Costco??? . . .  Oh well . . . here's a real good guy and great singer from our high school years.

Ferlin Eugene Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011)[1] was an earlyAmerican country music singer who was equally adept at genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes. He had two dozen Top 20 hits in the Billboard country charts between 1953 and 1975; his versatility and matinee-idol looks propelling a seven-decade entertainment career.[2]

In the 1950s and 60s, Husky's hits included "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove", each reaching No. 1 on the country charts. He also created a comic outspoken hayseed character, Simon Crum; and recorded under the stage name Terry Preston from 1948 to 1953.[2]
In 2010, Husky was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
(Thanks WIKI)


This song became popular in 1960 and is still played in various formats today. 

Long career! . . . still singing "Wings of a Snow White Dove" until the day he died.
 
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Harv

We all revel in the past.  We're pretty sure our HS years were the last "Golden Years"! Weren't we lucky to be living then . . . going to HS during the emergence of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, and all those really great performers???  Too bad our grandchildren have to put up with the CRAPPY music they are exposed to today!

Really?  Really?  Well I beg to disagree! (with myself).  Sure we had the talent during those years!  The guys in the 50's and 60's were "One of a kind".  But let's face it.  At this point in our lives were are not "tuned in"to the NEW music.  So I'm tuning in for us . . .  and let me say there is some really great stuff out there.  I'm sure, were we in HS today, we would be just as excited listening to "The Vamps" as we were listening to Fats Domino or Bobby Vinton.  It's just that we have our memories invested in the music of our youth.  

To appreciate todays music you must try to imagine that you are 16 and trying to be part of the "scene"!  This is FUN music and the artists are really talented.  So let's give it a try with "The Vamps" - "Somebody to you".

Remember when we looked like that?  Pretty simple goals, just wanting to belong, and fit in.  Don't you think?  

Here's another really good selection.  Avicii "Wake me Up".  Let's face it we all would like to escape realityat one point or another.  Who thought it would apply to today's youngsters

Taylor Swift - "Shake it Off" . . .  I think another appropriate title might be "Let's get Silly"! This young lady is really talented.  If you want to see something really cool (50's term - Still used by the way) watch the dancers in the background!  Thought we had moves in the 50's?  I think we could learn something here. 

Warning (don't try twisting your neck like that guy does in the presentation.  You might need a chiropractor's assistance to "untwist".  Could take days to fix. Expensive too . . .  medicare won't cover it!  "At least not so far"" :)