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Or "Theme From Jaws"

When The Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie And guitar slinging Minnie

OP - a picture of Cy Klops

I just found out I'm colorblind. The diagnosis came completely out of the purple.

Too bad we weren't playing "Drown In My Own Tears". Your friend should have been playing "Stuck In The Middle With You". :D

Because every once in a while I need some Musica Latina Quimbara - Celia Cruz & The Fania All-Stars

White Room - Cream lyrics: ...You said no strings could secure you at the station...

Undun - Guess Who Randy Bachman's guitar work on this cut is sublime and Burton Cummings not only did a nice job on the vocals but played a great flute solo.

Switching drummers is not something to lose your head about. We had a drummer who used to chain everything to his stool to keep them from creeping. We played in a bar that had a waterfall behind the stage and one night he was back too far, and he fell into the water, the drums followed him. Fortunately the damage was mostly light and cosmetic after things dried out, and in retrospect seeing him fall into the shallow fountain with his drums following him is pretty funny. He was a good singer and he got up front to sing a few songs a night, and since drums were my first instrument, I'd put the sax down and play drums. I'm so glad it wasn't me taking the dive. Insights and incites by Notes

Same tune as "O Sole Mio" with different words

Behind Those Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson

Why do cows have hooves instead of feet? Because they lactose

Heart attack caused by High Blood Pressure - Huey 'Piano' Smith and the Clowns

I spent 5 weeks in Australia in our fall, your spring 2018, before the fires in a class B camper van. I started in Brisbane, up to Cape Trib, over to Darwin, down the Steward hwy to Kangaroo Island and meandered over to Sydney. We saw tons of great scenery, enjoyed your cities, and saw all the wildlife species on our list (cassowary, platypus, echidna, dingo, kangaroo, wallaby, penguin, lyretail, koala salties, and so much more). However what I like most about Oz were the people. We met scores of friendly, cheerful, and helpful people -- not a sourpuss in all 5 weeks. I could move to Australia if someone would adopt us :D Anyway, my heart cried when I read about your fires. Good luck this season. Insights and incites by Notes

Indeed. Leilani and I were in a 4 piece, trio and then a 5 piece band before we went duo. Before that we were both in separate bigger bands. I was in a 7 piece and if I remember correctly she was in a 5 piece band. The last was the 5 piece. We lost a bass player. Family problems. We were out of work 2 months auditioning and then breaking in a new one. A few months later we lost the drummer. Illness (sadly). We found a drummer with a small kit, kept steady time, had tasty fills, supported but didn't overpower the band, and she could even sing backup well. How lucky!!! We were only out of work a month. Then we went to our first gig. It was at country club. We were to play in the dining room for a dinner set and then dancing but the crowd was so big they had to bring in extra tables. So they pulled back the accordion pleat walls between the lounge and the dining room and asked us to set up there. The new drummer who I think was a Seventh Day Adventist said, "God will never forgive me if I play in a bar." I said "God will have to forgive me for homicide if you don't play in a bar tonight." Where did she think we were going to play? Why didn't she bring that up at her audition? The next day I bought a keyboard that had an internal sequencer and a drum controller (I think it was my old Octopad). Since I play drums, bass, sax, flute, at the time only rhythm guitar, and I get around on a keyboard I figured I could make my own backing tracks. (I still don't consider myself a keyboard player - but a keyboard hacker - I have one smart and one dumb hand on that instrument.) I bought a Teac 4 track reel - to - reel and I recorded the keyboard/drum parts and added bass, guitar and whatever else on the other tracks. Mixed to cassette and played on an akai speed calibrated mixing two bay cassette deck. Then came MIDI sequencers and my load was lightened. Our first year the work was light, but since our second season in 1986 we haven't been out of work until COVID came along. We even had to block out times to take a vacation or else we wouldn't get one. So I've been done with groupies for a loooong time, and that's OK with me. I got lucky with Leilani. Insights in incites by Notes

To be or not to be a horse rider, that is equestrian.

I got married to someone in the band.

"Greatest Hits" - Nina Simone

I used to be an archaeologist. My career ended up in ruins...

Done with groupies, I got married.

I am what I am 'cause I am what I am.... Popeye zen

If I Only Had A Brain - Judy Garland & Ray Bolger

An old guy was working out at the gym when he spotted a young hot girl walking in. He asked the trainer standing next to him, "What machine should I use to impress that girl over there?" The trainer looked him up and down and said; "I would recommend the ATM in the lobby."