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While on the subject of sax songs. My all-time favorite is "Night Train". Why??? When I was 18 years old, our band was hired to play in a strip club. The girls took everything off but their G-strings. One of the dancers always requested "Night Train". And at the end of the night she tipped me (money, not any favors - sadly). I shared the tips with the rest of the guys, as it was our arrangement for anyone who got a tip. She was beautiful, popular and made a lot of money. The tip bought us all breakfast after the gig. For an 18 year old kid with youthful hormones, this was a dream gig. It's a good thing they had the band sitting down, because I couldn't always hide my enthusiasm. Today they girls dance to prerecorded music, but when I was 18, it was still live music. Sadly those gigs are gone now, because some young kid would really appreciate being in that band. Even without the strip club, "Night Train" has earned me more money than any other song. Over the years it has been the most requested. For a while Gato's version of "Europa" was hot, but it faded. "Yakety Sax" is a perennial request, but the people who ask for that hardly ever tip, and when they do, it's one dollar. I've landed Fifties for "Night Train". Now that I play in places that pay enough and are too classy for tip jars, I still play requests if I know them, but all the above but "Yakety Sax" have faded away. Playing one-nighers and not in night clubs pays a lot more than a bar, so I don't put out a tip jar. In a private party or a Yacht Club it's tacky. I've since added guitar and wind synth so I can still hog solos in the post-sax era, I also play bass and drums and can double on keys if the songs are not too complicated. It's good to be versatile if you want to make a living doing music and nothing but music. And it's a good living. I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination, but other than car payments, I've got zero debt. And I'm leading a happy life. Insights, insights, and road stories by Notes

If the dog eats one an "croaks" you can say "I Toad you not to eat that". groan

I've seen this Tiger King thing in on-line newspapers, but have no idea what it is. Probably because I don't watch TV and I've never clicked on the links.

I used to play this one on the flute, but now I play it on the wind synthesizer using a half dozen different voices - it's a simple minor blues song but it's a lot of fun. Comin' Home Baby - Herbie Mann

There are some toads here that like to eat dog food. If the dog eats the toad, it can kill them. The toad is a recent exotic, and people don't leave dog food outdoors anymore because it attracts them.

No, probably no footage of me at all. I've spent my life playing live in front of a live audience. I've done some recording in studios but always on the band side of the glass. To me the engineers are the ones in the fish tank. We learned Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" a couple of months ago, the on-record sax solo isn't that prominent, but I extended it. I sing that one as well, and it's a nicely written song. The only thing I have on video is here http://www.nortonmusic.com/catsvideo/index.html it's promo stuff. Notes

Confirmation - Charlie Parker

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke Or if you prefer Otis Redding (I like 'em both)

Good one. Careless Whisper is another. I put an extended sax solo in the middle of that one.

Car-tune cartoon

Really was my neighbor. My yard was fenced in and I didn't own a dog. Funny thing, the neighbor's dog didn't seem high, I guess he just liked the taste of the weed. It was both funny and tragic. :D

At My Front Door - the Eldorados lyric association: "Crazy little mama come knocking, knocking at my front door door door Crazy little mama come knocking, knocking at my front door Crazy little mama come knock, knock, knocking, just like she did before"

In the 1960s, I had a neighbor who grew pot. When it was about to be mature, he found out his dog liked it and nibbled the hemp down to the roots.

"Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thornton

"I Walk On Guilded Splinters" - Dr. John

I suppose that was released on the Kama Sutra lable, Craig. :D

Black Flowers - Chris Isaak

After all those notes, how about the "One Note Samba" ("Samba De Uma Nota So") - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd on one of my favorite Getz albums.

Here's the notation Craig, sorry I don't have the tab. I think she missed the "Release The Penguins" cue down there in the lower left.

Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

Have you got one for bagpipes?

Since we are having a "Staycation" this year, I thought I'd revisit a vacation we had a half dozen years ago. We planned this vacation to Prague and the Czech Republic around the opening date of the Czech Philharmonic and this particular concert. It was great. I've looked for us in the audience, but the camera avoided us. I guess we weren't as interesting as some of the others. Anyway it was a great concert, a piece rarely played in the USA and worth taking our vacation a little later in the year when the fall weather made the Czech Republic cooler that we like. Josef was taught by the great composer, Antonin Dvorak and married Antonin's daughter, Otilie. He wrote this the year they both died and in memory of them. Asrael Symphony - Josef Suk

I can't top that one

"Black And Tan Fantasie" - Duke Ellington Orchestra aka Fantasy

But since the above was not an association, how about Brother Louie from The Stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmF3jDwSTmI well that one wouldn't embed so I'll try this one: