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What do you suppose their goal is? I would think it would involve profit, but how would they use this site for that?
Thanks for the suggestion, I think she would be a good subject. She is mentioned in one of my articles on Janis Joplin, as BMT was the original artist of “Ball and Chain” as well as “Hound Dog”. Willie Mae certainly deserves the respect of her career and her influence on Elvis, Janis, and many others.
Your comment of her being skinny is actually sad, as she did lose a lot of weight at the end of her life as she died of heart and liver disorders due to her longstanding alcohol abuse. She had lost 255 pounds (116 kg) in a short time as a result of illness, her weight dropping from 350 to 95 pounds (159–43 kg).
Thanks for that clip. I like a good swing tune and that was done well. Look forward to some more of any type. As for the edit function, @TheBuddha is the site tech guru here. He too has a few houseguests over this weekend, around 500-800 camped on his land. He throws an annual 4th party for his village and is in the middle of that. I’m sure he’ll see this and get back with you soon. We’d love to have your input and share with the others your interests. Again, Thank you for your time.
Thanks for posting. The ’60’s and 70’s were indeed a wakening in America. Outright protests, sometimes violent, against ingrained beliefs were something the public were now getting exposed to. The evening news was the main source of direction for most, and some of the newscasters were indeed worthy of respect and had integrity. People followed the message they espoused and shared those beliefs. When mostly young “radicals” started questioning that it was not accepted well. It was “uncomfortable” to realise that people had to start thinking for themselves and consider alternate ideas of what our hard-fought freedom had wrought. The JFK assassination shook the country to its core, the Weathermen, SDS, and The Move (et al) shocked the complacency of everyday life. The Vietnam war and the DNC Convention in Chicago inflamed most of the population. A new form of expression of the undercurrent of beliefs about who we were as a nation started taking roots. And of course the music of that time was an avenue to express the turmoil. Now we have the internet and views can be spread quickly. But in that era, music was a main source of, particularly young people, to coalesce around. Stretching their wings of being relevant in the discourse, we heard a new platform. That’s why I think the music of that time is so important. An early disseminator of different views and attitudes and the means to express them. As Grace Slick said at Woodstock before playing “Volunteers”, “It’s a new dawn”.
I’m going to defer to you on this one. You’re much more experienced in what advantage, or not, this would bring.
I hadn’t heard of them. They look like they would give a great time at a dance. Love that pistol guitar, what a hoot. I have a diner like that in my city still. It’s been there for years and looks a lot like that, except they have the walls covered with 50’s and 60’s musical stuff. Everything from Elvis dolls, 45’s, Beatles pics with Pete Best and up to a signed Kiss guitar and a signed Stray Cats guitar. It’s small and serves down-home cooking (chicken fried steak, real mashed taters) at a good price.
Thanks for posting this. It’s just the kind of personal experiences that we seek.
