For your listening pleasure, a little music to start your Sunday..
"Son of a Carpenter"
~ from Taylor Hicks' just-released "Early Works" CD ~
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| David "Davy" Crockett (1786-1836) was a frontiersman, orator and politician from Tennessee . After a youth spent developing his skills as a marksman, and working for farmers, cattle owners and a wagoner, he became leader of a battalion in the Creek Indian Wars (1813-14). In 1821, he was elected to the state legislature and from 1827 through 1833 he served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Defeated by a narrow margin while running for a fourth term in Congress, he left Tennessee for Texas in 1835 and immediately developed a strong attachment to his new home. In early 1836, he was among the 189 defenders who died at the Battle of the Alamo , fighting for Texas independence. Though we tend to picture Davy Crockett the way Fess Parker portrayed him on the popular TV show - wearing buckskin clothing and a coonskin hat - in reality, Crockett was never portrayed in art wearing a coonskin hat before that time. |
Thanks, Billie, for sharing more Taylor Hicks with us. I had not heard "Son of a Carpenter" before. Thanks also for opening the doors so beautifully, once again.
Here is my contribution for this glorious Sunday morning...
Billie, I have been freeping back a few days. I did listen to this the other day, but I don’t think I posted that day. I like it, I like it. Gee, I haven’t gotten the C.D. yet!
