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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
***confesses to boohooing like a baby the first time he saw a Gaither Reunion***
I grew up with those people and my dad was ~almost~ in a gospel quartet. The guy he was to replace decided not to leave after all.
Did I ever tell you I sang with a Gospel Choir? I was part of the Washington Men's Mass Choir. We sang at The Kennedy Center, and *cough* Jesse Jackson was the MC.
150 voices. I was one of ~two~ white guys.
Let me introduce you to Cowboy Troy ... the self-described "world's only six-foot-five black rapping cowboy." Put on your earphones, click to listen in the upper left hand corner of the screen, and try the first two songs. The second one will surprise you.
Cross my heart ... I have a fertile imagination, but I could NOT make up Cowboy Troy.
However, I am going to use the prototype as a hero in a future novel ...!
Hm...yarn enough to finish this latticework afghan, or food for the cats?
'Tis a difficult choice.
G'mornin' Rose! I'm just lurkin here but when I saw your posts on all the good old singers you were mentioning I just had to throw in my 2cents worth. I love all the old Motown stuff too, but my favorite was Barry White. Now THAT man could SING! He still gives me chills.
Oh fer tha luva...
I'm rollin' here... I simply have never heard anything like it.
"Hick Hop" -- Now THAT could catch on. LOL.
When I was just a baby,
My mama told me, "Son,
Always be a good boy,
Don't ever play with guns!"
But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die.
And:
Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down but, to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.
I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.
Johnny Cash was an O.G. (original gangsta) before the concept was invented. Is there a more evocative line in country music than "But I busted a chair right across his teeth/And we crashed through the wall and into the street/Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer?"
What the...?
I want Cowboy Troy's CD ...
We used to watch that show when I was little, but somehow I really don't recall that particular character.
Guess my brain forgot it in self-defense. Eek!
Dang... Food for thought...
That voice is like some creamy liqueur, isn't it?
Most excellent, Rose!
I think I spotted him on one of those music award shows last year. Am I right?
Now, don't be knocking Cowboy Curtis. Alyson just ~adores~ him.
Yes, I'm a bad mom. My kids have DVDs of PeeWee's Playhouse. ;-)
It was a great TV show!
I've listened to it a number of times already.
Can't grow tired of that voice, no. Such a romantic era....
Didn't Annie Lennox do something for LotR? Or am I totally wrong?
Whitney Houston I've heard, Frank Sinatra of course but I'm just not much of a fan. Most of the others I vaguely know but not enough to be familiar with.
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