[the invisib1e hand]

that's funny...I'm a closet guitarist who's played drums...I have it my mind to get around to bass eventually -- I think when I finally do I will be able to do some of the composing/recording that I want to...but I wanted to acknowledge Phil Keaggy, who, in turn (as you know) acknoweldges Paul McCartney.

The older I get the more I appreciate, am floored by, the Beatles. Who even comes close?

[Tymesup]

Travis Tritt, at a concert in Lake Placid last summer, sang Sweet Home Alabama. When he got to the line "Does your conscience bother you", he inserted Clinton. He then mentioned Hillary, too.

At a Brooks and Dunn concert this summer in Allentown, their finale was Only in America. They had four servicemen parade on to the stage. The crowd went nuts.

Springsteen, in contrast, did 41 Shots, about the tragic death of Amadou Diallo in New York. He has not done a song about the reduction in the NYC murder rate from 2,400 to 600 a year, largely attributable to the New York Police Department. 1,800 people saved a year for two years is already more than 3,000 on 9/11, now that I think about it.

[nobdysfool]

but I wanted to acknowledge Phil Keaggy, who, in turn (as you know) acknoweldges Paul McCartney.

Indeed he does! I'll have to look around here, someplace I have a pic of Phil and Paul playing guitar together. Phil played for Linda's sister's wedding, and as a result got to meet Paul. They were playing matching Olsen acoustic guitars, sitting on a bed in the hotel. I know that was a thrill for Phil!

Phil has a been a friend as well as an inspiration over the years. If you get a chance to catch him with Glass Harp (yes, they're back together again!), do so, by all means! I used to go see them often in my younger days (early 70's), which is how I got to know all three guys in the band. I have been to Phil's house when he lived in Youngstown (where he taught me so much about bass), and later in California. Currently he lives in Nashville.