Today is Merle Haggards, 79th birthday. It is also, sadly, the day he died. He actually told his family a week ago that he would probably pass away on his birthday...and he did. The "Okie from Muskogee" was another one of my Dad's favourite country singers, so he was one of mine too. I remember …
“Garden Party”
This song, written and performed by Rick Nelson, was the tale of his experience playing a concert at Madison Square Garden in October 1971. He had changed, his music had changed, but the fans wanted the old "Ricky" Nelson so they booed during a countrified version of the Stone's "Honky Tonk Woman" called "Country Honk." Nelson's …
A Visitor
I got a call tonight from one of my "guys". I have talked about my dear friend, Dee, who has two sons whom I have known all their lives (well, minus 6 months for the older one, which I always tease him about on his birthday). They are going on 21 and 19, and I …
Being Lydia! 