Singin' the Blues or any other durn thing ya want.

[Leo Tanner]

I like putting on Willie's Stardust album now an again.  It aint old country, but it's Willie doin old standards the way only he can.  It come out in the early 80's sometime, dern good stuff.


Leo

[Texas Lawdog]

Willie's "Stardust" album was one of his better selling ones. I've been listenin' to Willie since the early 60's when he wore a turtleneck and a sportcoat. He had a crew cut back then too.

[Leo Tanner]

Whereas the first time I saw him he had long dirty hair with braids an dressed like a bum.  First time I saw him perform his guitar had a ragged hole punched in it.  Still sounded good.  That was either when the first Waylon an Willie came out er Poncho an Lefty, whichever one came first.


Leo

[Arcey]

Before I retired he played the Norva. I was out walkin' at lunch 'n he was standin' on the sidewalk on Monticello Ave. watchin' the roadies unload gear. The man was filthy 'n stunk ta high heaven.

[Leo Tanner]

The tax man musta takin away all his change fer the coin-op washateria.

     Sorry Willie, it's just too easy.


Leo

[Delmonico]

More Arlo:

Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight
And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight
What the dollar used to get us now won't buy a head of lettuce
No the economic forecast isn't right
But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray
I can even glimpse a new and better way
And I've devised a plan of action worked it down to the last fraction
And I'm going into action here today

I am changing my name to Chrysler
I am going down to Washington D.C.
I will tell some power broker
What they did for Iacocca
Will be perfectly acceptable to me
I am changing my name to Chrysler
I am headed for that great receiving line
So when they hand a million grand out
I'll be standing with my hand out
Yes sire I'll get mine

When my creditors are screaming for their dough
I'll be proud to tell them all where they can all go
They won't have to scream and holler
They'll be paid to the last dollar
Where the endless streams of money seem to flow
I'll be glad to tell them what they can do
It's a matter of a simple form or two
It's not just renumeration it's a liberal education
Ain't you kind of glad that I'm in debt to you

I am changing my name to Chrysler
I am going down to Washington D.C.
I will tell some power broker
What they did for Iacocca
Will be perfectly acceptable to me
I am changing my name to Chrysler
I am headed for that great receiving line
So when they hand a million grand out
I'll be standing with my hand out
Yes sire I'll get mine

Since the first amphibians crawled out of the slime
We've been struggling in an unrelenting climb
We were hardly up and walking before money started talking
And it's sad that failure is an awful crime
Well it's been that way for a millenium or two
But now it seems that there's a different point of view
If you're a corporate titanic and your failure is gigantic
Down to congress there's a safety net for you

I  am changing my name to Chrysler
I am going down to Washington D.C.
I will tell some power broker
What they did for Iacocca
Will be perfectly acceptable to me
I am changing my name to Chrysler
I am headed for that great receiving line
So when they hand a million grand out
I'll be standing with my hand out
Yes sire I'll get mine

[Leo Tanner]

What year did that one come out Del?  He coulda wrote it last week.


Leo

[Delmonico]

What year did that one come out Del?  He coulda wrote it last week.


Leo

Late 70's, when ever they bailed Chrysler out then.

[Texas Lawdog]

Leo, Willie's guitar is named "Trigger" and it is a Martin. He's just played it for so long that he wore a hole it. The extra hole in  the guitar gives it a distinctive sound.

[Leo Tanner]

I was always surprised that after all his years in the country genre he never switched ta a steel string guitar an kept the classical style nylon.  It is a big part of his sound, but unusual in his field.  The classicals have the strings spaced much wider apart and are easier on the left hand fingers for a beginner.  They aint made ta be played with a pick, but I don't think I ever saw Willie break a string.


Leo

[Texas Lawdog]

Willie's style is distinctly unusual. I can always tell when it's him playing.

[Delmonico]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kDPiVlO5BFs&feature=related

Enjoy, besides, MMM and Suzy Boggus, you'll see Don Edwards and Waddie Mitchell. 

[Major E A Sterner]

Shouldn't that read MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm...Suzy Bogguss   

[Leo Tanner]

Well, Maj, it's good ta see them glasses a yers er workin fine


Leo

[Texas Lawdog]

It's hard to tell Waddie Mitchell from Too Slim of  "Riders in The Sky".

[Delmonico]

It's hard to tell Waddie Mitchell from Too Slim of  "Riders in The Sky".

T'ain't either, Waddie always wears a black hat with white ribbon and binding, never saw Too Slim with one.

[litl rooster]

  good pic Del....mainstream nashville don't wanted push 'm to the radio stations..



Nuthin' wrong with the majers eyes......... Suzie is up there with Emmy Lou....and they sing like angels too

[Texas Lawdog]

Del, I was talkin' about their voices. Leo, One of my wife's teacher friend went to school together with Emmie Lou. Her dad and Emmie Lou's dad were in the Marine Corps together. Her dad knew Bill Jordan also. Bill was an Ol ' Marine.

[Leo Tanner]

Ahh, the air is filled with Christmas music...

     So I'm gonna duck in here an hide   Go ta my happy place




Leo

[Major E A Sterner]

Leo, I like the Brian Setzer version better