Baby, It’s Cold Outside

January 19, 2011

Old Man Winter is about to rear his ugly head again, but I have no room to complain. Our Texas winters are much milder than the rest of the country. I don’t know how y’all have been managing in places where you have a real winter; I’d never handle it. Though we haven’t had the [...]

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Country Fried

June 24, 2010

I’m listening to country music and my brain is fried. I’m in a pickle, and I could use some suggestions. My husband and I have been asked to put together the music for a “western” themed party (it’s for the rehearsal dinner at our son’s wedding) and we are stumped. There are two reasons why [...]

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Ann Armstrong Is A “Steam-Powered Nightingale”

May 15, 2010

Dallas is the home to many fine musicians, but none steal my heart away in the manner of Ann Armstrong and her husband, Steve Hughes. I’ve known these fine folks for more than two decades, and they never fail to bring me to my feet in joyous appreciation when I attend a concert. Their music [...]

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Sure It Can Play, But Can It Sing?

January 24, 2010

Have I told you that my husband is a musician? Well, he is an engineer for a living, but he plays music in his spare time. He can play darned near any musical instrument that you can imagine except drums. The only reason that he doesn’t play drums is that we don’t have a set [...]

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An Organ for your Pocket

January 11, 2010

I have to tell y’all that when I met my husband he had three organs! As I became more organized, I made sure he became less so. I made him get rid of two of them. But, my husband’s remaining organ weighs 300 pounds and has to be moved with a dolly. Do whut??? Ohhhh [...]

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Junior Brown Is Coming To Town

September 16, 2009

There are two words I have for you this morning, my friends: Junior Brown. Now I could only tell you those words after I knew that my Sweet Spousal Unit had bought tickets to see him at the Granada Theater in Dallas on October 2nd. You don’t really think I’d let you get my seat [...]

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Ghost Hunt at The Driskill Hotel. Part 1.

August 11, 2009

They told me our room was a “haunted room.” Supposedly the Driskill Hotel has a lot of ghosts walking its hallways. We went to Austin, Texas to try to see one. Actually, we went to see the bat colony take flight from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, but staying at the Driskill was an added [...]

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Uncle Walt’s Band. I Thought They Would Always Be There.

July 22, 2009

My high school friend suggested that we go to hear a concert. It must have been about 1975 or 1976. She said, “I want you to hear Uncle Walt’s Band.” I had no idea her uncle was a musician, but I had grown up hearing my Daddy and his friend E.W. picking on their mandolins [...]

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Dan Fogelberg Virtual Blog Tour

April 6, 2009

Lurking in the closet underneath my stairs are five moving boxes filled with LP’s. You remember them, don’t you? Record albums! I don’t have them out, because we no longer have a record player. I rarely miss them, but there is one that keeps crossing my mind. It was a favorite of mine by Dan [...]

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Break Out The Peanut Butter And Bananas

January 8, 2009

I forgot to wish Elvis a happy birthday today! “The King” would have been 74 today. He began his musical career in the year that I was born. Elvis Aaron Presley January 8, 1935 to August 16, 1977 I guess we are going to have fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches for supper … in [...]

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“Pink Floyd Meets A White Christmas”

December 24, 2008

That’s how Diane Sawyer described the Trans-Siberian Orchestra a couple of years ago. It’s the only music keeping me sane as I get ready for the onslaught of the holiday guests. I don’t listen to much traditional holiday music, but I like this. Listening to this, I don’t even care that the cats knocked over [...]

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Another Artist For Me To Love: Sissel

November 25, 2008

I’ve told y’all before that I’ve “never met a stranger.” To the consternation (and never-ending amazement) of my rather shy husband, I will strike up a conversation with anybody. Sometimes I wish I could just keep my mouth shut. But, other times when I have a conversation with strangers I learn wonderful new things. At [...]

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Celtic Thunder — Men In Kilts!

November 22, 2008

At last, I got to go to my long awaited Celtic Thunder concert! Sigh! I got to hear the golden voices of those handsome men in kilts (sorry, Honey, yes I was looking!). What a treat it was, too. I must admit that I was most looking forward to hearing Damien McGinty singing “Puppy Love.” [...]

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Old Fat Naked Women For Peace- The Righteous Mothers

November 9, 2008

If I wasn’t hiding from my e-mail inbox, I’d have had this video for Mimi’s Blogblast for Peace. My Daddy always said I was “a day late and a dollar short.” A peacenik friend of mine forwarded a link to this, but doggone it I didn’t follow it until after the fact. Go ahead and [...]

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Win Tickets To Celtic Thunder Concert!

October 8, 2008

Yes, YOU can. Four lucky winners (count them: one, two, three, FOUR) will receive a pair of tickets to hear Celtic Thunder live at a concert of their own choice (well, any concert of choice from October 23rd through December 2008)! The tour dates are listed here. These tickets are offered courtesy of AEG Live. [...]

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Boot Scootin’ Boogie

September 22, 2008

If you live in Texas — or even if you come to visit Texas, chances are good that you will be exposed to country music. It’s not my favorite musical genre, but our friends all gather once a month at a country music hall, so that’s where we go to attempt dancing. At some point [...]

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Standing In The Shadows

September 19, 2008

You may never have heard of Lil Hardin. I hadn’t until I glanced through a book down at the coffee house. I was intrigued by what I read. Back in the day, Lil was a talented jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader. We don’t hear much about her, because she decided to promote her [...]

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The Thunder Rolls — Celtic Thunder!

September 15, 2008

[Editor's note: YOU can win tickets to a Celtic Thunder Concert! Come and enter here.] [Editor's other note: Oops! The contest is over.] I was too lazy to reach for the remote control to change channels, but I figured that since I was watching the PBS channel something good might come on the screen. For [...]

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Take A Chance on Mama Mia!

August 4, 2008

The “story line” of Mama Mia! is implausible. Here it is, in case you have been living in a cave for a few years: After sneaking a peek at her mother’s youthful diary, a young girl secretly invites all three of her “possible fathers” to her wedding on a Mediterranean island. Though none of the [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #46: Cholesterol, Crochet, and Country Music

July 31, 2008

No, they don’t have anything to do with each other. However, all are on my mind this week, as well as a lot of other things. I’ve been doing a lot of “pondering and piddling” this week, y’all. I’ve had plenty of time to think, because I’ve been all by my lonesome. I look out [...]

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