Shades of Love songs by Clifford Fry and Doug Sharp Whole Discography Tonight I'm Calling on My Angel Youtube Link: Tonight I'm Calling on My Angel (youtube.com) Out of Control The Monster Side of Love Youtube Link: The Monster Side of Love - YouTube Music When You're Running, You're Staying Youtube Link: When You're Running, You're Staying (youtube.com) Blow Wind Blow Youtube Link: Blow Wind Blow - YouTube Music For the Players of Night's Game Youtube Link: For the Players of Night's Game - YouTube Music Little by Little Youtube Link: Little By Little (youtube.com) Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow Youtube Link: Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow - YouTube Music Drunk Again Youtube Link: Drunk Again - YouTube Music Marylin's Song Youtube Link: Marilyn’s Song YouTube Music Oh Maria Youtube Link: Oh Maria (youtube.com) I Ain't No Outdoor Girl Devil's Canyon Road Youtube Link: Devil's Canyon Road (youtube.com) Too Much to Lose Youtube Link: Too Much to Lose - YouTube …
POST 16 – Blow Ye Wind
Truth be told, I now give my mother many thanks that were left unsaid when she was alive. My mother died at 72, and she may have had a premonition. When I was on the faculty of the University of Houston, one day she visited me with the sole purpose of conveying a message. She said, “I am late in life, but you are not yet. If there is something you want to do, then do it now.” I sensed she had regrets and did not want me to someday feel the same. I had played guitar when in high school, mainly by myself or with my dad and sister. Being a poor musician trapped in the body of well-to-do economist, it was a no-brainer. I knew I wanted to be more involved with music. From the late 1970s to the mid-1990’s I wrote and recorded songs, and I managed the business side of a popular Houston band, in which I also played. I kept my economics profession intact, consulted, spent time with family, but one only has so much time. This was my glory music period, or my …
Post 6 – Dylan’s Nobel Prize
Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature On October 16, 2016, the Swedish Academy accepted the recommendation of the Nobel Committee on Literature and awarded Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in literature. They indicated that he received this great honor "…for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." The award triggered diverse reactions. Some said, “It’s about time!” The Canadian poet singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, when asked his opinion of the decision, said, “It’s like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.” Others were appalled. Jason Pinter, author of the book The Fury, among others, responded, “If Bob Dylan can win the Nobel Prize for literature, then I think Stephen King should get elected to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame.” The award raises questions about the boundaries of literature. Can anything beyond a book or short story be literature? Can scripts for plays be literature? How about …
Sweet Marie
During the COVID pandemic, Greg Tivis, a full-time musician, and I played music for a Happy Hour at the PARC Traditions independent living facility in Bryan, TX. Given the health concerns, we played outside. Most of the attendees were on their balconies, which surrounded us on each side, but a few were in chairs outside at a distance from us. Greg decided to video the performance live on Facebook. While we were playing, a woman approached Greg at the piano. An aid soon escorted her away, only to have her reapproach Greg with a little dancing. This event spawned a short story that I am sharing with you in this post. For a brief background, once a week I am in a literature discussion with three friends, Lane Rawlins, Mark Morlock, and David Knowles. All are Ph.D. economists, all retired, and all lovers of literature. Lane is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and he was the supervisor of Mark’s and Dave’s Ph.D. dissertations at Washington State University. …
Post 1 – A MEMORY LEANS TO THE WIND
Age and Memories This getting older is an adjustment. The Irish poet, William Yeats, had a little trouble with it. He once wrote, “I spit in the face of the time that has disfigured me.” I have not seen the face of time, yet, but I did ask a question in my song “Judy Lou”. “Is a clock a circle time is passing through?” Perhaps a clock is as close as we get to seeing the face of time. Even if you still feel young, I have found out by experience the sure-fire way to know you are now old. There are two criteria. The first is that everyone starts calling you “young man”. How is it going today, young man? You are looking good today, young man. When I was not "old", no one ever called me “young man”. The second sure sign is a benefit. Women start holding the door open for you. Well, I guess there are unforeseen advantages to every era in life. There have always been interesting warnings about age. In 1967, when Bob Dylan recorded what became known as The Basement …
She’ll Teach You Like A Child
She’ll Teach You Like A Child by Dr .Fry's Texas Medicine Band Carefree aching hunger for the beauty of her touch Will keep you from ever getting tired of loving her so much Her love is not that violent so she tells you from the start And then she scoffs at simple hatchet jobs, rips you at the heart She sends a river bolt of lightning to the caverns of your brain As she takes you by the hand and hauls you toward her like a chain She can toss you as a bucking’ bronc, flood you like the rain Or she can love you in the kitchen like a wayward travelin’ train CHORUS: And you’ll be lucky if she finds you, she’ll teach you like a child That love can be so very rough even when it’s mild You’ll not forget her easy as she travels on her way And you will not regret that for a while she chose to stay Break She can shield you as a baby with a love you cannot buy She can keep you off of that lonesome road if you look into her eyes Her soft searching …