It is heck of thing to have to start out Post 2 correcting something in Post 1, but it is what it is. 😊 One must beware of quoting by memory. In Post 1 I quoted Yeats incorrectly. I am grateful to Lane Rawlins for pointing out that the correct Yeats writing is “I spit into the face of Time that has transfigured me.” The correct quote provides a much different message than my post, which said disfigured me. Yeats conveys that he is elevated by time, not brought to a negatively implied physical state of being. Yeat’s expression reminds me of what Frank Sinatra sang in “It Was A Very Good Year”. “But the days are short in the autumn of the year And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs From the brim to the dregs it poured sweet and clear It was a very good year” I did not relate to Frank Sinatra much when I was younger. Now I relate. 😊 If you have not heard the song in awhile I invite you to …
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 …
River Bolt of Lightning
Press Reviews: "An 8 piece Houston group and one of the finest country and old time Rock n Roll bands in town..." MUSIC NEWS - APRIL 1989 ... An album I find myself turning to again and again. The seven guys' collective name, Dr. Fry's Texas Medicine Band, has a sense of humour to it and so do the ten original songs on 'River Bolt Of Lightning'. Throughout the humour though, there is much for the dancers as well as the listeners, for these guys are a seriously talented group. The 'Dr. Fry' is in fact Clifford Fry, the principal songwriter, who shares lead vocals with one Darelyn Fry Jennings on such gems as 'Only Car In Your Garage', 'Mr. Heavy', 'Fat Farm','Judy Lou' and a live cut on 'Texas Medicine'. PETE SMITH'S ROCK PILE,COUNTRY MUSIC ROUNDUP - BRITAIN'S NUMBER ONE COUNTRY MUSIC NEWSPAPER, JANUARY, 2000 Good Medicine from the heart of Texas, October 1, 2001 Reviewer: Robert Edwards from Texas, man Dr. Fry's Texas Medicine Band is the real thing. The songs remind you of …
RAISING A HAND books Vol. 1 & 2
Kevin Black, a Houston-based musician and older brother of Clint Black, had a daughter, Courtney. Courtney had the debilitating disorder, Rett Syndrome, and she died at 16 years old. Since that time, Kevin and Dave Clements, who also serves as Kevin’s manager, have raised money for Rett Syndrome research, donating the results of their fundraising to the U.S. based International Rett Syndrome Foundation. Their biggest and latest project involves their books RAISING A HAND, volumes 1 and 2, available at Raising a Hand for Rett | Music Greats Supporting Rett Syndrome. They are available at https://raisingahand.com/ These A+ quality books are for sale for dirt-cheap prices because Dave and Kevin donate all their time and a good bit of money, as well. The book contains wonderful photos. Dave and Kevin photograph artists in concert at the time they naturally raise a hand in their show, then they contact the artists later for permission to use their photos in a fund-raising book …