tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post8587874692511014343..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Songs about long road trips usually end in CaliforniaMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-17350370887326394912014-02-10T10:08:08.496+00:002014-02-10T10:08:08.496+00:00Thanks, DBCR, you've given me an earworm.Thanks, DBCR, you've given me an earworm.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-37388107706225890152014-02-10T09:29:08.336+00:002014-02-10T09:29:08.336+00:00MW Oddest description of "Bye bye love" ...MW Oddest description of "Bye bye love" I've ever heard.Obviously you did n't clock the re-run this weekend of the Everly Bros "Arena" documentary which analysed the local thumb-picking blues guitar style.Don then demonstrated to Chet Atkins that their acoustic guitar intro to BBL was instead, in the style of Bo Diddley.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-56162165674319483702014-02-09T20:41:52.900+00:002014-02-09T20:41:52.900+00:00DBC, aha, they wrote "Bye bye love", awe...DBC, aha, they wrote "Bye bye love", awesome song, it's like heavy metal with acoustic guitars.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-25461684093353923562014-02-09T20:27:54.303+00:002014-02-09T20:27:54.303+00:00@ MW
You jest! Don't you? Felice and Boudleaux...@ MW<br />You jest! Don't you? Felice and Boudleaux Bryant composers of "Bye Bye Love" and a string of Everly Brothers hits,"Rainin' in my Heart", "Love Hurts".??!??!<br />As I feared : the end of civilisation as we know it.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-56541686562056954022014-02-09T20:17:34.671+00:002014-02-09T20:17:34.671+00:00TS, Google maps says it's 29 hours from Seattl...TS, Google maps says it's 29 hours from Seattle to Tulsa, but point taken.<br /><br />DBC, yes, KK wrote it but it was first performed by somebody else.<br /><br />And no, I'm afraid that without Googling, I have no idea who the Bryants are? Did they form a band with Queen's lead guitarist and branch out into making matches?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-75210598093624460862014-02-09T19:59:00.459+00:002014-02-09T19:59:00.459+00:00"Me and Bobby McGee" was very much Kris ..."Me and Bobby McGee" was very much Kris Kristofferson's song.The story is that a Bobby McKee was Boudleaux Bryant's secretary and the head of Monument Records told KK it was a good name to put in a song.<br />Don't say you don't know who the Bryants were(as I get older this lack of common cultural reference points is becoming really troublesome).DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-89920864539843057822014-02-09T17:43:05.500+00:002014-02-09T17:43:05.500+00:00Nice one.
Slightly OT: with the modern US road sy...Nice one.<br /><br />Slightly OT: with the modern US road system, "only 24 hours from Tulsa" makes no sense. Almost everywhere in the US is 24 Hours from Tulsa by car.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.com