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- Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:49 pm
- Forum: A song or two....
- Topic: Lind covers
- Replies: 1
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Lind covers
I remember back in 19sixty-can't-remember,Val Doonican had a TV show and on it he sang "Butterfly". I thought it was a very good cover, he did not try to anything clever with it, he simply sang it. I have been getting a few guituar chords together and hope to torture friends and family wit...
- Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:35 pm
- Forum: A rambling conversation
- Topic: Lines that changed lives.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25817
Re: Lines that changed lives.
My performing career was limited to children's entertainer, I decided that I no longer enjoyed performing, so I disposed of my stuff.A friend of mine wanted my magic tricks but was hesitant at taking them, he felt that one day I would perform again. I could not convince him that I was happy for them...
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:32 pm
- Forum: A song or two....
- Topic: Just my not-so-humble opinion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12966
Re: Just my not-so-humble opinion
During the 60s I lived in Ramsgate in the U.K. and perhaps we all lived under a stone but after "Butterfly", Bob seemed to vanish. He did not get the plugs on the pirate radio stations let alone the stick-in-the-mud national radio stations. Paul Simon's work had plenty of air time, though!...
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:50 pm
- Forum: A rambling conversation
- Topic: More ramblings
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5001
More ramblings
I am just beginning to learn about the internet. As a guy of 60 I remember the 1960s well and only now do I appreciate the writers of that time. It amazes me how the young writers seemed to know so much about life, the Jagger and Richards song "Sitting on a Fence" springs to mind. Unfortun...