Monday, December 30, 2013

So Long...

This will be the 68th and last installment of "Music Memories..."  It will be incorporated into the main blog "Inside The Mind Of Greg Huffman" which will be undergoing a few changes for 2014.
  I am going to leave you with this...Music has been the soundtrack of my life,  There is not one instance that I can  think of without a song being attached to it.
  Music is important.

Monday, December 23, 2013

The Statler Brothers...

I was watching PBS about a month ago and they were repeating a showing of the Statler's 2002 farewell concert.

So of course I watched.

They were singing "I'll Go To My Grave Loving You", and I was immediately hooked. Of course I eventually bought a CD called "The Essential Statler Brothers."
It has every song imaginable and of importance by the group. 'Elizabeth", "The Class of '57", "Do You Remember These." All classics.
It just goes to show you that good music comes in all genres and all colors, huh?

(I have since bought two additional CDs...I love these guys!)
Rerun from 4/15/2009

Monday, December 16, 2013

Katy Perry...

Being a fan of the news and such, I occasionally watch "The View". I especially like it since Whoopi Goldberg has been moderator.
Anyhoo...
I was watching one day last week and a young woman I had never heard of sang a song called, "I Kissed A Girl."
I was hooked.
I did a little research and found that the song is #1 on Billboard charts this week. I also discovered that Ms. Perry is not gay and has been accused of being a homophobic (?) On her album, 'One of The Boys," there is a song called " U R Gay." I haven't heard it yet, but I did just order the Cd and I will review it soon.
I haven't been this excited about a new singer since..."The Black Eyed Peas."
She is really good and puts on a helluva show.
Keep your eye on her.

(I wrote this on 08/05/2008!...I am so all-knowing...(smile))

Monday, December 9, 2013

Radio...

OK, so my power got knocked out for 4 1/4 freakin days and I was lost...
NO MUSIC!!!
My brother offered me the loan of a battery powered radio. Now I am not a big fan of radios...I have over 400 Cd's, and I basically listen to what I please.
Dig?
Well after day 3 1/2 (ahem) I got really really bored, so I turned on the FM dial and found a station that really blew me away...a country station that played music from the decades of the '60s through the '80s.
I heard songs I had hadn't heard in years! Songs like, "Delta Dawn," "All My Exes Live In Texas," "Kiss An Angel Good Morning," "Harper Valley P.T.A..."
I was in heaven.
When my power returned, I immediately programmed the station into my home stereo.
I have had the system for 6 years and I had probably listened to the radio 3 times...
When you own over 400 CD, why listen to the radio? Much of the new music is crap anyway...

(Rerun from 09/19/2008)

Monday, December 2, 2013

Still Havn't Twerked...(Yet)...

  A friend of mine and  I were talking the other day, and the subject of "The Electric Slide" dance came up.
  "Have you ever did the "Slide"?,  she asked
  After a little laugh, (ahem) I said , "Honey, I used to be the "King of the Electric Slide" back in the '80s!"
  Honey please...
  I informed her that I also have done several other dances..."The Jerk", "The Swim", "The Twist", "The Monkey", "(A Weak) Moonwalk" (Very weak)
  Ahem...
I have also done "The Funky Chicken" and "Penguin"...the "Breakdown"..."The Mashed Potatoes...
  I still haven't "Twerked"...yet...
  Ahem