Friday, June 29, 2012

Just a Litte Tune

All notes supplied by one guitar and ten fingers





And as Flip Wilson once said "Christopher Columbus came to America to discover Ray Charles honey"

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  1. Dang, that is nice for this evening.

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    1. Thanks Admiral, nice to hear it was appreciated as I appreciated it today myself.

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  2. Everyone seems so damn depressed over the healthcare ruling these last 2 days!

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    1. LibertarianPatriot - I heard a great quote today.

      The Pessimist complains about the wind. The Optimist expects it to change. The Realist adjusts their sails. - William Arthur Ward

      I'm a realist btw.

      Anyway, hope you enjoyed the interlude.

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  3. Can't believe he can make that music all by himself. Fabulous.

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    1. Opus, there's a phrase probably heard a gazillion times since about 1940. :)

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  4. Amazing guitaring, that's for sure. 'cept I keep waiting for ol' Ray to yell "...what'd I say!" :-)

    I like the quote about the wind..I think I'm a little of all three. Wishy washy, I know...

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    1. Z, In the final analysis I'm a realist. Though like anything else, we all go through the various phases to get to the end point. Denial - Anger - Depression - Acceptance.

      Anyway, I should have but this int he post, but Ray wrote this tune on the spot. His band was playing a club somewhere early in the career, and they played every tune they knew but were 20 minutes short of the time they were supposed to play and the bar owner or whatever is was told him they weren't getting paid if they did do the other 20 minutes so Ray wrote this one on the spot and played it for 20 minutes while his band followed along. One of his greatest tunes.

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    2. that's an amazing story! Man, was he talented. I saw him once at LAX reading a book in braille...years ago, obviously.

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  5. I'll out my guitar if you'll out yours!
    Haven't played in several years!
    Carol-CS

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    1. Carol-CS. It will come but probably not for a few more years yet. I plan to youtube something one of these days. :)

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  6. I'll GET out -- get out yours!
    Geeeez I think the heat is getting to me!
    C-CS

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    1. "GeeeZ" Hey, Carol, are you using my name in VAIN!? :-) smile

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  7. What a nice, happy tune, Kid!
    Chet sure is one of the best ever.
    Have a lovely weekend.

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  8. Hey Bunni ! You too you cutie! Yes, Chet may still actually be best ever, all things considered.

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  9. Hey Kid. What is going on? On my blog, down the page on the left is a live visitor feed where anyone can see where visitors come from and what is the post they want to see.
    The last 3 days - have about 100 visitors looking at a 2009 post. What is going on?
    If you see what the post is about and this flood of eyes (readers) are all googling the same thing, from all over. Unreal.

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    1. They Say, Yea, that's interesting. I wonder if Clinton or 9-11 was the focal point. Or both.
      Though anything is possible, I cannot believe the Pentagon didn't do off site backup/mirror of their computer contents. Even the smallest pissant company in America does off site.backup.
      Anyway, that's interesting on the search hits.

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