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Johnny Cash
I was always either ahead of or behind the times as it came to music but I never “got” Johnny Cash until I took up a guitar until later in life. Learning chords, trying to keep the rhythm by myself and...
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Whitney Houston
I saw a few snippets from her funeral today. She had a gift, a voice. While she had many incredible feats in her life, her problems defeated her in the end. Was that really the guy doing her movie to...
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Service
Whether you hear it from Johnny Cash or Bob Dylan, we all have to serve someone. Whether it be the Lord or our families, we all have to do it. The people who don’t do it are on the bottom or the top,...
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Band
I got a $100 nylon string guitar for Christmas at age 11. Dad taught me A, C, D, E, G. I had quit five years of violin but was still taking piano lessons that would stop soon due to a bad teacher. Then...
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American Pie
Yes, I have the lyrics on my music stand and made up the chords as a beginner guitarist to suit me and even did a riff at the end for my guitar teacher a few years ago. I know, you want me to say...
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New Things
When I was 12 years old we moved to a very different place. We usually had only the networks and PBS for television (I liked PBS when it began showing Julia Child). OK, also Sesame Street to keep my...
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Neil Young
I’m listening to him now. It’s just a dream is the tune and I must get back to it before This Old Guitar with Joni Mitchell. When your spouse wants a gift you should know it. I would have had tickets...
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Sleep
I cannot sleep. My husband and dog are snoring and dreaming the night away and I’ll bet dog Zoe has my pillows by now. Family is so important. It is good to have mine together for a few days. Poems,...
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Teach Your Children
well, that was the song my tone deaf band sang at age 12, at a concert. Whenever I rose up to do harmony they came up with me. That was my only concert, even though in a huge school we did place...
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