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dvo

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Almost everything hurts, and near all the time. I hope the NSAIDS are helping, rather than killing me. Wisdom, to the extent I have obtained some, comes at a high price. I’d give guidance to the younguns, but they don’t seem interested. Such is old age.
 
Henry Bowman

Henry Bowman

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Amazing about Johnny Cash , John Ritter Died the same day . I remember being down the shore and going to get coffee early in the morning and hearing about both on the Radio.
 
pauldingbabe

pauldingbabe

The Great Cat
Pfffttt...

I have kids older than Johny Cash, cashing out. Not by much, but still.

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Edited because I didn't see the rest of the pics. Oops.
 
Macgyver

Macgyver

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I do know who all 4 are but Elvira and Anthony are the most familiar to me and probably my age bracket.
 
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WalknTrot

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That one with Johnny Cash just doesn't seem to jell. I guess because I never have to think of him as dead. He will always live in my mind- his music is that much a part of me and has been since I was a kid. It's a rare day when I don't have one of his songs going through me some time during the day.

I think Hank Williams was the same for my mom, though he wasn't around for a long multi-generational lifetime like Johnny Cash.
 
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WalknTrot

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Elvis. Tragedy.
I was at work when I heard - college student grunt job and juggling two more. Stunned.
I'd just seen him in concert for the third time, not four months before he died.

Probably the most gifted singer who will ever grace the stage.

Had widely varied musical tastes. Loved Johnny Cash. Loved Elvis. Also loved Alice Cooper.
Thing is, both Johnny Cash and Alice Cooper loved Elvis too.
 
Kathy in FL

Kathy in FL

Administrator
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Dennis Olson said:
Elvis never wrote a single song during his career. Something to remember. The Beatles by contrast, wrote all their own songs.
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No but he recorded 270 original songs and 513 covers. Many of the covers are much better than the original. He co-wrote four songs with Ken Darby and several with Otis Blackwell during his early years. That is almost 800 songs.

List of songs recorded by Elvis Presley - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

He had all the music memorized because he could neither read nor write music. He's listed as one of the most prolific professionals that could hear a song once and then turn around and sing and/or play it correctly using multiple instruments he taught himself to play ... including the piano, guitar, drums, ukelele and accordion.

As you might guess Satellite Radio Channel 75 is one of my go-to buttons in the car. LOL

www.elvisthemusic.com

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WalknTrot

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Thing with Elvis - nobody will ever match that voice, or his ability to completely mesmerize an audience. To me, his best were powerful popular ballads - even if done previously by the likes of Sinatra, Elvis raised the bar on all of them. Then the hymns and the gospel harmonies that he loved and so naturally and deeply expressed. Amazing.

We all should have taken better care of that guy, but especially the people who were close-up, sucking the lifeblood out of him. Was one of the many who got run over by the "fame" bus and the leeches driving it.
 
Dennis Olson

Dennis Olson

Chief Curmudgeon
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I never said he wasn't talented. I just found it interesting that he knew nothing about music (generically speaking.)
 
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FireDance

TB Fanatic
workhorse said:
Also remember the wording right before the 11 o clock news. It’s 11:00 do you know where your children are. And yea my parents had to come and check on me sometimes just for their own benefit.
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Lol. That always freaked me out. I didn’t understand how a parent didn’t know where their child was. I was right there. Where would other children be?
 
Griz3752

Griz3752

Retired, practising Curmudgeon
Dennis Olson said:
Elvis never wrote a single song during his career. Something to remember. The Beatles by contrast, wrote all their own songs.
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Very true and surprises many on both counts.

Elvis did have the delivery down fairly well though as witnessed buy the number of women of several generations who almost swoon at the sound of his voice.

Of course more than a few ladies still get gaga when The Beatles tunes are played . . . . . .
 
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