Sunday, January 10, 2021

Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers (Official Video)

browsing thru oh so many comments( some r hilarious, others sad or even " giving a warning"; therefore, i must be " cheating" each time i pick up my sax, & remember my 1st secret love: "MARILYN MONROE". "SOME LIKE IT HOT"(M.M>, TONY CURTIS & JACK LEMON< in black & white film, introduced me to her. her passion for tenor sax players(as told to TONY CURTIS )led me to a paper route thru rain, sleet, snow & boiling heat waves, to purchase, learn to play, audition for the h.s. band & jazz band, & quit the orchestra( violin). there r many kinds of " secret loves" in this crazy world. i say " KEEP ON TRUCKIN"( JERRY GARCIA /GREATFUL DEAD mega hit).now my secret love is my precious horn.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Harry Chapin - All 14 minutes of Taxi & Sequel

WHILE SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY STILL PINE OVER LOVE'S LAMENT( FORGETTABOUT A 20YEAR + CALL OR CHANCE ENCOUNTER(ABOUT 11 YEARS FOR ME, WITH MY WIFE & BABY GIRL AT NUNLEY'S AMUSEMENT PARK IN FREEPORT, LONG ISLAND),SHE,& HER BABY BOY & MOM(WHO DISLIKED ME & CAUSED THE BREAK UP( HER DAUGHTER HAD TO MArry into a wealthy family); A BRIEF "HI, HOW IS IT GOING ? & A WAVE OVER MY SHOULDER TO POINT OUT MY "FAMILY", THEN SPINNING ON MY HEELS, I "WALKED AWAY &NEVER LOOKED BACK). YES, SHE WAS A NATURAL BEAUTIFUL GIRL, INSIDE & OUT, WITH AN AWESOME SMILE. YES, AFTER BEING KICKED TO THE CURB ONE FATEFUL EVENING, A FEW DAYS/NITES LATER, SITTING ON MY PARENTS 3RD STEP/STAIRWAY, WAS THE SUN SETTING IN FRONT OF MY EYES, A STRANGE FORCE DWELLING DORMANT SPRUNG TO LIFE, GRABBING PAPER/PEN, I WROTE MY 1ST, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, " BEST" SONG; UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MY MUSIC TEACHER, MAESTRO PIANIST, CHORAL DIRECTOR, GUITARIST, WROTE DOWN NOTE FOR WORD THIS BRAND NEW CREATION. MY POINT: YES, A FEW "MARVELOUS SONGS WERE./STILL ARE INSPIRED & DEDICATED TO ( lady diane), my 1st love, & some to present lady,afew to some along the road OF LOVE & LIFE;, NO REASON TO REACH OUT( SHE BLOCKED ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA ANYWAY)AS " HARRY LAMENTS" WHAT WE ONCE HAD WAS GONE".YES, AT TIMES I FEEL LIKE I'M TIED TO THE WHIPPIN' POST": THEN I TURN AROUND, LOOKING TO PLAY A CERTAIN SOUND, TO BRING ME BACK TO THE GROUND. LOVE IS FAR FROM PERFECTION, SOMETIMES YOUR HEART IS PULLED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THE TEST OF TIME & LOVE FOR ME IS SIMPLY : " LOVE & LOYALTY". THIS IS TO BE ASPIRED TO, CHERISHED UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, & LOOKED BACK UPON WITH RELISH & JOY AS YEARS GO BY"