Posted on 12/24/2006 4:06:27 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
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huh, i thot i'd sent a link... the Robinsons must be bored and are toying with my posts ; )
Still no link. Why not send the address and I'll cut-n-paste.
Thanks,
VietVet
God bless.
You.
Joe Nichols
The kid from Rogers, Arkansas, who inherited his love of country at the feet of semi-professional pickers including his grandfather, uncles and truck driving father Mike, was facing personal tragedy. Six days before MAN WITH A MEMORY’s release, at what might have been a moment of immense familial pride, Joe’s dad succumbed to a long battle with a rare pulmonary illness at age 46. Rather than cancel an earlier scheduled performance on the Grand Ole Opry, the day after the funeral the entire Nichols clan decided to drive to Nashville to watch Joe sing his father’s favorite Merle Haggard song, “Footlights,” as a tribute.
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Favorite sports teams? Razorbacks of Arkansas (football/basketball)
Magazines you subscribe to? Don’t subscribe to magazines but I read R&R and Billboard.
Guilty pleasures? Staying up until 5:00am and eating Skittles – I’m a Waffle House junkie.
Thing you love the most you lost? Lost a best friend right after high school, who died in a car crash.
Things people would be surprised to know about you? I’m a shy guy.
Do you balance your checkbook? No way.
Luckiest moment? When I got the opportunity to meet Tony Brown and Tim DuBois, the presidents of my record label.
Personal motto? It’s all in God’s hands.
Scariest moment? Playing the Grand Ole Opry for the first time.
Physical fitness routine? Cardio and lifting 3-5 times weekly at Gold's Gym.
Things you hate to do? I hate to tell people no.
Things you love to do? I love to sing and to travel.
Favorite place? Home
Most embarrassing moment? When I was six or seven I was at church with my family (in front of 400 people), the preacher asked for hymn requests, I stood up and requested “Red Neckin', Love Makin' Night.”
Who would you like to meet? Jesus, Elvis, Hank Williams
What you’ll buy with your first big royalty check? A nice spread – a house with a little bit of room.
What can you cook well? Steak
What do you think your strengths are? Finding middle ground – I’m a good mediator between people.
What do you think your weaknesses are? Sometimes, I’m a pushover.
What would your mom say about the above? Dad? Mom & Dad would say my strength is that I’m a people guy – I talk to people well; they would think my weakness is punctuality or lack there of.
"I favor the "hippie" country stuff.Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen,New Riders of the Purple Sage,Flying Burrito Brothers.I do love Charlie Daniels and David Allen Coe's stuff.Can't stand the New Wave pretty boy country crap."
How I love NRPS, Poco, Pure Prairie League, the Dead, Marshall Tucker, etal. I completely forgot about Commander Cody! (Time to unbox all my albums)
"Smoke on the Water" was a WWII song named from the use of smoke by battleships to confuse the enemy. From Walter Lenk come the original words to the song:
Smoke on the Water
Oh, there is a sad day coming for the foes of all mankind,
They must answer to the people and it's troubling their mind,
Everybody who must fear them will rejoice on that great day,
When the powers of dictators shall be taken all away.
Chorus:
There'll be Smoke on the Water, on the land and the sea,
When our Army and our Navy overtakes the enemy,
There'll be smoke on the mountains where the heathen Gods stay,
And the sun that is rising will go down on that day.
Chorus:
For there is a great destroyer made of fire and flesh and steel,
Rolling toward the foes of freedom, they'll go down beneath it's wheel,
They'll be nothing left but vultures to inhabit all that land,
When our modern ships and bombers make a graveyard of Japan
Chorus
Hirohito 'long with Hitler will be riding on the rail,
Mussolini will beg for mercy, as a leader he has failed,
There'll be no time for pity when the screaming eagle flies,
It will be the end of Axis, they must dance away their lies.
Chorus
"Smoke on the Water" was written in 1944 by Zeke Clements and recorded shortly thereafter by Red Foley. A recording was aired in August 2001 on "Hillbilly at Harvard" (WHRB in Cambridge). This information came from a recording in the collection of Tillman Franks via Hutch Hutchinson, and was from an Armed forces radio broadcast in 1944 over WXLD on the island of Saipan where they were building the airstrip to be used to bomb Japan. The band was "The Rainbow Boys" featured on the "Calico Jamboree," and known members included Tillman Franks, Merle Clayton on Vocals, and Pete Seeger on Banjo.
you're what i love about every day of the week, babe. :D
Yes, thank you. Now if I can just find the tune.
VietVet
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