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  1. 06-04-2016, 04:51 PM #1
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    That was great, Dave. For me, goose bumps don't lie, and I had them watching that one.

    I caught a performance when Sammy was touring with Frank Sinatra and Liza Minnelli in Houston years ago. I thought Sammy stole the show from those other two great performers, not an easy thing to do, and "yes," Sammy did "Mr. Bojangles." I am of an age where I watched him from his first national exposure as a young man on the Ed Sullivan Show until his end. Quite a career.

    I have always thought it unusual that that song was written by a country artist, Jerry Jeff Walker, who I heard perform it too in a small venue. His was not the equal of Sammy Davis' though, even if he did create it. Many, many have sung the wonderful song, but few the equal of Davis in my mind.
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    A change of pace if you will.

    This afternoon Andre Bacilli came on my random player singing the Ave Maria, the version by Bach/Gounod which is fantastic. On a whim I went to YouTube to see if there were any new artists singing this same piece--- and yes there was. Please allow yourself to meet Kimi Scota.

    BTW, there are multiple Ave Marias, the most common beyond Bach/Gounod are Franz Schubert and Johannes Brams.

    And---if you would be so bold as to have a bit of fun with the Ave Maria---relax for a moment here.

    Bobby McFerrin is an amazingly talented musician and is classically trained and has conducted some of the top symphony orchestras all over the world.

    For another turn, go here and watch a "band" of excellent musicians just having fun---they are contagious.
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    Maybe you will like this better.

    I suspect this might come as a surprise to some---but in a past life I was a clown as was my lovely wife. You might say we were a couple of clowns

    One of our performances included this piece and so it has a special sentimental adder for me.

    We were members of a troop of Christian clowns and performed mostly in hospitals for children and to a lesser amount old age homes.

    I have to admit I got far more from the experience than I ever gave
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    ...in a past life I was a clown...
    So many possible jokes...So little time...I'd better bite my tongue......Ben
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    Good thinkin




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    A little ditty from my all-time favorite guitar player, Laurindo Almeida. He was a Brazilian and just could not help infusing some samba into Claire de Lune —

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TWN1Rw1AAj0
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