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Date: Aug 16, 2005

Off Topic Posts

Date: Aug 16, 2005

AE,

JJW was at USM in the 70s!! On slow weeks, that makes him a viable topic IMHO. Discussion about JJW is better than lame rumors and flames.

And USM is "up against the wall . . . . (fill in the blanks).

Date: Aug 16, 2005

Hmmm... Jerry Jeff really doesn't qualify as country in my book. He's just an old acid rocker from New Joisey. So... I also was privileged to see & hear Bill Monroe & Lester Flatt in the '70s at USM. Legend has it that Mr. Flatt came while the stage was being set up, looked at the hanging scoreboard & asked that the stage be set up about 20' farther back. Monroe played on the front steps of what was then (and still is) the Student Services Building.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Take it back a few more years...Steppin Wolf appeared at USM ....albeit 3 hours late, audience was provided 30 minute updates on the location of the airplane "the plane is circling the airport, we will have a show in 45 minutes"....but Ole Weird Harold entertained the audience playing the paint cans

Steppin Wolf ( I dont know about John Kaye?) will be appearing at 6 Flags in East New Orleans, this weekend!!!

Date: Aug 17, 2005

really off wrote:

Take it back a few more years...Steppin Wolf appeared at USM

Steppin Wolf? He ain't country.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Cool Country wrote:

really off wrote: Take it back a few more years...Steppin Wolf appeared at USM Steppin Wolf? He ain't country.

I always thought Ole Weird Harold on the paint cans was country?? or maybe it was my state of mind

Date: Aug 17, 2005

I was there in the mid -seventies. We had Willie Nelson and none of this effeminate talk of shared governance and world-class university. Bill McCain ran a tight ship.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Wasn't McCain guilty of plagarism? Outed in a national publication?

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Please pardon my pedantry, but the band y'all are referring to is spelled Steppenwolf, also the title of a Hesse novel.

See a history at http://www.classicbands.com/steppenwolf.html.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

In the interest of staying completely off topic, the song "Railroad Lady" was written by Jerry Jeff Walker and Jimmy Buffet right there in Hattiesburg.

On another off-topic topic Invictus was on Jeopardy yesterday. The Final Jeopardy answer was (paraphrased with errors attributed to me) - The amputee, W. E. Henley author of the poem Invictus was the inspiration for what character in an 1883 novel. Answer - Who is Long John Silver.

The VCR is a wonderful tool. It lets me watch Jeopardy in the evening instead of people eating bugs.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

I got the off-topic blues, oh yeah
'Cause there aint no news, oh yeah
Got nuthin to lose, oh yeah,
Babay, they's the off-topic blues!

I got the off-topic blues, today
My man done me wrong, you say
He aint' nuthin to me, no way
Lord, I got the off-topic blues, yay yay.
(use appropriate gender for your personal situation)

Gotta go back to work, right now
Caint lose my job, nohow
Off-topic is cool
But I aint no fool
. . . .

Y'all's turn! And yes I know the verse pattern is inconsistent.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Eagle wrote:

The VCR is a wonderful tool. It lets me watch Jeopardy in the evening instead of people eating bugs.

Eagle, if you'd more a litle further from the beach those bugs wouldn't bother you as much.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Cool Country wrote:

really off wrote:
Take it back a few more years...Steppin Wolf appeared at USM
Steppin Wolf? He ain't country.

You're thinking of "Two Steppin Wolf", the Texas Bluesman.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Eagle wrote:

It lets me watch Jeopardy in the evening instead of people eating bugs.

But there are different qualities of bug-eating. For example, Survivor bug-eating is much more entertaining than Fear Factor bug-eating but the new season hasn't started yet.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

really off wrote:

....but Ole Weird Harold entertained the audience playing the paint cans<pSNIP>

Ole Weird Harold ... not THERE'S a blast from the past. Not as "political" as Fred Horne but every bit as weird (if not more so).

And speaking of Jeopardy, I'll pick the $75 box from "obscure muscial performances at USM in the '70s" & the answer is "he claimed that the various members of his band had had deaths in the family, auto accidents, and other mishaps in order to collect a full 'band' check from the University Activities Council." (AFAIK, this was the first time this performer was paid to play at USM, although I can recollect three other concerts, one in Bennett Auditorium & two in the coliseum.) So, who was the performer & who was the only member of his band to appear with him (after walking over from the dorm)?

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Invictus wrote:

And speaking of Jeopardy, I'll pick the $75 box from "obscure muscial performances at USM in the '70s" & the answer is "he claimed that the various members of his band had had deaths in the family, auto accidents, and other mishaps in order to collect a full 'band' check from the University Activities Council." (AFAIK, this was the first time this performer was paid to play at USM, although I can recollect three other concerts, one in Bennett Auditorium & two in the coliseum.) So, who was the performer & who was the only member of his band to appear with him (after walking over from the dorm)?

OK, you're on.

1. Who is Barry Manilow?

2. Who is Daryl Dragon?

Bonus questions for Invictus--

Speaking of Daryl Dragon,

1. What was his stage name, and

2. Who penned the anthem of the 70's, "Muskrat Love" ? (then and now a personal fave of our own Shelby F. Thames)

No fair looking up the answers.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Answer Man wrote:

OK, you're on. 1. Who is Barry Manilow? 2. Who is Daryl Dragon? Bonus questions for Invictus-- Speaking of Daryl Dragon, 1. What was his stage name, and 2. Who penned the anthem of the 70's, "Muskrat Love" ? (then and now a personal fave of our own Shelby F. Thames) No fair looking up the answers.

Daryl "Captain Keyboards" and his wife Toni were "The Captain and Tenille"

Their 'signature' song, "Muskrat Love," was written by America (probably Dewey Bunnell).

Date: Aug 17, 2005

oldtimer wrote:

Answer Man wrote: OK, you're on. 1. Who is Barry Manilow? 2. Who is Daryl Dragon? Bonus questions for Invictus-- Speaking of Daryl Dragon, 1. What was his stage name, and 2. Who penned the anthem of the 70's, "Muskrat Love" ? (then and now a personal fave of our own Shelby F. Thames) No fair looking up the answers. Daryl "Captain Keyboards" and his wife Toni were "The Captain and Tenille" Their 'signature' song, "Muskrat Love," was written by America (probably Dewey Bunnell).

Well congratulations, you're half right. "Muskrat Love" was written by the legendary Texas songwriter and Austin fixture Willis Alan Ramsey. He claims it's the worst song he ever wrote, but has made him the most money.

Bonus factoid--"Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother," a song recently cited by Emma and associated with Jerry Jeff Walker, was actually written by Ray Wylie Hubbard, also of Austin. Hubbard has written some of the most highly acclaimed music of the country-folk genre, with certain of his more recent works reminiscent of Bob Dylan. Redneck Mother was written in the 70's as a novelty bar song, and Hubbard says he continues to be baffled by its enduring popularity, but is happy to cash the royalty checks.

AE

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Answer Man/AKA AE wrote:

oldtimer wrote:
Answer Man wrote: OK, you're on. 1. Who is Barry Manilow? 2. Who is Daryl Dragon? Bonus questions for Invictus-- Speaking of Daryl Dragon, 1. What was his stage name, and 2. Who penned the anthem of the 70's, "Muskrat Love" ? (then and now a personal fave of our own Shelby F. Thames) No fair looking up the answers. Daryl "Captain Keyboards" and his wife Toni were "The Captain and Tenille" Their 'signature' song, "Muskrat Love," was written by America (probably Dewey Bunnell).

Well congratulations, you're half right. "Muskrat Love" was written by the legendary Texas songwriter and Austin fixture Willis Alan Ramsey. He claims it's the worst song he ever wrote, but has made him the most money.
Bonus factoid--"Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother," a song recently cited by Emma and associated with Jerry Jeff Walker, was actually written by Ray Wylie Hubbard, also of Austin. Hubbard has written some of the most highly acclaimed music of the country-folk genre, with certain of his more recent works reminiscent of Bob Dylan. Redneck Mother was written in the 70's as a novelty bar song, and Hubbard says he continues to be baffled by its enduring popularity, but is happy to cash the royalty checks.
AE

Hey wait a minute. Ramsey was a Sooner.
From the album cover: Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet)
The choice for the album's lead track and first single was "Muskrat Love," written by Oklahoma singer/songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey. "

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Boomer Sooner Former Eagle wrote:

Ramsey was a Sooner. From the album cover: Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet) The choice for the album's lead track and first single was "Muskrat Love," written by Oklahoma singer/songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey. "

BSFE, do we really want to admit to this??? LOL!

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Probably not, Emma.

By the way, its just as hot in Oklahoma as it is/was in south Mississippi.

Date: Aug 17, 2005

Invictus wrote:

And speaking of Jeopardy, I'll pick the $75 box from "obscure muscial performances at USM in the '70s" & the answer is "he claimed that the various members of his band had had deaths in the family, auto accidents, and other mishaps in order to collect a full 'band' check from the University Activities Council." (AFAIK, this was the first time this performer was paid to play at USM, although I can recollect three other concerts, one in Bennett Auditorium & two in the coliseum.) So, who was the performer & who was the only member of his band to appear with him (after walking over from the dorm)?

You know it's a really slow night when you start replying to your own posts, but...

Despite the sidetrack through the wilds of "Muskrat Love" & Ray Wiley Hubbard's enduring ode to mothers everywhere, nobody has provided the question for my Jeopardy answer above...

Hint: It is not, "Who is Bob Dylan?"

Date: Aug 18, 2005

Invictus wrote:

So, who was the performer & who was the only member of his band to appear with him (after walking over from the dorm)?

You know it's a really slow night when you start replying to your own posts, but... Despite the sidetrack through the wilds of "Muskrat Love" & Ray Wiley Hubbard's enduring ode to mothers everywhere, nobody has provided the question for my Jeopardy answer above... Hint: It is not, "Who is Bob Dylan?"

Invictus, I guessed "Who is Barry Manilow?" Was I wrong, or did you not see my answer?

BTW, I didn't say that Willis Alan Ramsey was a Texas native. I just said he was an Austin fixture, which was true in the 70's and 80's. I don't know where he was born but his own website describes him as the "Legendary Texas Singer Songwriter." Maybe he changed residency following the Muskrat Love release? I would have. I'd probably change my name too.

AE

Date: Aug 18, 2005

This one is for AE,

Kinky wins in NO

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3315501

Date: Aug 18, 2005

Invictus wrote:

Invictus wrote: So, who was the performer & who was the only member of his band to appear with him (after walking over from the dorm)? "

Alex/Invictus:

* Who is Jimmy Buffett?

* Who is Greg "Fingers" Taylor?

Date: Aug 18, 2005

Kinky eagle wrote:

Kinky wins in NO

Maybe he really won. Maybe he didn't. Either way, it's good publicity for the casino.

Date: Aug 18, 2005

Survivor All Stars wrote:

Eagle wrote:
It lets me watch Jeopardy in the evening instead of people eating bugs.
But there are different qualities of bug-eating. For example, Survivor bug-eating is much more entertaining than Fear Factor bug-eating but the new season hasn't started yet.

I'm all about the new season of Survivor...set among Mayan ruins...it's going to rock!

And you can bet your not-so-dead grandmother's life on that one!

Date: Aug 19, 2005

Johnny Fairplay wrote:
Eagle wrote: It lets me watch Jeopardy in the evening instead of people eating bugs.

Survivor All Stars wrote: But there are different qualities of bug-eating. For example, Survivor bug-eating is much more entertaining than Fear Factor bug-eating but the new season hasn't started yet.

Johnny Fairplay wrote: I'm all about the new season of Survivor...set among Mayan ruins...it's going to rock! And you can bet your not-so-dead grandmother's life on that one!

I'm looking forward to the new season as well but if my grandmother were still alive it would be Guinness Book of World Records material.

Date: Aug 19, 2005

Johnny Fairplay wrote:

I'm all about the new season of Survivor...set among Mayan ruins...it's going to rock!

Is Survivor like professional wrestlng where the winner is sometimes known before the match begins?

Date: Aug 19, 2005

Early Riser wrote:

Is Survivor like professional wrestlng where the winner is sometimes known before the match begins?

Bite your tongue.