ghosts of pickers past
The Alberton Papers, Vol. V, #VIII
By Dick Darne 11-26-07
On this cold dreary morning, as the thinkers were filing into the larger quarters across the drive, some could swear they were hearing faint guitar music and two part harmony coming from inside the building.
"......gonna lay down my old guitar, wish I could tie it to my side and take it along with me....."
It was becoming unmistakable to any true apostle of the roots of American Country Music that it was the sound of the Delmore Brothers. But they "left the room" over forty years ago and no one was visible in the think tank picking or singing. Oh well, any highly trained thinker knows when it’s time to shut up and listen, so they all filed in, sat down, closed their eyes and opened their cognitive receptors.
"They crushed out the old junk cars, they crushed out the old junk cars. Wish I could tie one to my side and take it along with me.."
"There goes the cultural value" someone said.
"Where you gonna get your old car part, where you gonna get your old car part.
O’Reilly, NAPA, Car Quest too, bring cash, cause they ain’t got no heart...."
"Economic advantage just flew the coop." someone else exclaimed.
"What’ll we do with our unwanted stuff, what’ll we do with our unwanted stuff. Haul it to Sanders County, they’ll tell you tough, we don’t want Mineral County’s stuff...."
"Scratch Community and Neighbors." said a familiar voice.
After each verse came the chorus and a harmony yodel, not the Swiss/Cowboy type but rather the "blue yodel" which is probably the closest a white man can come to actually singing the blues. Then came the last verse.
"They’ll dump it up the old back roads, they’ll dump it up the old back roads. In every creek and every gulch, lots and lots of loads...."
"And last, but not least, kiss the environment goodbye." several said at once.
Have the Thinkers seen and heard a ghost? Stay tuned for ruminations on finks, snakes in grass and banana gobblers and how they can redeem themselves. dd
Author’s note: listen to "lay down my old guitar" at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjk6uObbbt4
By Dick Darne 11-26-07
On this cold dreary morning, as the thinkers were filing into the larger quarters across the drive, some could swear they were hearing faint guitar music and two part harmony coming from inside the building.
"......gonna lay down my old guitar, wish I could tie it to my side and take it along with me....."
It was becoming unmistakable to any true apostle of the roots of American Country Music that it was the sound of the Delmore Brothers. But they "left the room" over forty years ago and no one was visible in the think tank picking or singing. Oh well, any highly trained thinker knows when it’s time to shut up and listen, so they all filed in, sat down, closed their eyes and opened their cognitive receptors.
"They crushed out the old junk cars, they crushed out the old junk cars. Wish I could tie one to my side and take it along with me.."
"There goes the cultural value" someone said.
"Where you gonna get your old car part, where you gonna get your old car part.
O’Reilly, NAPA, Car Quest too, bring cash, cause they ain’t got no heart...."
"Economic advantage just flew the coop." someone else exclaimed.
"What’ll we do with our unwanted stuff, what’ll we do with our unwanted stuff. Haul it to Sanders County, they’ll tell you tough, we don’t want Mineral County’s stuff...."
"Scratch Community and Neighbors." said a familiar voice.
After each verse came the chorus and a harmony yodel, not the Swiss/Cowboy type but rather the "blue yodel" which is probably the closest a white man can come to actually singing the blues. Then came the last verse.
"They’ll dump it up the old back roads, they’ll dump it up the old back roads. In every creek and every gulch, lots and lots of loads...."
"And last, but not least, kiss the environment goodbye." several said at once.
Have the Thinkers seen and heard a ghost? Stay tuned for ruminations on finks, snakes in grass and banana gobblers and how they can redeem themselves. dd
Author’s note: listen to "lay down my old guitar" at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjk6uObbbt4
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