Smoke, like when they announce a new pope.
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Or maybe we could all get walkie-talkies, like when we were 9 years old?
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Luxury! We had two tin cans with a string stretched between them.
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Oh wow! Such a talented woman.
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Joy Harmon has died at 87
Best known for that unforgettable car-wash scene in Cool Hand Luke (1967), it’ll stay iconic as long as cinema exists
“She doesn’t know what she’s doin’”
“Oh, boy. She knows exactly what she’s doin’. Driving us crazy and lovin’ every minute of it”
https://x.com/TheStingisBack/status/2044658580779839718?s=20
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I cannot give this post, that movie, her performance in that scene, and my mother’s reaction to it a year later on, KUTVs, Sunday afternoon, program with recent motion picture reruns, “Two On The Aisle”.
I was about 12 or 13, and watching with a different level of enthusiasm than my mother’s.
Looking back, I’m sort of startled that they ran it unedited… I mean in Salt Lake, on a Sunday afternoon?
The world was dramatically different then 
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Dave Mason, founding member of Traffic has died at the age of 79:disappointed_face:
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A couple of years ago I did a Dave Mason binge. What a great guy, kept playing, mostly in smaller venues, of course.
If you listen to his interviews on Youtube, pretty interesting he was from England but had essentially no British accent.
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Midnight Special - Wolfman Jack. Most of you will not remember that program, but those of us in high school in the 70’s remember both.
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This is what I remember. I was pre-pubescent, and yet (like with James, Carli, Carol and Joni) the lesson is: Relationships are exhilarating. Dangerous too.
Look at the musicianship! tight rhythm.
Kudos to @UTEopia for the Midnight Special link. I almost impulsively started a MS thread for a second there but that would be both redundant and indulgent.
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Midnight Special - Wolfman Jack. Most of you will not remember that program, but those of us in high school in the 70’s remember both.
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… ok, down the rabbit hole I go… sorry, should probably move this to the What I’m listening To thread…
Dave Mason was a great musician, who never really achieved the success that his talent earned him. There are a handful of spectacular songs that he wrote in his career mostly with Traffic, that I include in my favorite songs ever.
Perhaps his most recognized (and one of his best) tunes is Feeling’ Alright:
Only You know and I Know, which is actually best known from the recording by Delany and Bonnie and Friends is my personal favorite.
But, when I think of Dave Mason, I always also think of his Traffic bandmate who I consider one of the best Pop musicians who ever lived, Steve Winwood.
I saw Winwood, with Blind Faith, in the old Salt Palace, (not the Old Old Salt Palace) in 1969, at the age of 13. It was the first time I had been able to arrange a sleep over with a friend with liberal parents, so we could attend a Saturday Night rock concert. I count it was one of the top 5 shows I’ve ever heard.
I also saw Winwood, at Kingsbury Hall, in around 2002, in another of the top 5 shows I’ve ever seen. A tune that exemplifies Winwoods musical diversity, from that show, with a unique guitarist, playing a remarkable solo, follows:
In between, I’ve owned nearly every album he’s ever recorded, along with having my sister (the piano player) teach me to play the main theme from Glad, my favorite tune of my favorite traffic album.
Oh, and I should note that many years after the fact, I discovered that one of my very favorite childhood songs, was not actually sung by a Black man from the US South, as I had assumed from the sound of his voice, but rather an 18 year old boy from England.
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“Glad” is one of my favorites as well. Along with “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys”.
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Winwood opened for the Doobie Bros out at the amphitheater (whatever it’s called now) and was great. Can’t Find My Way Home is one of my favorite songs. His daughter was in his band, great pipes, and she also sang leads on a song in the DB’s set (one of Mike McDonald’s songs but I forget which one). Definitely a legend.
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I’d like to introduce the newest member of my family. Meet Eugene Hackman. He won’t replace Cha Cha, but he’ll heal all of our hearts just a little.
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That’s so wonderful! Your everlasting thoughts for Cha Cha and care-giving actions for Eugene Hackman will be in symbiosis with the circle of life
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She was the last surviving member. Great group
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The early Beatles emulated their vocal styles.
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