From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017070313281340456-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Not sure they were ever " real country ".  Whatever that is. They seemed   
   > more of a bluegrass influenced band to me.   
      
   The Dillards were bluegrass, but that's a kind of country - what kind did   
   you have in mind?   
   Something somewhere between bluegrass and cowboy songs? ;)   
      
   > Bigots chose their own standards.  In the case of around here, it's   
   > related to immigration in the early parts of the last century.  It seems   
   > that waves of poor pouring into a region aren't generally accepted, any   
   > time any place.   
      
   Being poor sucks! And I'm not even an immigrant or a child of immigrants!   
      
   > Violence isn't limited to only people the libs like to blame, white male   
   > Christians.   
   Turns out that quick look at history will tell you   
   > there have always been wars, rumors of wars, tribal conflicts, rape and   
   > pillage ..... and nope, not all that was done by white males :-)   
      
   So much for 'fairness' in reporting ;)   
      
   > Just a no. That's all it was.   
      
   Well at least they were honest with their answer anyway, but they should   
   have at least explained Why their answer was 'no'.   
   Besides, whatever happened to giving bands a chance?   
      
   > I'm quite happy they didn't sign us.  We weren't a happy bunch of fellow   
   > travelers. We were a pro level band, earning our livings. We were not   
   > friends.  I didn't like the drummer. He didn't like me.  And there were   
   > four of us, spread that " didn't like "  all around in all the possible   
   > permutations to see how we got along.   
      
   That's a bummer, but then why bother even being in such a band in the first   
   place?   
      
   > I remember how our lead singer frontman got mad at me over my not letting   
   > him take and use my tele for that audition.  He was very rough on guitars,   
   > and well, I just never let people borrow mine.  It was a thing.  Pretty   
   > much everyone in the band was mad at me for saying no.  Looking back, I'd   
   > do the same.  He had a guitar, he used it day in day out, why ask for one   
   > of mine for that trip ?   
      
   Why would he even need to use yours in the first place?   
   He should have used his own.   
      
   > You really do live in some fantasy world, don't you ?   
      
   No, but I am an idealist.   
      
   > Life happens.   
      
   But if it's not worth living, for lack of Quality, why even call it 'life'   
   when all it really is is existence.   
      
   > People get sick, and sometimes die even.  Women marry you, have a kid,   
   > then file for divorce.  How can being even more into music change that.   
      
   Gee, that sounds like something experienced by robots, but those who aren't   
   such, what ever happened to self determination???   
      
   > Band girl talks sometimes about a band she was in where the lead guy's car   
   > got hit by a train on the way to the job.   
      
   I wonder what could have caused that.   
      
   > Yep, killed him.  She found out about it when some of the other band   
   > members showed up. They were in the car behind his.   
      
   I'm sure they must have seen the whole thing.   
      
   > I've been at this a long time. Had many friends die along the way.  Life   
   > is a real thing.  And sometimes it has real consequences.   
      
   Yeah, like death...but happier is the direction to go!   
      
   > We drank some beer and watched the cat eat about half that bunny. Then   
   > another cat came along and the first cat let the second carry off what was   
   > left. Full, I guess :-)   
      
   Don't those cats get anything better to eat?   
      
   > Yep. They can bite.  As can squirrels.  I'm very much in the " leave the   
   > animals " alone camp.  Deer can kill you, as can bears, and wolves. And   
   > snakes. And who knows what else. In the real world, wild animals   
   vare not like some Disney cartoon. They can and will defend themselves.   
   > Leave them alone.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   That's why Vibing with them first is so very important.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)