Thanks A Lot (The Type “A” Song) by Casey Redmond

 

Thanks A Lot

Let’s Raise A Glass

For The Type Aers

Committee Members

And problem slayers

The leaf rakers

The list makers

The weed killers

And the driveway crack fillers

Thanks for everything you do

I couldn’t play my banjo

If it wasn’t for you

Thanks a lot

Let’s raise a glass 

For the go getters

Car washers 

And table setters 

The campfire builders

The salt shaker fillers

The head of your HOA

And the chair of the PTA

Thanks for everything you do

Couldn’t sit on the front porch

If it wasn’t for you

Thanks a lot

If you ever tire of that grind 

Have a seat here

We don’t mind

Let’s raise a glass 

to the VP in charge

The hall monitors 

And council person at large

Your priests and pastors 

Yoga class masters

Motivational speakers

And weekend spiritual seekers

Thanks for everything you do

Couldn’t sit in the shade here

If it wasn’t for you

Thanks a lot

Written by Casey Redmond

2024

From the album,

“Simple Rhymes For Troubled Times”

Daddy Stovepipe: Blues Pioneer

Daddy Stovepipe: Maxwell Street (Chicago) 1963

 

Daddy Stovepipe was born in Mobile, Alabama back in 1867. He recorded solo sides and as a duet partner with his wife, Mississippi Sarah. He began performing around 1900 in Mexico with various mariachi bands. In addition to performing in Mexico, he also played in traveling minstrel shows and was active all over the southern U.S, Arizona and was a busker for many years on Maxwell Street in Chicago. He was performing there well into his nineties. In fact, his final recordings were made on the street in 1963. Here he is performing his song, "Sundown Blues"

Rock N Roll Casey

August 22, 2024

More on Daddy Stovepipe::

All Music Guide

Wikipedia

Pizza, Ice Cream & Liquor

 Lately I have found myself doing a lot of driving around Ohio. During my travels, I pass countless Macdonalds, Pizza Huts and Wal-Marts but there are still quite a few locally owned businesses around, especially in the small towns. Pizza joints, ice cream stands and bars seem to be the most common. Here are a few worth checking out.

The Twist (Clyde, Ohio)

Pizza Rama (Green Springs, Ohio)

Twist & Shout (Monroeville, Ohio)

Camden Whiskey Bar (Camden, Ohio)

Miller’s Drive-In (Bellevue, Ohio)

The Zambonis: The world’s only all hockey rock n roll band

 I have never been a hockey fan. I don’t really know why. It has everything someone could want in a sport, it’s fast paced, takes great skill and there is often blood. Maybe it’s because I never played it as a kid. It was not a family thing, I don’t remember anyone in my house ever mentioning it. 

They say you are never too old to change and I may just become a hockey fan yet, thanks to the Zambonis. The ‘Zambonis are a rock n roll band out of Bridgeport, Connecticut that play nothing but tunes about hockey. No love songs, break up songs or car songs, just hockey songs.

Okay, so they put out a couple of songs about hockey, big deal? Right? Try seven albums and counting. They play everything from punk to ska, metal, rockabilly and even country and western.

Mainly a recording act, they do play a few gigs a year  mostly in the northeast.  Last year they played a 2:30pm gig at a library in Roxbury, Connecticut! How rock n roll is that?

They have been sanctioned by the NHL and have been commissioned to write songs for several teams. There music is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple etc..and you can checkout there videos on YouTube. 

Zambonis Website

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Upcoming Country Star’s Debut Marred By Ugly Post Concert Incident

(New York) A young and upcoming country music star named  Jim Lonesome made his performing debut earlier this week at the Bowery Electric in Lower

Manhattan. It was the 20th annual Hank O Rama Hank Williams Tribute and he rocked the capacity crowd with a rousing rendition of Hank’s “Hey, Good Looking”.

Mr. Lonesome was backed by the world famous Lonesome  Prairie Dogs featuring  the legendary Lenny Kaye on pedal steel. He also wowed the crowd with his own original interpretive country line dance now known by various names including “The Up-Down”, “Something Two Year Olds Do” and “The Lonesome Jim”.

The soon to be country superstar is a native of Parma, Ohio where he spent his youth drinking large quantities of Schafer beer, wearing baseball hats denoting his favorite musical genres, feigning ignorance of various social conventions and scrubbing clams.

Sadly, his spectacular performance was marred by an ugly incident that followed his promising debut.

Upon leaving the stage, he allegedly bumped into a nearby table knocking several patrons drinks to the ground. When questioned by authorities, he simply responded, “How was I supposed to know?” and  staggered out the door.

Mr. Lonesome’s current whereabouts are unknown. The incident is under investigation.

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Donny & Marie New Year’s Eve TV Special

 Wow, some things from the past are just too weird to believe. Growing up, my oldest sister was a huge Donny Osmond fan. Our suburban household rang with a constant barrage of Osmond classics  like “One Bad Apple” & “Go Away Little Girl”.

My sister outgrew her Donny obsession about the time he started teaming up with his sister Marie. There popularity was at their peak when they made this 1976 New Year’s Eve Special. 

It’s amazing what passed for entertainment back in the seventies. This was the heyday of the variety show and the Osmonds pulled out all of the stops.

Highlights (lowlights?) include:

1. Terribly stupid jokes courtesy of Rip Taylor.

2. Fake out of control laughter by Marie upon hearing Rip Taylor’s terribly stupid jokes.

3. Donny’s over the top synthesizer solo dressed in purple sequined tuxedo & top hat.

4. The Osmond Brothers Band’s weird prog rock/ soul jam dressed in three musketeersesque pastel colored space suits.

5. A music of the 1920s song and dance medley.

6. Insane over the top audience response to all of the above.

These things could only of happened in the 1970s. It is worth checking out. If nothing else. it proves that we have evolved, at least a little, in the past fifty odd years.

Happy New Year.

-Casey Redmond

Deceased Village Antiques (McCutcheonville, Ohio)

 Driving on Ohio State Route 53 yesterday, I passed through the town of McCutchenville (population 371) where I saw this very cool holiday display courtesy of Deceased Village Antiques. (That's really their name.) An antique store with a sense of humor?  Possibly the only one in exsitence.