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[Ouachita]

Mark Knopfler isn't bad, especially with Emmylou Harris. My cows like this song. They follow me close like a sack of feed.

 

[Ouachita]

I was five years old when I started taking music lessons. We were living in Irving Texas and it was Mrs Wriggley's Music Emporium. The first record I bought was Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy.

 

[Ouachita]

I read somewhere that Eddie van Halen was being interviewed, and he was asked how it felt to be the best guitar player in the world. He replied "I don't know. I never met Roy Clark."

Yes, Roy Clark can squeeze the juice from a dehydrated turnip.

 

[gman4691]

Chet Atkins on the guitar.... also... Boots Randolph on sax and Floyd Cramer on piano... quite the trio....

Definitely Floyd on the piano...

 

[Ouachita]

I'm having a bad neck pain day, so I'm sitting outside enjoying the calmness. I like to listen to Reagan's "Tear down this wall" (always brings a tear to my eyes). Just finished.

I'm curious if AI can condense Reagan's speech into a <4 minute story song, using the voice of Johnny Cash (great LIVE story teller).


[Verse 1]
I stood in the shadow of the old Berlin Wall
Where silence once screamed and the proud had to crawl
Barbed wire and concrete split hearts in two
One side was chained, the other broke through

[Verse 2]
I looked to the east where the cold winds blow
Where freedom was a whisper, buried in snow
But I saw young faces, with hope in their eyes
And I knew in my bones that the soul never dies

[Chorus]
Mr. Gorbachev, I speak plain and true
The world is watchin' what you choose to do
Let the past be the past, let the free hear the call
Tear down this wall... tear down this wall

[Verse 3]
We don't come with armies, we come with resolve
To see old wounds healed and old sins absolved
Not to claim glory, not to boast or to preach
But to stand where the dream is just out of reach

[Bridge]
This wall ain't just stone, it's a lie that divides
Built outta fear, suspicion, and pride
But no wall can last where the people believe
And the winds of freedom refuse to leave

[Chorus]
Mr. Gorbachev, I'm talkin' to you
The tide is turnin', history's due
Let the bells of liberty ring for all
Tear down this wall… tear down this wall

[Outro - Spoken, like a Cash monologue]
I saw a crack in the concrete, small as a thread
But through it came voices that no fear could shed
And I tell you, friends, no wall ever stands tall
When the people rise up and demand it must fall

(slow, sung)
So tear down this wall…
Let freedom stand tall…

 

[Spot & Bubby]

Robert Plant seemed offended when they claimed Aerosmith to be their greatest musical influence.

 

[CowboyRam]

 

[Spot & Bubby]

That's my jam.