I’ve had this one circled on my calendar for a while. I love going to Wimberley and playing on this community radio station. Always fun to hang in that little town for a while. Like a lot of Hill Country towns they are in danger of being overrun by newbies and tourists. They like the tourists. But, they are not so keen on new people moving to town. Mostly because they have a beautiful way of life there that they all treasure and value. They do not want others coming in and disrupting what they have grown up with and nurtured for years. Understandable. I have never lived anywhere I felt that way about. I guess because i’ver always been the outsider in a way. I am a vagabond song and dance man with a special affinity for the local and indigenous. I do not want to change places to suit my hankerin’ and wants. Indeed we should want these places to maintain their identities as much as possible if we want to continue to have this pace we admire so much. A struggle as old as time I know. But, gotta scream into the abyss at least once a day.
The high school football coach came on to talk to the retired high school football coach. Here is hoping for the best for the Wimberley Texans! I started with Santa Comes To Atlanta, but missed the video on that. There is a version on their FB. Then Simply The Best I learned by request for a dear friend’s memorial. My memory of the Tina Turner song from the 80s is not a positive one. But, taken in the context of a widowed man and stripped of the oppressive, overly self conscious production of the original this song becomes a powerfully emotional plea. I am thinking of recording and releasing it, what do you think?
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