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Jim Whistles “Anchors Aweigh”
I carefully “weighed” the decision on whether or not to whistle another tune, but figured I could make it through “Anchors Aweigh.” The history of the song is interesting and you can read about it here. My dad, John Amos, enlisted in the United States Navy when he was in the 11th grade during World…
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Jim Amos Whistles America the Beautiful
I found out I can fingerless whistle “America the Beautiful.” You want to crank the volume some because the last part of the video is a picture of the American flag waving in the wind and the wind sound effect is soft. The picture of the sky is from our walk on Scott Blvd near…
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Jim Whistles Yankee Doodle!
This is in the category of “What’ll this guy do next?” Recall I whistled “Battle Hymn of the Republic” not that long ago. Now I took a stab at fingerless whistling “Yankee Doodle.” Sena thought it was pretty good on my first effort. You might want to crank the volume up a little. You can…
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Just Found Guitarist Mike Howe
I just found out about Mike Howe and heard his guitar instrumental song, “The River May Rise,” last night on Stingray. I’m a fan of this kind of music.
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Living in the Arms of the Common People
The other day Sena was shopping at the grocery store and she was standing in line at the checkout lane. An African American woman (age maybe thirtyish) was having trouble with her WIC card. That’s the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC for short) debit card. It’s the federal assistance program…
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Big Shoes Friday Blues Show with Uncle Ed (or Unka Led)
Well, the big news, at least for me, is that Uncle Ed (Unka Led?) did a long version of the shout outs last night—and the first one was Jim the Shrink, which Big Mo had been announcing first for a good while. I about fell out of my chair. I thought after Big Mo retired,…
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Big Shoes Friday Blues Show is a Kickin’ Mule!
Last night I finally got it straight from host Ed English what the new name is for the Friday night blues show on KCCK-FM. It’s the Big Shoes Friday Blues Show. Ed has a lot of good energy, his voice is bright, he’s smart, and he makes sure that women and local blues artists get…
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Reblog of the Post “When Do We Get Out of the Woods?”
This is a different kind of reblog of the post “When Do We Get Out of the Woods” because I want to mention my invented lyrics for the song from the film “The Wizard of Oz” when Dorothy and the oddballs get out of the haunted woods into the land of Oz. The original song…
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Big Shoes Blues Show with Ed English
Well, “Hello” to the Big Shoes Blues Show hosted by Ed English on his inaugural Friday night on KCCK radio 88.3 in Iowa! Bobby D hung out with Ed for a short while at the start of the show. Ed flew just fine solo the rest of the evening. He’s got a great radio voice.…
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Remarks on Reblog of Big Mo Pod Show “Absorbing Influences”
This is a reblog of my post “Absorbing Influences,” which was the title of an entry of John Heim (aka Big Mo from the former Big Mo Pod Show). It was a regular review of Big Mo’s Friday blues music show (see link below in the original post). In my blog, I noted that I…
