The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #82460   Message #1511257
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
27-Jun-05 - 06:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: These Are The Good Old Days
Subject: RE: BS: These Are The Good Old Days
Hey, Pete:

If I had been born in my parent's generation I wouldn't a heard no one, in person. I lived in a small town and no one ever passed through on their way to something important and performed. Except for the 4H Fair, where they still get big name performers in an area that only seats three or four hundred people... Kenny Chesney three years ago, and they've had Merle Haggard, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and many others you'd recognize by name. Ironically, there weren't any big name acts passing through when I was growing up. The area where they have the concerts now was a D level minor leagu ball park and for the fair, they had horse pull contests..

My parents sure weren't walking around singing My Name Is Morgan, But It Ain't J.P. I don't know where your parents grew up, but mine would have no idea who you're talking about. Now, maybe Billy Murray or Sophie Tucker or the early Bing Crosby... :-)

Jerry