Dharmabum, thanks for the link!

Roger the Skiffler, you win the prize [if I had any to give out] for listing some women Blues singers other than Billy Holliday.

Now that you mention her name, I used to have a tape of Big Mama Thornton singing Hound Dog..and if I my memory is accurate, Elvis Presley copied off her.

And hey, PoppaGator! I appreciate that background on Nationals. WYSIWYG had posted the answer to my question regarding that the use of that word in the vivid comment that GUEST 08 Feb 05 - 11:28 PM made. Thanks for the info..

BTW, I know that I'm doin alot of alot of 'thanks yous' & 'I appreciate its' [mixed in with a couple of I apologizes]..but they are heart felt.

Maybe if I changed up a little and said 'thank you' in another language...well I know a tiny bit of Spanish-so I can say "Gracias".
And I know even less Swahili, but I can say "Asante" {ah SAHN-tay}.

If anybody wants to share any more ways for me to say Thanks I will use them now and again..

And, PoppaGator, I guess we're all using the back door today.

What's up with that, anyway?

Azizi,
{Black lady tryin to listen to the Blues]