Thanks for drawing the thread to my attention, Elmer. I've been singing in hospitals and nursing homes all myu life (almost) but it never occurred to me to sing at a bedside. (Frankie and I did go to visit Joe after he had very extensive back surgery, and walked into his room singing Roll Jordan, Roll.) Then, we got Joe to sing with us and we sang another two or three songs for the nurses and his roommate. It was a lot of fun and really lifted Joe's spirits.

One of the most memorable "concerts" we ever did was for a woman who inexplicably had gone blind, just a year or so after her husband died. She was in her early 90's (She's now in her later 90's) and living alone, so the concert was just for her and her health care provider. We have to do that more often. We've started occaswionally inviting others to our practices (Col K and Leadfingers came to our last practice before our tenor moved away.) That's something we should do more often... practice in the home of people who are housebound.

Thanks for inspiring me, Elmer.

And Ron... I couldn't agree more about loving a variety of music. You may be the first person I've ever met (who I haven't yet met in person) who has a wider musical taste than mine. I made a crazy cassette a few years ago that I had a lot of fun with titled "Huh?"
It was a free association flow of music, letting each song suggest the next, with no boundaries. It had everything from rhythm and blues and soul music to folk, jazz, rockabilly, classical, blues...
I pulled it out recently to play it in the car after not having listened to it for years, and it jammed in the player and broke. I still have the box, though and may end up making a "Huh? II" one of these days. Except I'll put it on CD and send you a copy. I don't remember if I sent you a CD I put together titled The Gospel In Black And White. It's ten gospel songs done by a white group and a black group, in wildly different styles. Like Wade Mainer and His Mountaineers and The Swan Silvertones both doing Working On A Building. Or how about The Carter Family and the Staples Singers both doing Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

Anyone else want a copy, if you PM your mailing address, I'll glad send you one.

What is music, if not to share?

What a great way to start the morning..

Gerald Elmer Rasmssen