some cool letters from the past year's "mailbag" to my blog
The first one amazed me because it was in response to a post I made last night!
I'm tompall's cousin and we grew up together in the Nebraska sandhills cattle country.
Actually, Harlan Howard is a co-writer on Baltimore. The legend is that TP had written a dozen verses, then appeared in Harlan's office one day, tossed it on his desk, and said, "Here, fix this." And Harlan did. He was the No. 1 writer in Nashville during that pivital time in Nashville when country music changed from studio-controlled slush to honest, individual expression.
I was told that the lyrics were used in a college textbook as an example of story-telling songs. But I do not have first-hand knowledge.
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"Little Rachel", Rachel Veach is my Grandmother. She started out in the late 30's with Roy Acuff after being introduced by Sam McGhee. She was quite a "gem". She was a wonderful Grandmother, had a great personality and sense of humor and probably was quite a force to be reckoned with in her day. She could play the strings off of a banjo and belt out those lyrics. She and Oswald were not related. That was made up because of her traveling with the "boys". That was not a proper thing to do back in those days. "Little Rachel" was about 5 feet tall with beautiful blue eyes and raging red hair. A little spit fire you might say. She had to be to get out and do what she did all those years ago. She was one of the first women to ever tour. She was a songwriter, musician and a Mother of four girls, Mildred, Jean, Bettye and Sharon. I am so proud of her and her accomplishments. I hope that some day, even though she has passed, that she will receive some sort of recognition for the trail she has blazed.
Shannon
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I'm Little Rachel grandson, Mildred's son. Mom was named after Roy's wife, Mildred Acuff. Granny was an insperation on my life in more ways than one. I've got her sense of humor and have picked up her music talent. I haven't learnd to play the Banjo yet, but I do play the guitar. When she was sick with cancer she showed me a few guitar cords to pass the torch. I've missed her ever since she passed away. I miss her Sunday cooking, I miss going out to the country and having her sing to us. Those few chords she started me out with helped me get a job building guitars with Gibson USA. I sure hope I've made her proud.
Dave
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Hello -
I was searching for the lyrics to the song Blue Ridge and happened
on your interesting webpage.
I have had the good fortune to be able hire the great Chicago
country singer Robbie Fulks to play at my upcoming wedding which is
being held at Afton Mountain in Virginia . My daughter is going to
sing Blue Ridge as a duet with Robbie. Pretty cool if I do say so
myself.
The lyrics wouldn't be difficult to right down while listening but I
decided to just look them up on the web for convenience sake. I but
damned if I can't find them anywhere, which seems strange. Indeed I
couldn't see where they were posted on your webpage.
Anyway I just thought I'd drop you a note and tell you that story
and say howdy.
So....
Howdy!
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I found a blog you did back in 2006 about Burlesque songs and i was wondering if you could help me find a song prformed by Barbra Stanwyck in "Ladies of Burlesque" called Take it Off the E String Put it on the G String? I have a MySpace page for classic movies as well as a Blog and I want to add it to my player. So I would need it in mp3 format and the URL for the mp3 to add it to my flash fetish player. Thanks so Much. Feel free to visit my sites at ...
http://liloleme33.blogspot.com/
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hi there- while searching for a copy of the song "take it off the e-string
play it on the g-string", i came across your blog and was very excited to
hear the mp3. i wondered though, as i would love to use the song in a
burlesque show i am working on, if there was anyway to download it, or to
have you send it to me? Maybe it's alot to ask, but i have been unable to
find it elsewhere and am desperate to use it. thanks so much, let me know.
-sarah
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I like your writing.
And, I like your sense of humor.
Kindly email me a few photos.
Best regards
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Unfortunately, I was not able to help these guys:
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[subject:] garfield CD
Hi Kara, do you know where i can get this cd or do you have it?
I would really like it thanks!!!!!
Garfield-Out there tonight 1977 cd
thanks
finigan
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Hi there, I'm hoping you can help me find a song from
the 30s-40s that my Dad (who is 82) is trying to find.
He's in pretty bad shape, and I'd like to find this
for him while he can still enjoy it.
It's a song he said he heard on the radio as a boy and
he still sings sometimes. The lyrics are:
"Oh where are you going, Reynaldo?"
"I go to San Pedro"
"And what do you do in San Pedro?"
"I find my coquette and I say: Si si, si si...my
pidgeon I love you so!"
I've search the internet under: "Oh where are you
going Reynaldo/Hernando/Fernando" and nothing comes
up.
Have you any ideas? Would really appreciate any help
you can offer. My father doesn't remember the name of
the artists ensemble.
Thanks again for everything
Robin
