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Hare Krishna to you.

(Please keep the virtual rotten-tomato throwing to a minimum;I just had new carpet installed…)

Jackie

When the Doses appear on the site again,the first ones could be selected from David’s Top Ten favorite Bruce songs! (A topic explored “way back when,long time ago..”)

Those songs would truly be “Dayly Doses.”

Jackie

Thnks for the compliment,David! I’ll just add one caveat to your kind words;never ask me for driving directions. The results would not be pretty. 😆

Bram,

You’re joking about the meaning of MVF,aren’t you? those letters are an integral part of this forum!

Jackie

Jonathan wrote:

If one of you would like to PM the other poem, I’ll gladly try to figure out the elusive line.

Done! Have fun searching for the “Bruce phrase!”

Jackie

I think Mr. Harley’s book is very cool!

Here’s the phrase from “Starlit Darkness” on pg. 49. The phrase is taken from Defenders Of The Flag and it’s in the last verse of the poem:

“Our galaxy surely is something of splendor,
The planets, part of God’s grand design;
Tonight see how those stars just seem to flicker,
Wow,can’t you see them shine?“
–excerpted from “Starlit Darkness” by Andy Harley

I’m still puzzling out the other poem…Hope this helps.

Jackie

Could be! I was adopted as a baby… 😆 😆 (It’s true!)

Or maybe we just share excellent taste in music.

Jackie

Thanks for prodding my memory, Nicos! I’ve been meaning to add The Strange Remain to my CD collection, but it slipped my mind. I guess this means I’m getting old and I need to start writing these things down!

Thanks also for the interesting account about the Wharf Rats and the Jerry Garcia story;I really enjoy those types of stories.

I also appreciate Row Jimmy, Brokedown Palace and Standing On The Moon. Thanks to Si and to Bruce Hornsby Live, I’ve had the pleasure of listening to some truly beautiful versions of those songs.

Changing the subject (sort of), I also enjoy listening to Bruce’s versions of Comfortably Numb and Tempus Fugit. I neglected to add these to my original favorite covers list because they appear in so many of the great recordings I have that I’ve been thinking of them as Bruce’s own songs instead of covers. 😳

And let’s not forget Bruce’s nod to Van Morrison’s Caravan often sung during The Show Goes On; it adds to that exciting, enthusiastic conclusion he and the Noisemakers frequently play.

Jackie

No apology necessary,just keep focusing on your recovery!

Happy birthday Bruuuce.com-the best site on the internet. Compliments ,Si,on a job well done.

Jackie

I’ve fallen behind on my forum reading and see I’ve missed a lot of good topics! Here is my attempt to catch up:

1. Favorite Bruce covers: *.Wharf Rat (11/07/02,Red Butte Garden-Salt Lake City,UT-I’d never heard the song before) *King Harvest (another “new” song to my ears) *A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (7/19/02,one of Si’s Daily Doses) *Children Of Zion *Big Rock Candy Mountain *How Far Am I From Canaan? *You Sexy Thing (always makes me smile ) *The Mighty Quinn *Stranger In A Strange Land

2. Favorite Brue era: All of them! If I had to choose one,I’d select the Noisemakers era. This is probably because this is the time period in which I’ve seen the most live shows. I never had the pleasure of seeing Bruce live during the Range days.

Jackie

Thanks,Nicos. I gratefully accept your fine compliment and will do my best to live up to it.

Jackie

I’m not sure how odd these stories are; maybe they could be filed under the heading: Aren’t People Funny?

1. My husband John and I run a small vending business. For various boring reasons, we had to rearrange some of the products in the machines. While re-stocking one of the soda machines, a customer approached John and commented, “I really like the discount you all are having on ___”
John: “What discount?”
Customer: “Oh, nothing.”

After checking the machine it was discovered that due to the re-arranging (and human error), we had inadvertently been selling one particular soda at almost a 50% “discount.” 😳 Did the customer think we wouldn’t check the item if they simply assured us nothing was amiss? We were astounded at this example of the negative side of human nature and chastened by our mistake.

2. We recently moved into a new apartment. The front door key wasn’t working properly, so we called to report the problem. When the technician came to repair the lock, we explained, “If you slide the key all the way into the lock, it doesn’t work; if you partially slide the key into the lock, it works.” The technician asked, “Why would you want to slide the key all the way into the lock?” I was so astonished, I was rendered speechless. Ever since then, I’ve been trying to remember some of Mad magazine’s “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” but to no avail. Does anyone have a comeback I should have used?

I repeat, aren’t people funny?

Jackie

Another interesting fact: six out of the top ten songs could be classified as ballads. I love the slower songs,and Bruce really has a way with this style of music,but to paraphrase the man himself,if people only listen to the ballads, “They’ve missed the best part.”

Jackie

Loudon Wainwright III,Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, The O’Jays-names I haven’t heard in a while. I’ll have to become reacquainted with these old musical friends. Thanks for spurring my memory,Rich.

Jackie