[Dixielandjazz] Re: SONGS FOR THE GRAY TRADE.

[Bill Biffle]

>Old Man's Liver (sorry about that one!)
>The Girl From Emphysema.....

I laughed out loud!

BB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Durham" <mikedurham_jazz at hotmail.com>
To: <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>; <bbiffle at swcp.com>
Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:59 AM
Subject: Re: SONGS FOR THE GRAY TRADE.


> Not to mention:
>
>
> After You've Gone
> Too Late
> Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
> So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
> Farewell Blues
> I'm Checkin' Out, Goombye
> Old Man's Liver (sorry about that one!)
> The Girl From Emphysema.....
>
> Mike "must be time for my medication" Durham
>
>
>
> >From: Stephen Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> >Reply-To: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
> >To: Bill Biffle <bbiffle at swcp.com>
> >CC: Mike Durham <mikedurham_jazz at hotmail.com>,
> > dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> >Subject: Re: SONGS FOR THE GRAY TRADE.
> >Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:52:56 -0500
> >
> >Yeah . . . and
> >
> >The Old Gray Mare, She Ain't What She Used To Be.
> >Strangers In The Night
> >Once In A While
> >Ghost Of A Chance
> >That Old Feeling
> >Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
> >I Get Along Without You Very Well
> >There's No Tomorrow (O Solo Mio)
> >Auf Weiderseh'n
> >Old Folks
> >Older Women (O'Hara,1981)
> >Feels Like Heaven (Goldberg,1992)
> >
> >Bill Biffle wrote:
> >
> > > Gray, Turning Grayer Over You
> >
> > > "Mike Durham" <mikedurham_jazz at hotmail.com> wrote
> > >
> > > > Red Cells In The Sunset
> > > > When Your Liver Has Gone
> > > > Sentimental Gurney
> > > > How Lung Has This Been Going On
> > > > Ory's Creole Thighbone
> > >
> > > > > > s3856lpa at webtv.net (Harold Smith) wrote (polite snip)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >If you listmates think that the "Music for the Gary Trade" was in
> >bad
> > > > > >taste, offensive, and downright insensitive, wait until I start a
> >thread
> > >
> > > > > > on the new Medicare/Prescription Drug Bill, passed by our
glorious
> > > > > > Congress.
> > >
> >
> >Harold & Listmates:
> >
> > > > >That would be "Music for the GRAY Trade". Describes the current USA
> >OKOM
> > > > >audience
> > > > >perfectly. I'll start with the first song for "Gray Trade". (Songs
> >must
> > > > >satisfy
> > > > >both the "Gray" areas of both musical and medicare objectives)
> > > > >
> > > > >1) "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You."
> > > > >
> > > > >The above song also satisfies the wishes of the younger
generations.
> >They
> > > > >are
> > > > >decreasing as a percentage of the total population here and they
will
> >not
> > > > >be able
> > > > >to fund the medical needs of all of us old folks. And they would
much
> > > > >rather spend
> > > > >that money in a more relevant area. And they could care less about
> >OKOM
> > > > >as played by most bands today.
> > > > >
> > > > >Note well that out of 105 musical categories for the GRAMMY'S, with
4
> >or
> > > > >5nominees
> > > > >per category, there is NO OKOM. Unless you consider Brian Setzer's
> > > > >"Nutcracker
> > > > >Suite" OKOM. ;-) (it's in a Pop category)
> >
>
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