My time spent at the lovely Holiday Inn in Nashua, NH is over. Sixteen weeks on the road, but back home now. I wrote the following in the hotel then kind of lost sight of it with moving back home and assorted other items. The info is a little dated, but I figured I should get it out to my loyal readers and then get started on my next masterpiece. It is nice to be back in the comforts of my own home surrounded by all of my junk. I sure do miss that maid service though!
B.B. King passed away of Thursday May 14, 2015. After the news sunk in, I needed to play some B.B. to hear his voice and distinct guitar-playing. Sadly, the part of my house where I store the bulk of my cd's is unreachable due to the repairs going on inside my home from the horrific roof collapse back in February. Thankfully, I don't always return my cd's immediately back to the stand where they belong. I was able to track down two renegade B.B. discs in a random pile of cd's, which was quite fortuitous. They have been with me ever since. I have "Live At The Apollo" from 1991 and "Let The Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan" from 1999. These two discs have helped me through my B.B. grieving process.
The following day, we suffered another loss. Football placekicker Garo Yepremian expired. His fame came during the 1970's and as a kid, I had no idea what a "Garo Yepremian" was. His name was odd, he looked odd and threw the oddest pass in football history. The fact that he threw this pass in the Super Bowl in 1973 just adds to his legacy. His team, the Miami Dolphins, won that Super in spite of his pass. I learned two new things about Mr. Yepremian last week:
1) after all of his fame and success with the Miami Dolphins from 1970 to 1978, he went on to play one season with my beloved New Orleans Saints in 1979 (that is where his fame and success ended).
2) he was born in Larnaca, Cyprus which is an island somewhere. His family home had no indoor plumbing and they kept warm by burning olive pits. They also made some mean Dirty Martinis.
Somehow over the years, I forgot how much I loved Kelly LeBrock in the mid-1980's. I don't think I am alone when I say her talent was under-appreciated. Her work in the back to back films "The Woman in Red" and "Weird Science" can holdup against any two films of the great actresses of our day. The fact that she does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is an injustice of epic proportions.
Okay, that's it for new. Look for a fresh blog entry coming out soon!!
