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Jesus Music! Barry McGuire and 2nd Chapter Of Acts Concert Flyer
Barry McGuire best known for his hit “Eve of Destruction” became a convert to Christianity and played Jesus Music. “And a band called ‘David’”. 2nd Chapter of Acts also Jesus Music, as you may have guessed. Concert at First Baptist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Barry has a very interesting site, Trippin’ Through the Sixties. This was in my parent’s stuff.
I’m really digging this song! Some great guitar work on that Les Paul!
Why People Used to Read the Newspaper
Many years ago, people read these things called “newspapers” and they were delivered to the front door of almost every house in town. I know, I used to be a paperboy when I was 11-13. A kid can’t do that anymore, you know, something to earn money and gain responsibility and develop a work ethic. These are all newspaper clippings that were my Dad’s or his mother’s. I have no idea why some of them were kept. Anyway, we hear a lot nowadays about how newspaper circulation is shrinking, but do they have cool stuff like this in the papers?
Words and chords to current popular songs: “It Don’t Matter to Me” by David Gates, “Loving her was Easier” by Kris Kristofferson, and “Lookin’ out my Back Door” by John Fogerty (of Creedence Clearwater Revival).
Anyone remember the way to cut out an article when no scissors are handy is to use an ink pen?
Profiles of local folks: Gordon K. Sturgeon serving in Vietnam.
Letters to Dear Abby praising the traveling man:
An Obituary for W. H. Johnson, 43, of Wichita, KS right below “Scantily Clad Woman Swallows 3 Rings, Bites Policeman” from the Wichita Eagle in 1956. I think this one was kept for what was on the other side, but this side is much more interesting.
Ah, what fun and serendipity, plus when you cut out an article, you got the bonus of whatever was on the other side for all posterity. Or at least until the paper crumbles.
Fred Flintstone and Good Old Unreliable Dino – Book and Record
Fred Flintstone and Good Old Unreliable Dino, The Flintstones, Peter Pan Book and Records #1978, copyright 1976. What is that kid wearing?
Monster Mash Kids 45 EP
Monster Mash, by the Peter Pan Players, Peter Pan Records 1480, includes Monster Mash; Saturday Evening Ghost; Swinging Head; Be Careful, It’s My Throat. Fun, Entertaining, Educational(?!). I don’t see a date, but there is a barcode and some of the other records listed on back include Space 1999, and The Six Million Dollar Man, so it’s got to be late 1970s. This one belongs to a friend.
Michael Been of The Call dead at 60
Sad news today friends. Michael Been lead singer and bass player of the band The Call died of a heart attack in Belgium. Easily one of the best bands of the 1980s, a decade that has no shortage of great bands, The Call never achieved the chart success that they deserved, but the fans are rabid. How many other bands had Bono of U2, Peter Gabriel, Jim Kerr of Simple Minds, and Robbie Robertson of The Band back them up on one album? Check out the Yahoo group, and the official The Call page. Been’s son is the bassist for the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
One of the best concerts I ever attended was in the Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Everyone was dressed in black. Everyone was dressed up. Or at least dressed for a concert, like a black t-shirt and black jeans. No street clothes like people wear to concerts now. The Call were two hours late. Inside, they had these little two person tables set up edge to edge parallel to the stage, with half the people’s backs to the stage. When the band came out everyone stood on chairs and the tables. I never did see the band. But they sounded great. I did get a glimpse of one member of the band through the crowd when I went to the restroom. (I also learned it was good to sit by the women’s restroom, as all night long a parade of babes in black miniskirts and hose came by my table.) The next time I saw them in Wichita, KS, I had my shins rubbing the stage all night. Been shook my hand before he left the stage. He was only 60, and will be missed by his family and friends. It’s a little hard to see, but in the bottom picture I’m wearing a white Call sweatshirt that has the cover of the Reconciled album.
More Jungle Book – Disney Book and Record
More Jungle Book, Disneyland Records 338. 1969. The further adventure of Baloo and Mowgli. With Phil Harris the voice of Baloo the Bear! This is not mine, it was seen at a friends house. The size of a 45, but plays at 33 1/3 r.p.m.
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