[CaptainGyro]

Rest in peace BJM.

 

[WaltGraham]

Rest in peace BJM.

Took me a minute...

 

[CaptainGyro]

Took me a minute...

I'm impressed...figured this would be too obscure even for this astute company.

 

[Charlie Petty]

Merle Haggard... had to look it up

 

[WaltGraham]

Merle Haggard... had to look it up

Homey don't think so.

 

[SpecialEd]

"Another hot and dusty Delta day..."

 

[SpecialEd]

I had the "hots" for BG, even though I was pretty young at the time.

 

[Charlie Petty]

Oh

Doesn't that qualify as a trick question ?

And Merle Haggard didn't jump off a bridge

 

[IrishCop]

I just remember how much I really liked the almost funky country/blues riff of that particular tune...that and some really long legs.

 

[WaltGraham]

Oh

Doesn't that qualify as a trick question ?

And Merle Haggard didn't jump off a bridge

Sorta - Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016)

Bobbie Gentry

I kind of had a thing for her...

Fancy

 

[CaptainGyro]

For those who haven't read it, the "Bobbie Gentry" link Walt provides leads to an excellent article, and embedded within the story is a nice video of her performing "Ode to Billie Joe" live. The song is even better than I remembered.

 

[Charlie Petty]

Gulp :???:

I remember the song and Bobbie Gentry but am awful about dates and when I googled "country music star died today" it really did come up with Merle Haggard. But my first guess was Barbara Mandrell... next time I'll keep my mouth shut

 

[WaltGraham]

Gulp :???:

I remember the song and Bobbie Gentry but am awful about dates and when I googled "country music star died today" it really did come up with Merle Haggard. But my first guess was Barbara Mandrell... next time I'll keep my mouth shut

Bah - if I had never made a miscue, then you would have never been able to teach me anything...

 

[Charlie Petty]

Thanks Walt

Just remember you can't miss fast enough to win. :thumbsup:

 

[bearcat6]

I had the "hots" for BG, even though I was pretty young at the time.

I did some work at Bobbie Gentrys' house when she lived in LA and was still big time. I never got to see her though. LA was interesting that way. I installed Lana Woods phone, never saw her either. Got to meet J Carrol Naish at a wedding reception, a really nice man. If you went to the employment office in Santa Monica you would see a lot of character actors that had appeared in a lot of B westerns standing in the unemployment line.

 

[Skeptic49]

It did take a moment. Then of course we never learned what they tossed off the Tallahachi bridge.
Geoff
Who was country when Johnnie Cash was a folk song singer and Tanya Tucker was too young to sing songs like that!

 

[CaptainGyro]

The actual bridge collapsed in 1972 after suffering fire damage. You can still see the remnants of the roads that led up to it on Google Earth.

Here's some more info:

https://bridgehunter.com/ms/leflore/bh37512/

Read the comments.

 

[stand watie]

bearcat6,

INTERESTING. - Fwiw, after I retired from the Army I worked as a "trouble-shooter" for a VA/DC/MD HVAC company for several years & routinely talked to TV's WONDER WOMAN, i.e., Lynda Carter, by phone.
I met her in person, for about 15 minutes, exactly once. = NICE LADY.
(Her home is in Potomac, MD.)

Ms. Lynda Altman (Her preferred/married name) is a REAL PEACH & much admired by our company's HVAC techs, as she fed them sandwiches, cold drinks & homemade cookies, each time that we serviced her HVAC system.

yours, sw