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Candles for Waylon
Waylon Jennings – Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down It’s been awhile since I blogged here. Thought I’d drop by to share some more country music on the occassion of what would have been Waylon Jennings’ 72nd birthday. My parents were big fans of Waylon’s early music. I became a fan of his “outlaw” music in the 70’s. He came…
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Changing Telecom Landscape
Saw this interesting story about AT&T negotiating with Apple to maintain it’s exclusive deal for the popular iPhone. The really interesting part was this little nugget buried in the last paragraph: Mr. Stephenson also is seeking to overhaul AT&T’s marketing to make wireless the priority. The next step, he said, is to do away with a requirement that customers have…
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Oh Henry…
I got one of those calls today. One of those calls that make you examine your life, ponder what could have been. What should have been. On the other end was my brother with news that our cousin Henry had passed away the previous night. Henry and I were close to the same age and were close when we were…
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Honky Tonkin’
I was listening to KHYI this afternoon and was surprised to hear a mainstream country music song. Of course when you’re talking George Strait I suppose they make allowances since he has stayed true to his Texas music roots. They played this song from his Troubadour album which got me to thinking about what makes that Texas honky tonk sound.…
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