Friday, December 19

Pop goes the 'Country'

I have such good memories of listening to Ricky Skaggs on cassette (it was the 80's) at my Mamaw's house. If it came a storm, we would unplug the TV and listen to a battery powered tapedeck. I guess some kids today would think that was the suspension of entertainment, but to me, it was the beginning. Even before I came into this world, I would dance in my Mama's tummy...ironically enough, the first occaision of this, i'm told, was when Ricky Skaggs played his style of 'country-appalachian-acoustic-in your face' kind of music on the stage at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds in Hiawasee. I kicked so hard that she had to get up and step outside for a minute.

I love that story, and it fits with the person I've become...someone who LOVES music! Listening to Ricky Skaggs here with the Boston Pops Orchestra still makes me think of 'cuttin' a shine' singing as the rain poured down outside, 'uncle pen played a fiddle, Lord, how it would ring; you could hear it talk, you could hear it sing...!

Highway 40 Blues



Uncle Pen
Posted by Michele at 10:20 AM

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