tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77856973063591377422024-02-07T18:52:04.948-08:00Bloggin' Bryan - TheWannabeatles BlogThe world's only Grammy nominated Beatles tribute band.The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-15499873527015874272018-12-06T17:51:00.001-08:002018-12-06T17:51:32.329-08:00The Christmas Show<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking back, it was November 2016, after having posted 150 blogs in four years, that I took a break from blogging about The WannaBeatles. The next year, 2017, I posted only one blog, about our working up a medley of songs from 1967, an enjoyable fresh musical project for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here it is 2018, near the end of the year, and The WannaBeatles have again engaged a project that feels like a big creative step forward, so it’s worth writing about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We accepted an invitation to play a Christmas show, December 3, at Tellico Village Baptist Church, in Loudon, Tennessee. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the poster that was made by superimposing Santa hats on our heads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s all new material, over an hour in performance, ranging from traditional Christmas Carols to familiar favorites. It also includes four original songs, one from each group member, all very different from each other but appropriate for the occasion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The inclusion of the original material represents a major breakthrough in our history. We’re all songwriters, which is part of how and why the Beatles inspired us. And yet, it’s been a struggle to work that portion of our identity into what we end up presenting to the public. So this opportunity to include our own songs into our setlist, even though there’s a lot of work involved, is also deeply gratifying, and an encouraging sign for our future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The deadline of December 3 gave us a big challenge, selecting all the songs, working up our own arrangements, and figuring out the right order. From three months out, with all the other gigs we had, we realized that even rehearsing weekly would be inadequate time to prepare. It felt like trying to design and construct a two story house in a few weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An important part of this story is our relationship with Charlie Barnard, the pastor of the church. He first hired us in 2015, for a community picnic in their church parking lot. It turned out to be a rainy day, so they moved the show indoors, to their fellowship hall, which accommodated 700 people. It was packed, and the people loved what we did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That first visit, July 2015, was documented in this blog: https://thewannabeatles.blogspot.com/2015/09/fourth-of-july-pt-3.html</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here’s a quote: </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">To give you an idea of Charlie's sense of adventure, here's the photo we got of him and his wife Teresa on their Yamaha motorcyle:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And when we returned in April 2016, it produced another blog: https://thewannabeatles.blogspot.com/2016/06/tellico.html</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here’s another quote, demonstrating what a generous down-to-earth guy Charlie is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">When we arrived, we were greeted by Charlie and several other church members ready to help us unload.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this year, Charlie invited us to play a Christmas show. Because it’s in the church sanctuary rather than the fellowship hall, and because it’s during Christmas season, it makes sense that we would tailor the songs to suit the occasion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because two WannaBeatles, David and Nathan, are professionally employed as church musicians, they have experience in this area. WannaBeatle David, in particular, has seen in this show the opportunity to establish a more worshipful attitude for the congregation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was with this goal in mind that David suggested “Have You Heard” as an opening song - a slow anthemic song written twenty years ago by my wife Holly and me. David has performed the song several times at his church, so he knows it well. I was open to the idea, seeing that the song would be appropriate, but not motivated to advocate its inclusion. My song was being promoted by someone else. That was one of the first signs that this would be a special gig.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Much of our discussion bounced between two different schools of thought: David’s traditional church worship experience contrasting with Dennis’s far more secular impulses as an entertainer. For Dennis, making the crowd happy is job number one, and in his experience, a song like “Santa Claus is Coming To Town” does the job. David, while aware of the professional requirements of our performance, is also thinking of a church service, and the reverential attitude that certain sacred music can help elicit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We’ve never been in a situation like this before. It’s a concert in a church, but not a church “service.” We’re not sure exactly how to walk that line. So it’s a process, taking what is valuable from each particular approach, along with conversations with Charlie about what he wants and expects. In a sense, Charlie is our employer, so our job is to fulfill his expectations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Part of what makes Charlie an effective leader is the wisdom to recognize and encourage the creative ability in other people And he has given us lots of room for coming up with things that we believe will work. He trusts us. And that has given us the chance to pursue our own creative abilities and desires, as individuals and as a group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The WannaBeatles have been expanding our boundaries. We started by concentrating on Beatles songs, then opened up the repertoire with a medley of songs from 1967, none of them by the Beatles. And now we’re working up an even more diverse show, which includes only two Beatles songs, out of nearly two dozen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s a big stretch for us, producing a mixture of pride and exhaustion. We’re excited to be working on a new show, putting lots of creative touches into the music, while feeling the pressure of getting all the new material ready, squeezing extra rehearsals into our schedules, and still not sure we have everything down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis, as the experienced show biz pro, has brought in classic songs like “Let It Snow” and “White Christmas.” We all wanted to include the beautiful “Mary Did You Know,” written by Nashville songwriters Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had worked up some Beatlesque versions of some Christmas songs before, like a version of “Joy To The World” treated like The Beatles early hit “Please Please Me.” We did that song two Decembers ago for our first Facebook live video, for which we dressed in seasonal garb, and generated thousands of views within a day, thanks to the vedography and technical skills of our friend Johnathan Pushkar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But one of the most surprising and satisfying parts of this new show was the inclusion of original songs. As it turned out, each of the WannaBeatles had an original song that we had not heard before, each of which became an appropriate addition to the show. And each song, besides contributing to the overall mood of celebration, also represented the amazing diversity of the group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had decided to open the concert with the slow and serious “Have You Heard.” That was followed by Dennis’s light hearted charming pop song “It’s Christmas Time.” Nathan sings an energetic gospel song built around a rhythmic and adventurous piano part called “Born a Baby.” David has a lovely worship song that he used to perform with his Christian group back in Florida, called “Dwell In The House of the Lord,” which we did near the end of the concert.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On top of all this, we worked up our own versions of “Little Drummer Boy,” featuring David’s Cuban drumming prowess, “My Favorite Things,” with Dennis getting into Barry Manilow territory, and a jazzy bossa nova version of “Silent Night.” Nathan has also arranged a lengthy medley of familiar carols as a singalong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s an incredibly diverse and enjoyable collection of songs. We were excited to put it together, and to bring it to Tellico Village Monday night. We had never seen the sanctuary before. It was a beautiful space, decorated with poinsettias and greenery. We had our trusted sound man Allan Waugh, along with talented young audio assistant Steven English. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Charlie had pastors from other churches to join him onstage, to read sections from scripture to and pray. It was a very brief but appropriate way to establish an atmosphere, a perfect way for us to begin with “Have You Heard.” We got through our two shows with certain minor mistakes, and corrections, but the overwhelming response from the crowd was very enthusiastic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks especially to Charlie Barnard at Tellico Village Baptist Church fior being such a creative an supportive friend. We love playing there. We’re very happy to have worked up this very special show. And we hope to perform it again, and to take it many other places. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Musically, the focal point would have been embodied by the Beatles’ radical album Sgt. Pepper, which was released that summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most colorful expression of the emerging “hippie” culture seemed to be concentrated in San Francisco, especially at the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets, near Golden Gate Park, where free concerts by groups like Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead provided a soundtrack to go with the drugs, long hair, bell bottom jeans, and thousands of runaways who landed there to check it out, and tune in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s fifty years later, and many aftershocks from that cultural moment are still being felt, in fashion, politics, language, and music. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">WannaBeatle Dennis began the project by looking at the charts from that year, to find songs that captured the spirit of the age, songs which would also be fun to play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We even composed a bouncy faux radio jingle about 1967 - the Summer of Love - to integrate into the medley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We found songs that represented that era of love beads as well as any tie-dyed shirt or leather sandals. We found classics by The Doors, The Who, and The Monkees. We found messages of peace, and love, and the aroma of incense. We found some loud guitars, corny lyrics and some wacky chord changes scattered throughout the list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here are some highlights of the songs in our Summer Of Love Medley, and various responses from members of the group:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This song is probably the most blatant example of “hippie” jargon packaged as a pop song to exploit the fascination with the San Francisco phenomenon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was written by John Phillips, of the Mamas and the Papas, and recorded by Scott McKenzie. Dennis sings it, and does a great job, soaring where McKenzie merely warbles. Dennis gives the song more than it deserves. Nathan compares his vocal to Roy Orbison. </span><span style="font-size: large;">We also added some extra harmonies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This hit from Strawberry Alarm Clock sounds like it was written by people trying to sound like hippies. The lyrics are loaded with pseudo-enilghtened phrases like “tune in, turn on,” while the chords are jammed into exotic progressions that seem to require a hookah to appreciate.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One interesting fact we learned is that Ed King, the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist who lives in Nashville, who co-wrote “Sweet Home Alabama,” was a member of Strawberry Alarm Clock, and actually contributed an uncredited portion of “Incense and Peppermint.” Ed, if you’re reading this, we’d love to hear more about your side of the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Steven Stills’ observation of Hollywood street riots became a big number for Buffalo Springfield. It features a smoldering groove, innovative use of guitar harmonics with tremolo, and Dylanesque political lyrics. Because it’s more authentic personal observation than a calculated trendy product, the song holds up surprisingly well. WannaBeatle Bryan sings lead on this one, because it fits his voice, and he’s old enough to remember it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Memphis boys make good. Singing lead for the Box Tops, Alex Chilton is a sneering bluesy teenaged pop star. We’ve added the trombone parts, but refrained from adding the sound of a jet plane to the sound track. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We could do it if we wanted. Our fans know that we’ve added a jet plane to the sound track of “Back In The USSR,” so it’s no problem. We got sound effects if you want ‘em.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What can you say about the Doors? Jim Morrison. Rebel, rock poet. Leather pants, sexual charisma. Unpredictable performer, tragic early death, buried in Paris. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Ray Manzarek’s multi-modal organ intro. What a strange, cool song, and what an artifact from a different era. So we play it, and Nathan sings it, and then, after the final organ chords we go suddenly into…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Paul Simon’s easy listening ditty, “59th Street Bridge Song,” was done by Harper’s Bizarre, a group from Santa Cruz, California formerly known as The Tikis. Producer Lenny Waronker turned their version of the song, with an arrangement by Leon Russell, into a hit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis and I sing the harmony as if we’re Simon and Garfunkel (which is familiar to us, as we pretend to be that duo for another WannaBeatles bit, “Sounds of Nonsense.”) Nathan and David join us on the chorus to make it a four part harmony vocal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then, some more complex vocal parts, this time from The Association. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As with Harper’s Bizarre, this song requires many voices to sound anything like the record, so we’re putting our four voices to good use, and enjoying it. We also do the flute solo, although the original was played on recorder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Windy” was the first #1 produced by Bones Howe, who later produced hits for the Fifth Dimension. You can hear the resemblance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This Neil Diamond song was a huge hit for The Monkees. Mickey Dolenz sang lead, and did a great job. WannaBeatle David does a great job doing Mickey’s part. We really feel the energy when we do this song.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the Who song, called “the heaviest” in the British press, that caused Paul McCartney to write “Helter Skelter.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It contains some amazing harmonies on the chorus - partly Beach Boys sweetness, mingled with pungent dissonance, driven by Townsend’s power chords, Daltrey’s supple voice, and Keith Moon’s insanely hyperactive drumming. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our fast and furious Who tribute lands gently on a more serene groove, and a fitting close to the medley: The Youngbloods’ idealistic anthem that urges us to “Smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another right now.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who can argue with a message like that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, love is nothing new, but now that we’ve put these songs from 1967 into our minds and set list, we can look back and appreciate how love was expressed in a strange cultural explosion fifty years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We hope people will come to City Winery on June 11 to hear us play these songs from the Summer of Love, among the many wonderful Beatles songs that are so familiar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But that Saturday wasn't a normal trip back home. Bloggin' Bryan stopped in Atlanta to visit his mother in the hospital. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That turned into a memorable visit. The next day Mother and Daddy's celebrated their 68th anniversary, October 2, in the hospital.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"PaJoe" and "Embo" in formal wear, with special candle lit dinner of spinach quiche, lobster bisque, and champagne, celebrating their anniversary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Looking back on it now, at the end of the year, that visit was the beginning of the end, a season for a vibrant woman who lived 90 exciting years to enter a stage of peaceful withdrawal, with enough time to say goodbye to everyone she loved before making a final exit just after Thanksgiving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That is part of why these blogs have been neglected over the last few months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's interesting to see the different paths that our lives take between the times we get together. Gigs bring us together, and we enjoy working together, then we return to our homes, our families, our lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes that includes parents dying. Dennis lost both his parents over a three month period less than two years ago. Last year, we were playing a gig in Cadiz, Ky. when David lost his father, and had to take an immediate flight to Florida, and The WannaBeatles had to find another drummer for a gig the next day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When this band started out, all our parents were alive and well. We've been with each other through all these experiences. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And along with the losses, we experience joy together, sometimes unexpectedly. The same trip that took Bloggin' Bryan to Atlanta included a memorable example of being entertained by a rare case of Nathan's spontaneity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">WannaBeatle Nathan is normally a very reserved guy. He's definitely the quietest member of the band. That's what makes it especially enjoyable for us when he turns loose and lets himself go, as he did that morning we were driving back from Aiken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fortunately, we have a video to document the silliness. And here is the link to the facebook version of the video:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" is a classic novelty song from 1961, about a guy who's grateful for the silly doo-wop songs that made his girlfriend fall in love with him. We put our google to use and discovered it was written by Barry Mann (along with Gerry Goffin) and performed by Barry Mann. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have no idea why this particular song struck a nerve in Nathan's earnest New England soul, but we were delighted to witness the result of his inspiration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now that we've witnessed Nathan's performance of "Who Put The Bomp" (while wearing a seat belt), we are more certain than ever that there is no band anywhere quite like the WannaBeatles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We're grateful for that and plan to keep it that way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Bloggin' Bryan 30December 2016</span>The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-54356289913025422872016-12-29T20:48:00.001-08:002016-12-29T21:41:39.987-08:00Aiken SC<div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: large;">On Friday morning September 30, The WannaBeatles left Fayetteville NC, after singing in the hotel lobby with Shelby Sunshine, arriving in Aiken, South Carolina early that afternoon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rain had passed, and the weather was balmy, and Aiken is a charming southern town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis presents....Newberry Hall!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our gig was at an event space downtown called Newberry Hall, playing at a fundraiser for Aiken Technical College. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We joined the event planners in setting up the stage, moving tables, and adjusting our positions to accommodate the video projector.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something motivated me to take a picture of a painting of flowers. I must have been impressed with an elegant atmosphere, so here’s the painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The evening was quite a success. The folks from Aiken Technical College had a great time, and did a lot of dancing when we played.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that was that: another fun gig, another night in a hotel, and another safe drive back home, via I-20 through Atlanta, then up I-75 and I-24 to Nashville. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Except this time there was a slight variation: Bloggin' Bryan's mother was in the hospital in Atlanta, and the other three WannaBeatles dropped him off there to be with his family before they returned to Nashville. Good Yoko came down from Nashville to be there too. </span></div>
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The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-61432437187741546272016-12-28T21:49:00.001-08:002016-12-29T08:33:41.328-08:00Camel, uh, Campbell University<div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the last week of September, the WannaBeatles had two shows: one Thursday in North Carolina, the other one Friday in South Carolina. Each gig had its own atmosphere, purpose, and collection of photos, which make a good reason to divide the adventure into two separate blogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first destination was Campbell University, in Lillington, NC, near the middle of the state, which meant nearly nine hours of driving. That meant that Wednesday September 28 was our travel day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We met at Nathan’s house, our usual gathering spot, at 10:00 am, to load the trailer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This time the U-Haul trailer said Coos Bay, which I noticed is in Oregon, which happens to be where my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters live. A long way, but a good reminder of the connection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Heading east on I-40, we decided to stop at a mall near Knoxville to try the food court, an upgrade from the usual quick stop at MacDonald’s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our destination was a hotel in Lillington, N.C. Continuing east into N.C., we drove past Asheville, Hickory, Statesville, Winston-Salem, before leaving the interstate to head south on a smaller state road. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">By this time, it had started raining, and the weather report was full of tornado warnings. But w</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">e made it to Lillington without too much delay, in time to visit a sports bar next door for supper.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This evening - Wednesday Sept. 28 - happened to be the time when WannaBeatle David’s son Wesley would be making his prime time debut as a television actor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For those who keep up with WannaBeatle business, Wesley Toledo (and excellent drummer, by the way, who once sat in at age 14 with The WannaBeatles on “I Saw Her Standing There” at Puckett’s in Franklin, and did a great job) recently graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, majoring in drama. He’s signed with a local agent, and has been getting calls for various television work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">His first time to appear on camera, as a minor character in an episode of CSI, happened to be aired while we were in a sports bar in Lillington, N.C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And so we asked the bartender and waitress if we could change the channel on their large screen tv, so that we could watch the show, and celebrate with David this milestone in his life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had already ordered our supper when the episode came on. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">David knew that Wesley’s appearance would come near the middle of the show. When it occurred, David got up to point at the screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a brief scene, but great way to celebrate a major career step for a talented young actor, to share David’s pride and excitement at his son’s accomplishment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The plan was to leave after the gig, and drive down to Fayetteville NC for our stay on Thursday night, so we would be closer to Friday’s destination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bloggin’ Bryan had recently purchased custom cables to use with his guitar pedal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unfortunately, the new cable in the acoustic guitar coincided with a bent input jack, which caused the plug to get stuck inside the guitar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That problem got solved by replacing the pickup, a few days later at World Music Nashville, a job by our trusted friend Ed Beaver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were treated to dinner in the student dining room across campus. We were transported in a large golf cart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And that was when we met the most amazing sight of our journey: the camel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In front of the administration building is a large bronze camel, the school mascot. It’s a massive sculpture, strong enough for people to climb all over. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The camel was not the only statue on campus. We also encountered a noble portrayal of the founder, Dr. Campbell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The students and Dr. Whitley were so enthusiastic about them that they took me to an office where he played a recording of a concert that featured boomwhackers being played in concert, a piece he composed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the show, we drove to our hotel in Fayetteville, and discovered that we had been classified as their “guest of the day.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We woke up and came to breakfast to meet an in-house singer who called herself Shelby Sunshine. She had a purple microphone to match her purple lipstick. Her spontaneity and energy inspired us to join her. We sang together, before breakfast, a bit of James Brown, just to prove we were up for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we left for South Carolina, for our second gig of the trip, which will be covered in the next blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On September 13, The WannaBeatles returned to the courtyard of the Nashville Library, entertaining a lunch time crowd assembled on another beautiful September day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The courtyard on the upper floor of the library is a well thought out architectural treasure, a fresh oasis from downtown noise, a public space where people can sit at tables, surrounded by trees, under the open sky. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Library treats us well, and we love playing there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Elaine Wood is our host, who oversees the hospitality, making sure a fine array of delicious healthy food is available in a back office, which becomes a temporary green room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to photographer Ray Jones, we have a lot of photos from our show that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Checking vocals in our casual clothes</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Kids and moms near the fountain enjoying the sunshine</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A well organized merch table with banner on display</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">David gives thumbs up</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan rocks out on bass</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bryan and Dennis on mic, David sings harmony</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan makes a point</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Man with a horn</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not Simon and Garfunkel, but an amazing simulation</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Four guys rockin' out</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">David at mic</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A final farewell</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Somehow, being among the trees with all the people gathered under the sunshine during a lunch hour feels like being in a French impressionist painting from the late 19th century. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are proud to be among the performers like </span><span style="font-size: large;">Riders in the Sky </span><span style="font-size: large;">who have played the courtyard. It's a delightful Nashville tradition. We can always feel the relaxed enjoyment of the crowd that gathers in that generous space for some live music on a pretty day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks Ray, for the photos, and Elaine, for hosting us and helping produce such a fun concert series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Bloggin' Bryan 30November2016</span></div>
The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-76076476325783196872016-11-28T20:11:00.001-08:002016-11-28T20:11:39.976-08:00Jonathan and the State Fair<div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">September 11, The WannaBeatles played the traditional Moosic Stage at the Tennessee State Fair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We’ve done this gig several years in a row. Several things make it famlliar: the noise, the sights, the smells - loud rides, fast food, the smell of the sheep pen, the sight of award-winning 800 pound pumpkins, along with lots of families walking around experiencing the tumultuous display. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another factor in this gig is the relatively long ride from where we park our cars to the Moosic Stage. That makes a ride in a golf cart, provided by Fair staff, the only way to get our gear to the stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">to Bloggin' Bryan by his granddaughter Ella, and the recurring photos of the monkey guitar are reminders of her contribution.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year’s State Fair gig was also a shining moment for Jonathan, our new intern. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He’s very bright, helpful, witty, cheerful, motivated, and about as obsessive as a Beatles fan can be. We’ve discovered that he knows more about The Beatles than all four of us combined. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dennis says he knows the color underwear that McCartney was wearing on the Ed Sullivan show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bloggin’ Bryan is ready to stake a claim for the shortest blog in this series. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There’s one photo, and not a lot to say about our experience. So, here goes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On August 29, The WannaBeatles appeared as guests on a live radio show called Geo On The Radio, which is on Radio Free Nashville, WRFN-FM 107.1, or 103.7 FM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s hosted by George Adams, a music lover who devotes two hours each week to conversations with various Nashville musical personalities. He’s been doing it for years, compiling interviews with such local notables as Victor Wooten, Jonell Mosser, and Phil Keaggy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Radio Free Nashville operates from a house in Bellevue, located back in the woods on a remote hill, with a radio tower rising above the trees. Arriving there feels like a scene from a Jack Reacher movie, a rustic outpost far from civilization, where (one can imagine) unkempt wild eyed survivalists keep a cache of semiautomatic weapons. But in reality, it’s a peaceful if scruffy little spot, where calm music enthusiasts share a cozy studio to beam their iconoclastic messages to a small but faithful few. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We showed up for our hour of conversation, bringing along copies of our albums, although Dennis had already sent George the CDs. It’s always good to have a backup; it’s the WannaBeatley Way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We learned that George had played in various bands in the Boston area back in the 70’s. That gave us a good start, as we had some common bands, people and places to recall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">During the hour, George prompted us to tell various stories that reflected our unique identity, which coincided with specific songs that we had written and produced. One song that George picked out from our “We’re Still Rockin’” album was “Bristol Lights,” Nathan’s tribute to his small home town in Vermont. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were delighted to be reminded of the song. We felt blessed that we had Nathan in the group, a wonderfully talented but totally modest songwriter, and that we had recorded his song, and that it was now being played on the radio. George timed it so that the last four minutes of his show consisted of “Bristol Lights.” That meant we could leave the studio, get into our cars, tune in to 103.7, and listen to ourselves playing Nathan’s beautiful song on the radio. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s a small thrill, but it’s worth appreciating, in this very unpredictable journey we’ve been traveling as musicians and songwriters in Music City. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And as a reminder of Nashville's small town status, we met our friend Stanley Karr coming into the studio as we were leaving. Stanley was there to do the show he started recently, devoted to piano playing pop artists, so we got to listen to him on the air after we heard "Bristol Lights." Way to go, Stanley!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For The WannaBeatles, this meant brushing up our orchestral charts, putting our resident orchestrator Nathan to work rewriting the scores to accommodate the larger number of instruments that would be available. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">EKU is in Richmond, Kentucky, 225 miles from Nashville. The big show, with a full orchestra, staged under a large tent at the historic White Hall mansion, was booked for Saturday evening, August 27. Also scheduled was a rehearsal for us with the orchestra earlier that day, at their rehearsal room on the EKU campus. That meant we had to leave Nashville on Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Squeezing us at the other end, WannaBeatles David and Nathan both had Sunday morning church services back in Nashville, requiring them to leave Kentucky Saturday night after the gig. Accommodating their schedules led to our decision to make the trip in two vehicles, David’s van and Dennis’s Camry, with our gear distributed into both cars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Readers of this blog have learned that The WannaBeatles, after years of experimentation, vehicle abuse, and budgetary considerations, have arrived at an efficient transportation system for traveling to gigs: Nathan’s new 4Runner, with trailer hitch, connected to a 4x8 U-Haul trailer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not only did Nathan purchase a car ideally suited to our needs (a comfortable ride for four, with enough power to pull a trailer), but he also volunteered to pick up the trailer and drive it back to his house (centrally located between the homes of the other three band members), each time we meet to load the gear for a gig out of town. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan’s value to the group is difficult to overestimate. Even though this particular gig did not include the use of his 4Runner, his continual generosity and helpfulness inspire gratitude that deserves mention. Bloggin’ Bryan feels motivated to reflect on this particular factor of the enduring magic of The WannaBeatles, by pointing out that Nathan is thrilled to be in a rock band. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From his earliest exposure to Abbey Road at age ten, he had always dreamed of being in a rock band. Whether through native shyness or genuine lack of opportunity, he never had (or took) the chance, following instead the path of a classical music education, obtaining a master’s degree in organ performance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This assured him of a lifetime of Sunday morning commitments, if he accepted it, which he did. Even after moving to Nashville, the rock band dream remained secretly locked away in his heart for several decades. It was while playing for a school musical that WannaBeatle David became acquainted with Nathan’s talent and began the campaign to recruit him into the group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so, when we finally offered him the position of playing with us, the excitement of having his dream fulfilled triggered a burst of gratitude and enthusiasm on his part. His willingness to go the extra mile showed up right away, as he bought a Hofner bass and promptly learned how to play it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In addition, Nathan's strong spirit of teamwork shows up in practical ways, such as our transportation system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We know it looks glamorous from the outside, but a band is a business, and part of our actual work is transporting a bunch of equipment to a specific location in a timely matter. While The WannaBeatles meet regularly for what we call “rehearsals,” besides working on music, we can spend as much time discussing practical questions for upcoming gigs, such as what time the U-Haul place opens, how long it will take for Nathan to pick it up, attach it to his 4Runner, and return to his house, where we can then meet to load our gear and drive to our destination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All this is work we have learned to do by doing it, and we increase our efficiency as a team with each gig. WannaBeatle Dennis, besides being a talented performer, has an administrative gift. He is the spark plug who runs the operation, getting the gigs, writing set lists, deciding on uniforms, and generally making most decisions beyond the musical reality of four guys playing together. He also serves as our travel agent and road manager, booking the rooms and negotiating the rates - even occasionally bartering for free rooms in exchange for a brief performance by the group - and attending to all the necessary details when we travel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan, with his authentic rural New England background, is also a naturally efficient problem-solver, who thinks through logistical matters like group transportation while considering everyone else’s point of view. He’s a true treasure as a member of any group, in addition to his vast stores of musical talent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">WannaBeatle David, with his lifetime as a teacher and worship leader, knows how to solve problems by breaking them down into smaller parts, then working out a solution that’s built on a foundation of knowledge. He is happy to research and study, and then apply himself to a variety of tasks, whether it’s learning to play drums and keyboards simultaneously, building a WannaBeatles website, or choosing the best engine size for a vehicle towing a trailer. In the music department, David is our coach and choir director, always reminding us of a higher standard that we can achieve if we’re willing to apply ourselves. His influence brings quality and energy to our performance, far more so than Ringo ever brought to The Beatles. Again, it’s part of our unique chemistry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So for our drive up to EKU, we formed a caravan, staying in contact by cell phones to confirm our turns and </span><span style="font-size: large;">pit stops</span><span style="font-size: large;">. David and Nathan spent most of the few hours of the trip researching the use of the credit card swiper which we intended to use at our merch table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another part of being a band is dealing with tech side of the business, selling merchandise, tracking accounts, and coordinating online services. WannaBeatle David can be very focussed when solving technical problems, so he and Nathan make a good team for wrestling with tech support to figure out how to use our credit card swiper. When we finally pulled off the road for a restroom break, Nathan and David were still on the phone with paypal, and attempting to run a trial transaction to test the system. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">EKU is fairly close to Lexington, which brings us to the neighborhood of our friend Skip Benton, our most enthusiastic fan from that area. Skip has already entered WannaBeatle history during our visits to Berea and Lexington, and we’re grateful for his friendship. Anticipating our visit for this gig, Skip thoughtfully sent us very specific directions to Richmond, including some turns off of major highways, and onto smaller local roads. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was quite a treat to be in the room with the orchestra. We heard some of their other “Pops” material, which included orchestrated versions of hits by Eagles and Led Zeppelin. We worked on the Beatles songs that featured orchestra, like “Here Comes the Sun,” and “Live and Let Die.” (technically not a Beatles song, but McCartney.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also caught a glimpse of orchestral humor. One of the students was celebrating a birthday. The conductor honored her day in what was apparently a long standing joke. He gave the signal, then had the entire orchestra play "Happy Birthday," except that every instrument played random notes, as loud or out of tune as possible, but everyone phrasing together as he conducted it, so that the tune was recognizable but possessed of maximum silliness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our next stop was the site of the concert, which is on the grounds of the historic White Hall mansion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is where we learned a bit more of Kentucky history. Most people know that Muhammed Ali, the famous boxer, was born in Louisville with the name Cassius Clay. What many people may not realize is that he was named for a famous Kentucky politician, whose house was the site for our concert.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are the markers that tell the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other side of the marker, (the story continues)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with view of the mansion</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The curious cultural tradition of African Americans being named for famous white people is also exemplified in Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver. Until we played this particular gig, and read the historic markers, we confess that we were unaware that Cassius Clay belongs in that same tradition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: start;">Another view of tent</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Orchestra in position</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Debbie Kidd and Bill Ackerman, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As part of the ceremony of opening the concert, a local military honor guard marched slowly to the front of the stage, as the orchestra played appropriately dignified music for the occasion: “My Old Kentucky Home,” and “The Start Spangled Banner.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The show was introduced by a local radio personality. The first half of the concert was the orchestra playing “pop” hits. We were free to listen out front. Certain portions of pop songs work well in the symphonic idiom. The soft verses to “Stairway to Heaven” already resemble a Renaissance era song, so adding strings and winds only makes it more authentically “classical.” Trying to get an authentic blues shuffle out of “Heartache Tonight” was a different matter, but the quality of the playing and arranging came through. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The second half of the show started with us as a quartet, doing earlier Beatles songs, then featured our collaboration with the orchestra. As the night wore on, listeners got up from their tables and came to the front of the stage to dance. It turned into a most enjoyable party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One final detail: After David and Nathan had left for Nashville, Dennis and I returned to the hotel, deciding to enjoy a milkshake on the way. It was only when I looked for my hotel key that I realized that it was in the pocket of my shirt, which I had accidentally left at the maintenance shed where we changed clothes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis had the phone number for Debbie, who helped us, but she couldn’t help us contact anyone at the mansion. We took a chance and drove the approximately ten miles back to White Hall. There we found that the sound system was still being disassembled, so the crew was still working. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In fact, the shed where we had changed clothes was still open, and my clothes were still there. So everything was recovered with minimal fuss, and we finally got back to the hotel with everything we were supposed to have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another fine fun WannaBeatles gig, a delightful evening on the warm Kentucky evening, with a local symphony joining us to make music for a very appreciative crowd. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There’s a resort in Grand Rivers, Kentucky called Green Turtle Bay Marina and Resort. The WannaBeatles went there to play Marina Day on Saturday August 13. Thanks to Dennis’s negotiating skills, we were also offered two nights free stay with our wives at the resort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It started with Dennis being hired to play the event as a children’s entertainer, which is another side of Dennis’s entertainment empire. He convinced the resort that The WannaBeatles would be a good addition to their concert stage, scheduled immediately after his set as a children’s entertainer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the date drew near, Dennis passed along information about the offer for us to stay at the resort, reminding us to answer yes or no, and to confirm the reservations. It sounded like a great opportunity for a free brief vacation for The Good Yoko and me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Good Yoko (also known as Holly, excellent wife of WannaBeatle Bryan) was recovering from hip replacement surgery, and deserved a break. She had returned to work, which meant we could leave that Friday around 5 pm, and arrive around 9 pm at GreenTurtle Bay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis also took advantage of the extra night at the resort, but his wife Lori wasn’t available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good Yoko and I were delighted with the place - a cozy, clean, very well supplied nautically themed cottage, with complete kitchen, living room, deck, and supply of fun movies in VHS and DVD. We enjoyed Mel Gibson in “What Women Want.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This cell phone photo does nothing to convey the charm and beauty of our setting. It reflects Good Yoko’s natural scientific curiosity, and reminds us how we were surrounded by the quiet and serenity of nature, with bright stars visible in the night time sky. It was a great escape from the stress of city life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning, we enjoyed coffee on the deck, in the sunshine, with dappled light from the trees dancing across the table. We could see the lake through the trees, with yachts and sailboats in the water. Then we proceeded to Dockers, the nearby diner, for a late Saturday morning breakfast, joining Dennis, who had spent the night in a cabin in another part of the resort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a great change from normal gig stress to have an entire day to unload, set up, and sound check. Good Yoko captured some of the relaxed mood later in the day as Dennis and I just goofed off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One fan we noticed there was young Stone - a boy who has recently started playing guitar, inspired by The Beatles, via The WannaBeatles. We had met him the previous week, sitting in the front row at our show at Discovery Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Stone, with the WannaBeatles CD he got the previous week, in a photo his mother took and posted on </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Facebook</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the show, we packed our cars, then gathered at the Commonwealth Yacht Club, and enjoyed dining out together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After dinner, David and Nathan both drove home so they could do their Sunday morning gigs. Dennis stayed overnight, as did Good Yoko and me, enjoying the fresh country air, sleeping late. We had a late breakfast at Docker's again, then drove back to Nashville. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Green Turtle Bay was a surprisingly pleasant gig, blended into a very enjoyable micro-vacation. It’s good to be a WannaBeatle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Bloggin Bryan 20October2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like most people in Nashville, The WannaBeatles had never heard of Union City, Tennessee. But thanks to the industrious efforts of our resident genius Dennis, we had a gig there August 6. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That morning, we loaded our trailer and headed west on I-40, turning north to go through Martin. It was another half hour before we discovered a fantastic place called Discovery Park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were impressed with the sign as we entered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Discovery Park is an elaborate tourist destination containing educational displays, historic buildings, dinosaur bones, full-scale aircraft, restaurants, and other activities, all centered around a space age architectural marvel that reminded us of the Wizard of Oz.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We drove around to a tent covered outdoor stage, where a friendly crew introduced themselves and helped us carry our gear to the stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was another outdoor summer gig where rain clouds entered into the equation. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It was sunny when we arrived, and set up went like a normal gig.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the distance we could see a rain cloud heading our way. It ended up hitting us around 5 pm. As it approached, we put tarps over all our gear, then took golf carts to the central building where we had dressing rooms and dinner waiting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the golf cart ride back and forth between the stage and the magic castle, we saw other features of the park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Approaching the magic castle, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">We learned that a local businessman, Robert Kirkland, had donated the 50 acres and $80 million to create Discovery Park, fulfilling his vision of inspiring and educating children and adults, along with putting Obion County on the map, so to speak. Discovery Park, located along the still being constructed I-69, has attracted a million visitors in its first three years of existence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once inside the magic castle, we discovered a multi-story atrium with full scale dinosaur skeletons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were served a nice supper by some nice folks at the center, and changed into our stage clothes. Then we took the golf cart back to the stage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More sweeping water</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweeping water once more</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rain had come and gone, and a crowd began to show up, bringing their own folding chairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The staff of Discovery Park helped warm up the crowd with announcements, and by shooting tee shirts into the crowd with an air powered howitzer made from a large plastic cylinder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a great time playing for the crowd, and discovering Discovery Park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One final gesture of the evening was our signing a barbecue pit with permanent silver markers. It's normal for us to sign CDs and other souvenirs at the end of each show, but this was the first time we had signed a huge metal drum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So one Saturday afternoon, we discovered Discovery Park. We were impressed with what it is, and the people who run it. We were blessed by the experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We returned to Nashville a little wiser and happier than we were when we woke up that day.</span></div>
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The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-21266254702127472142016-10-12T13:07:00.001-07:002016-10-12T17:18:31.187-07:00Puckett's and Friends<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Puckett’s Grocery is about as close as we get to a regular home town gig. We’ve been playing the Franklin Puckett’s for almost as long as we’ve been The WannaBeatles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That means that our shows there are largely social events. At least that’s the way it appears from the cell phone photos taken at our most recent show there, Friday August 5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here are the results: a few shots of us getting ready to play, and a few more of our friends who came out to see us that night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holly (aka Good Yoko) and her fun sister Dana, who was visiting from Savannah. This was Holly's first night out since having hip replacement surgery three weeks before. Thanks, Dana, for making it possible, and such fun!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s always good to see our friends, and Puckett’s is just about the friendliest place we play.</span></div>
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The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-30969527020648580402016-10-11T07:17:00.000-07:002016-10-12T12:57:15.376-07:00Portland: A Train Runs Through It<div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: large;">In our years of performing in small town theaters and outdoor stages, The WannaBeatles are getting to know America. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In every town we play, we encounter the big picture, from the sound crews and promoters doing their work in the entertainment industry to the local crowd comprising our audience. We get a feel for what it’s like to live in that place, as we spend time with people in the towns and cities where they live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Portland, Tennessee, on July 14, we played a show on an outdoor stage set up on their main street. It was summer, so we faced the question of whether it would rain, and whether we would have a show at all. We watched the clouds passing overhead, and assessed the weather maps on our phones. As the sky gradually cleared, people brought their folding chairs to set up in the street to listen to our show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For us it was all part of a normal summer night in a small town, except for the extra surprise which appeared, loudly and briefly, as a guest star during our rendition of “Yesterday,” thundering along the tracks that run through the middle of town. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, the train still runs through Portland, only a few yards behind the stage that was set up on Main Street where we we played that night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The people of Portland, assembled in front of us on the street, live with the train, so they’re totally accustomed to it. For us, professional performers coming to town and setting up a show for maximum impact, it was a sublimely ridiculous surprise, a comic reminder that we are only part of the passing scenery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We experienced the physical power of a train. We were humbled to realize, after spending hours setting up a sound system with hundreds of watts of electrical power harnessed to project our voices and instruments to the crowd, that one passing train swallows up all other nearby sounds without even trying. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even in its massive physicality, the train is a mystery: on its way past us, it rumbles and forcefully shakes the ground. But on either side of that appearance, it comes from a silent distance, and disappears into a silent horizon. In musical terms, the train has extreme dynamics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our encounter led to questions. Why would a train run through downtown Portland? How did trains become such an essential presence in the American landscape? We realize that the train, beyond its historic usefulness in transportation and commerce, has also become a an enduring mythic symbol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">American songs are loaded with references to trains: the lonesome whistle, the tearful goodbye at the station, the hobo riding the rails, the clickety clack takin’ me back, the Chattanooga Choo Choo. From the idealistic hippie days, we have the Love Train, The Peace Train. Country music gives us The Wabash Cannonball and The Long Black Train. Other iconic examples include Elvis singing Mystery Train, Dylan’s Slow Train Coming, Curtis Mayfield’s “People get ready, there’s a train a-coming.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">American songs tell us that the train is loaded with spiritual implications.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking back on our American story, cities and towns were built around people traveling, by water, and horseback, on roads built over natural paths originally made by animals. Not until the1840’s did machinery enter the picture in a big way, with the “iron horse” that belched smoke as it roared down the tracks that criss-crossed the continent as our first interstate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The WannaBeatles never gave it much thought until we shared the stage with that train on July 14, 2016, in Portland, Tennessee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Otherwise, it was a normal gig, documented with normal photos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis onstage as crowd assembles</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was good to work with our friend Larry Gregory again. He’s a very hard working man who really does his best to make the show go well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ate dinner at El Azteca, which was on Main Street, about fifty feet from the stage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis and view of crowd from stage </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the most memorable part of the show was the part we didn’t expect at all: a freight train running through its usual downtown route, while we were singing one of the softest songs in our show, “Yesterday.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We posted it on Facebook.Dennis, with comic understatement called it a “poignant moment.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ll never forget our encounter with that Mystery Train that roared through downtown Portland, Tennessee that night, connecting us, in one surprising moment, to the soul of America.</span></span></div>
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The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-11815467842130370142016-09-30T15:28:00.002-07:002016-09-30T15:28:47.933-07:00Radio Lightning<div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Years ago, before this blog started, The WannaBeatles rehearsed on Monday nights. I remember </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">one of those nights </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">driving home from Dennis’s house around 11 pm, turning on the radio, and catching this cool show on FM 100. It was an interview show, with the guy who produced Taylor Swift’s records talking about his experience in the studio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was my introduction to Music Business Radio. It was a breath of fresh air, a special program for and about musicians. Their on-air tag line is “your backstage pass to the music business.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe it was just a matter of time. Maybe after interviewing hundreds of guests, they ran out of more worthy candidates. Maybe our local reputation finally crept into their radar. Whatever the reason, this year The WannaBeatles were invited onto the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">July 12 was the first day they offered where we were available. I was teaching at Jam Camp by then, which meant I had to ask for permission to leave early to make it to the Radio Lightning studio by 4 pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After arriving at their office in the Marathon Village complex downtown, we crammed into a small room, where our host David Hooper sat at a mic, and three WannaBeatles (David was unavailable) occupied chairs, sharing two other mics, while an engineer running Protools recorded us for the next two hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We enjoyed working with David and talking about the business of being The WannaBeatles. Dennis got to tell about his Sesame Street work in New York that led him to Nashville. I recalled my own years in New York, and L.A., before moving to Nashville. Nathan talked about studying classical organ at Northwestern and living in Vermont before moving to Nashville in 1986. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The show we taped was broadcast a few weeks later, and we heard from friends that they heard us on the radio. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn’t find out about it until after it was over; I still haven’t heard it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But we are grateful to David Hooper and Radio Lightining for having us </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">on Music Business Radio.</span></div>
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The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-19607462616848634942016-09-24T13:08:00.002-07:002016-09-25T16:25:18.056-07:00White House<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Saturday July 9 was still close enough to the Fourth to justify a patriotic title for the show we played that night in White House, Tennessee, which they called their "Americana Celebration."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The event was produced by the White House Area Chamber of Commerce, at the White House Soccer complex, where they had constructed a stage in the middle of the field, with a tent to protect from heat or rain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this particular case, the stage was not accessible by car, so we parked on the edge of the field, then depended on our carts and the golf carts provided by the event to get our gear to the stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our sound man that day was Larry Gregory, whom we've known for years, since we played the Whippoorwill up in Gallatin. Larry also runs sound for lots of other local shows on that part of town. You'll see some better photos of Larry in action when we post the blog about Portland, which came a week after White House.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our set was at 6:30, pretty early in the evening. We played our allotted hour, delivering Beatles favorites to the local crowd, then had to get off quickly to make room for t</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">he featured act for the evening, American Idol finalist Clark Beckham. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We discovered that the bass player in his band we had met before, as a sound tech in Alcoa, TN, back in January, when we had played a corporate party for Clayton Homes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So The WannaBeatles played another Fourth of July event, carrying our gear back to the parking lot before Clark finished his set, so this time we didn't see and hear the fireworks until we were driving south on I-65. Working in the summer sun takes energy, but we felt gratified to have played another fun show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After finishing up Nolensville Saturday night, we had the next day, July 3, to travel the 480 miles up to Lexington, Virginia, where we were supposed to play on July 4 and 5.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We crossed the Virginia state line before stopping for supper, at a nice Italian restaurant, where we posed for a photo with our waitress, Morgan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The story of our gigs in Virginia can’t be told without talking about the people who invited us there. One is family, and the other is a new friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First of all, Doug Cumming, brother of WannaBeatle Bryan, has lived in Lexington since 2003, working as a professor at Washington and Lee University. He had already become personally involved with the WannaBeatle back in 2013, when he first played clarinet with us for “When I”m Sixty-Four.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> in Clifton Forge, Virginia, </span><span style="font-size: large;">about 30 miles from Lexington, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as documented in the blog “Virginia Tour” 30August2013. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In August of 2014, Doug first hired us to play a party at his house, deliberately coordinating that booking with a trip we were already taking to Bethesda, Maryland and for a return to nearby Clifton Forge. </span><span style="font-size: large;">That party included our parents and another cousin Janet, who drove them up for the occasion. Janet, like Doug, has hired The WannaBeatles to play a memorable party at her home, but that’s another story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her party, last year in Savannah, Ga. also connects to the Beatles song “When I’m Sixty-Four.” You can read about it in the blog “Cousin Janet” 28August2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But back to Doug's party in 2014. During that visit to Lexington, we met a friend and neighbor of Doug’s, Pat Mayerchak, a retired VMI professor, who, like Doug and me, had formed a band as a teenager and continued to play music his whole life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our visit to Lexington this year was due to the enthusiastic invitation of both Doug and Pat, for two successive days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Doug’s birthday happens to be July 5, so that was the date of his party, and justified more family members attending, while Pat recommended us to the board who selected the band for Lexington’s Fourth of July celebration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pat’s enthusiasm got us hired for July 4, a special event on the VMI parade grounds, including fireworks, a classic car show and another popular local tradition, a balloon race.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pat spent the weeks leading up to the event sending us enthusiastic reports of the plans, getting our songs played on a local radio station, sending announcements to the local paper, and planning a special breakfast with local friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He even sending us a copy of the album he had recently made with the reunited members of the band he had joined as a teenager. Pat had written most of the songs on the new album, playing guitar and singing in a Beatles influenced style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so, we were delighted to be hosted by such an ideal fan for our July 4 show in Lexington.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But because it was an outdoor event, we paid close attention to the weather report. </span><span style="font-size: large;">From several days out, it looked like rain was expected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We arrived Sunday night, at the elegant and spacious Hampton Inn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was cloudy, but not stormy. The weather report still included a big rainstorm due to hit the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were in constant contact with Pat to monitor the decision of whether the event would happen or not. VMI made their official decision the next morning that they didn’t want the event on their parade ground under those conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>JULY 4</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Dennis was waiting to hear the news from Pat, I walked to a relatively upscale local restaurant called The Palms, only a few blocks from the Hampton Inn to historic downtown Lexington. After a few minutes, Dennis arrived, then Nathan and David. Then, then we met Pat in person for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Doug joined us in the search, as we called various facilities - local theaters at Washington and Lee, the ballroom of another historic hotel - trying to find some room where we could play. The hours were becoming few as we considered the challenge of setting up to play along with announcing the new location for the event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It never came together. There had been no contingency plan for an indoor location, which Pat admitted, was an oversight that would not happen again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In fact, as this blog is being written, Pat has already booked us back in Lexington for next July 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But meanwhile, on July 4, 2016, we had time to explore the charming town of Lexington, and set up for the party we were playing the next night at Doug’s house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then the birthday gathering at Doug’s house, with his sons Daniel and William, his wife Libby, and our parents, among many other family and friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The party was plenty of fun, with guests enjoying the music, dancing, singing along. Doug sat in with us again, on clarinet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning, we had more to do in Lexington: to appear at the local bank, which had sponsored the rained out event, and the office of the local newspaper, as a surprise for their editor and reporters. In both places, we sang snippets of Beatles songs accompanied by acoustic guitar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we drove home to Nashville, without worrying about rain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a great way to continue and conclude</span><span style="font-size: large;"> our busy five day tour of early July - with a</span><span style="font-size: large;"> little rain just in time to help us relax.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Bloggin’ Bryan 19september2016</span></div>
The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-76244715307306340542016-09-08T16:30:00.001-07:002016-09-08T16:30:44.534-07:00Nolensville July 2<div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The second day of our five day stretch in early July was back home, in Nolensville, for their annual Star Spangled Celebration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was a big event, attracting a thousand visitors to Nolensville Park, with food trucks, activities for kids, other musical acts, and fireworks to conclude the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nolensville is home of WannaBeatle David, so he only had a few blocks to drive. He also brought his daughters, Gabrielle and Shaina, who worked at our merch table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The stage was a large covered platform with a fine crew attending to the sound, which turned out to be MTSU grad students, under the energetic direction of Frank Baird. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were impressed with Frank, who knew everything there is to know about checking microphones, running a board, and communicating with band members, and was busy passing along the knowledge to his students, while simultaneously getting the system ready for our show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nathan arriving backstage at Nolensville Park</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">David exultant, over having such a short distance to drive</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In addition to their knowledge and helpful attitudes, the sound crew also demonstrated the diversity of the MTSU music program. The students came from as far away as Brazil and Russia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">David enjoyed the chance to meet Tevin, an especially friendly student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">David </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and Tevin delight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were happy to meet and pose for a photo with Katya, the audio student from Russia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were also delighted to discover that an opening act had been booked, a guitar duo composed of Mike Bauer and Jackson Thatcher, a Jam Camp student. Mike is an excellent guitarist, a graduate of University of Miami, a neighbor and friend of David’s. He started and runs the Nolensville Guitar Academy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had a good time playing for the Nolensville crowd. We really enjoyed meeting Frank Baird and all his audio students. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The fireworks were accompanied by a long medley of patriotic tunes, ranging from "Born in the USA" to "Stars and Stripes Forever." It was especially poignant for us to wonder what was going through Katya's mind, the young lady from Russia. We learned that she had been in this country for two years, and could barely speak English, but her presence here made a grand statement about this country we celebrate so loudly every Fourth of July. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The WannaBeatles, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">July started out unusually busy, with four gigs booked the first five days of the month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Three of them were in two different Lexingtons - one in Kentucky, the other two in Virginia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It wasn’t ideal routing. The Lexington gigs were separated by a show back in Nashville, so we put some miles on the 4Runner, getting up and back, then out and back again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This blog covers the first of that batch, which was a return visit to Lexington, Ky., for a Thursday night concert at the Third Fifth Pavilion </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">downtown</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course, the fourth of July is a season for selling fireworks, and we found evidence when we stopped our way up I-65. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We arrived in downtown Lexington, parking behind the stage, in the familiar spot we had occupied last year, across the street from Parlay Social. That's the restaurant where, last year, we had eaten supper and changed clothes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: start;">We found a rest room in a nearby restaurant to use as a dressing room, changing into our black shirts with red neckties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nathan brought his new "drainpipe" trousers,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Hot Brown,” we discovered, is a mornay sauce invented in 1926 at Brown’s Hotel in Louisville. It’s very popular during Derby week, for those interested in local customs. In the interest of gastronomical research, I ordered one. The report: It makes a fine upgrade to the traditional hot dog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Thursday June 23 The WannaBeatles played an outdoor concert at Cheekwood, as part of their summer concert series. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cheekwood is a beautiful Nashville institution, acres of wooded hills thoughtfully curated with inventive displays of art. This particular season, we were delighted to see creative tree houses on display.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The usual disclaimer goes here: no photos of the show, due to the photographer being engaged as a performer onstage. We appreciate your understanding, and invite your good faith in imagining that we had a great show, and a splendid time was had by all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cheekwood’s summer concert series is a great chance for local families to enjoy a musical picnic in a beautiful setting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We appreciated seeing so many children dancing in front of the stage, and we were grateful for the assistance of the Cheekwood staff in carrying our gear in golf carts back to our cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks also to our friend Leslie Mathey for handling our merch table that evening, to the local food trucks for providing delicious meals, and to Techworks, the local sound company who labored in the sweltering heat as a team of one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Saturday June 18, we had two gigs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It started at 7:00 am, showing up at the Nashville Downtown Library to play for the International Puppet Festival. This was followed by a trip to Smithville, Tennessee for a wedding reception that evening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To add excitement to the day, WannaBeatle David was planning to return from a trip to Florida the night before our early morning show, but ended up stranded in Washington D.C. after a late flight caused a missed connection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">David's predicament led </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">to a burst of creative energy in the WannaBeatles administrative offices that Friday night. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">WannaBeatles Nathan and Dennis, with extra help from Nathan’s wife Sally, sprang into action, finding and purchasing a new plane ticket for David, which would require his waiting at the airport until 4 am to catch a flight to Nashville. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Getting David to Nashville in time for the gig was only part of the problem. Getting his drums to the gig was the other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After extensive discussions of options, Nathan displayed his native New England skills of pragmatic problem solving. He drove with Sally to David’s house in Nolensville, where he found the extra set of keys, opened David’s garage, located and loaded all of David's drums into David's van, driving David's van back to his own house, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">while Sally drove back in their car, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">finally arriving after midnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">WannaBeatle Bryan, unaware of this nocturnal activity, arrived as planned at Nathan’s house 6:30 am Saturday morning. Nathan explained what had happened the night before, concluding with the new plan: the only way to make everything work was for me to drive David’s van containing his drums downtown, while Nathan drove his own, carrying his gear and mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We would have to wait for David to arrive at BNA, find his car, then drive to the Library to arrive in time to set up and play at 7:00 am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And so, there was an extra level of improvisational excitement added to our morning. Not to mention a bit of lost sleep, especially for David, who had to spend the night in the airport.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the emergency plan worked, and David arrived to greet us in the parking lot attached to the Library.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Puppet Festival starts Saturday morning with a parade at 9:00 am. The WannaBeatles are scheduled to play immediately afterward, so we have to set up and be all ready to play before the parade starts. That's what makes it such an early morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But we arrived at Evins Mill, a beautiful resort, to unload our gear, carry it down steps and through several rooms to set up to play the wedding reception in the dining room. </span></div>
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The Wannabeatleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00261995664557495541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785697306359137742.post-90628085268661479322016-08-17T14:37:00.001-07:002016-08-17T14:37:33.645-07:00Crockett Park 2016<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sunday June 12 was our annual concert at Crockett Park in Brentwood. This has always been a big show for us, playing a free show for a local crowd sitting on the expansive lawn with their picnic coolers, blankets and chairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We usually add a special guest for our Crockett show; this year we invited an American Idol contestant named Joshua Wright. He's a fine singer, and a very nice guy, who brought his own Texas soul to a couple of classic Beatles songs, "Something" and "Help." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We played two sets, one before sunset, another after dark. There were dozens of dancers of all ages gathered at the cement area in front of the stage. It was a classic summer evening, with enjoyable music filling the air. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We don't have photos of the concert, so we'll just let this small selection provide an inside view of how The WannaBeatles arrive and set up to play our annual Crockett Park show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Bloggin' Bryan 17August2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Friday June 10, The WannaBeatles returned to Ashland City’s Riverbluff Park for their annual Summerfest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nathan and I drove up together, out the Briley Parkway up Route 12, arriving at the stage to find WanaBeatle David already there setting up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">David’s been working out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was rare, a WannaBeatle gig starting with three of us arriving before Dennis. Usually Dennis plays the role of our resident Brian Epstein, arriving early, checking the stage dimensions, scouting locations for the merch table, and negotiating dinner plans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We took advantage of this opportunity to pretend to scold Dennis when he arrived a few minutes later, pointing to our watches as he pulled up, as if his tardiness were spoiling the flow of our well-oiled machine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were early enough to explore the fair grounds, to see the other offerings that would keep the crowd entertained and well fed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enough lemonade for a regiment</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Flatline Grill presents their </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">mission statement: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"If you're experiencing Food Coma,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">we've done our job."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One attraction we had not noticed before:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sign assures us it's "Family Friendly."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://thewannabeatles.blogspot.com/2015/07/ashland-city.html</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to Marie, and our hard working sound crew, for making it a successful evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Friday June 3, we woke up in Greenwood SC in our rooms at Inn On The Square, enjoyed another civilized breakfast in their dining room, said our goodbyes in the lobby, then headed west for our gig in Gadsden Alabama.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lady who owns the hotel, in the lobby Friday morning</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another view of the lobby, with its elegant low country architecture, with sky lights and shuttered windows</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We passed the huge Clarks Hill Lake as we left South Carolina, entering Georgia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I-20 took us west from the calm Carolina countryside into the urban energy of metropolitan Atlanta and beyond, back into rural landscapes, as we crossed into Alabama.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our destination was an amphitheater built in 1935, which was built out of stone, looking more like an ancient Greek theater than any art deco Depression era building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gadsden Amphitheater, built 1935, restored 1994</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The WannaBeatles poster advertising our show, and the plaque honoring Dr. Mort Glosser </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had never played in a place where the audience was seated on an incline, so that as we looked out, and up, it was a rising mountain of spectators. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We enjoyed several spontaneous dances from audience members who were moved by the energy music to do their steps in front of the stage. One couple showed their romantic side in a well rehearsed ballroom style, while another lone clogger demonstrated how original and distinctive a body could be when responding freely to music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most memorable part of the show was inviting the mayor of Gadsden to join us onstage to play drums. Our local hostess, Janet Terrance, told us that the mayor played drums, implying that he would enjoy the chance to sit in with us in front of a local crowd. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But after we called him up to the stage, the truth seemed a little different. The mayor, a dignified man named Sherman Guyton, was not a showbiz personality waiting for his chance in the spotlight. He was modest and reluctant to sit in, which made an awkward moment as we talked it over with him onstage, but he cooperated with the mood of the moment, making the best of the situation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were somewhat embarrassed to discover his side of the story: although he had played drums as a teenager, he hadn’t touched a drum kit in the last 35 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mayor was a good sport, sitting in at David’s drums for “Oh Bla Di Oh Bla Da,” which we had selected thinking it would be a simple drum part to play. Hearing Mayor Sherman struggle with it made us appreciate the genius of Beatles, who often took complex musical ideas and found a simple part to hold it together. Or maybe that was Ringo’s genius. At any rate, hearing another drummer find his way on that song made us realize that it’s not as easy as it might sound.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But having the mayor of the town playing with us helped connect us to the city of Gadsden in a way that no other gesture could have accomplished. For that moment, for that evening, we belonged to the people of Gadsden, Alabama, as their souls surrendered to the sounds of The WannaBeatles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the show, we could feel the enthusiasm, as we met various local folks who expressed their joy and appreciation from hearing the music. As always, we met parents and children, young listeners who already knew Beatles songs, and who were thrilled by the experience of a live show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After packing up, and thanking our wonderful local sound team, we retreated to our hotel, then got up the next morning and drove to Nashville. It was only two shows in two towns, but it was a southern tour, and we enjoyed it. We’ll never forget the topiary of Greenwood, and being gladiators in Gadsden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our Greenwood show, subject of this blog, was scheduled for Thursday June 2, as part of the town’s 49th annual Festival of Flowers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our travel began Wednesday afternoon June 1, at the home of WannaBeatle David. David's house in Nolensville is conveniently located for heading south on I-24, which led us through Atlanta and into South Carolina.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Backing a trailer down David’s driveway is a challenge. It helps to have a rear camera in the back of the 4Runner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The WannaBeatles are four musicians who have formed a business that requires us to fill many roles, from travel agents and publicists to roadies and stage hands, all in one coordinated organism. The more we do it, the more we learn how to do it. So the increasing efficiency of our teamwork is worth mentioning even as we go through mundane tasks like loading a trailer and leaving town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I'm writing a blog, but we wouldn't have a gig to blog about without Dennis's efforts, and we wouldn't have a 4Runner without Nathan's decision to support the band by buying that particular vehicle, and Nathan wouldn't be confident he'd made the right choice without the input from David's practical knowledge of vehicles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, it was a pleasant Southern summer day for travel, but even more pleasant knowing that our own efforts to work as a team made the whole thing easier, even fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Listening to old records is both a personal pleasure and a professional assignment, since we are continually working up more songs for our repertoire, beyond The Beatles.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This particular trip we enjoyed exploring 60's vocal pop music, from "Never My Love" by The Association, "I Saw Her Again" by The Mamas and The Papas, and "You Were On My Mind" by We Five.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enjoying these songs helps us appreciate how important vocals are, for many of these old songs, for The Beatles, and in our own sound. Another indicator of our teamwork is our getting familiar with each other's singing ranges, sounds, and styles, so that we can be more adept arranging vocal parts to suit our particular capabilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was around 11 pm when we finally arrived at our destination, Inn on the Square, the name inscribed on the awning leading to the entry doors. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We parked in their parking lot, bringing in our basic luggage for a good night's sleep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We opted for the security of clamping a lock over the wheel of the trailer, but could sense that Greenwood, being small, relatively quiet, even quaint, was devoid of most of the dangers of big city living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next morning, we discovered that </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Inn On The Square is different from typical motels. Instead of eating the typical free breakfast, waiting in line with other hotel guests at food dispensers, we sat down at a dining room table with silverware, a linen tablecloth, and a friendly local waitress. It was enjoyable, personal, delicious and memorable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And thanks to Dennis's negotiating skills, it was free, included in our trip. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our hostess Lara Hudson made us feel right at home, giving us pertinent facts about Greenwood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For one thing, it's the location for American headquarters of FujiFilm Manufacturing, which celebrated its local identity, and Asian culture with this large camera, topped by panda bears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our venue was the newly constructed Uptown Market, adjacent to a park where children played among fountains. It was a hot day, so this was a delightful diversion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's how it looked in the Greenwood newspaper the next morning, a front page photo of the children playing with our name in the headline:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For those who don't know, The Swinging Medallions were a classic party band whose hit “Double Shot of My Baby’s Love” hit the charts in 1966, alongside hits by The Beatles, Stones, Lovin’ Spoonful, The Association, the Mamas & the Papas, and the Monkees. Their big hit peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, but its cultural significance for those of us in the South was enormous. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The term "Beach Music" - not to be confused with what came from California - is well known in the Carolinas, (it started in Myrtle Beach,) Virginia Beach, and across the South in towns where college fraternities throw parties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Beach Music is rooted in post-war R&B, with bands like The Drifters and The Coasters as famous examples, and regional artists like Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs or The Tams being equally popular in the genre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The music is identified by a dance called The Shag, a casual cousin to the Jitterbug. Beach Music is what The Swinging Medallions did, and continue to play fifty years later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bloggin' Bryan, as the only WannaBeatle who grew up in the South (Miami, as David will attest, doesn't count,) was aware of Beach Music back when The Swinging Medallions first hit the charts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Having never been to Greenwood before, I was impressed by the fact that we had landed in the town that had a valid historic claim to being "the home of Beach Music," even if it wasn't near the beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lara also reminded us that the shag was the official dance of South Carolina. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This particular trip coincided with some new equipment for the band. David made a visit to a local music store to get a new Remo head for his snare drum, and Dennis was trying out a new JBL amp for his guitar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our local sound man was playing some tasty music through the system as we set up. We heard some of Donald Fagen's "Nightfly" album, and another band that did hot arrangements of recent Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars tunes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That turned out to be a Nashville based group, Tim Akers' Smokin' Section, which plays at 3rd and Lindsley and contains some of the best singers and musicians in town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some friends of Nathan’s, Tom and Becky Blackwell, were there, having known Nathan at Belmont Church back in the 90's, and now living in South Carolina. They enjoyed our show and suggested we get in touch with Brevard Music Camp, which hosts an annual summer festival with the Boston Pops. Since The WannaBeatles have been playing with symphony orchestras, that was an exciting suggestion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had a wonderful time in Greenwood. Thanks to Lara for making us feel at home, and Inn on the Square for their Southern hospitality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stay tuned for our next day’s departure and travel to Gadsden, Alabama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The story begins and ends with the U-Haul trailer, although we had no idea when we started what a big role the trailer would play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had played Belterra on New Year’s Eve, as reported in a recent blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Here’s the link: http://thewannabeatles.blogspot.com/2016/04/new-years-eve-in-cincinnati.html)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That gig was memorable because of hundreds of balloons that were released upon the stage at midnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis at Belterra, 12:05 am January 1, 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Belterra is a large resort, run like a Las Vegas casino. Along with thousands of slot machines, there are numerous restaurants, including a huge buffet with food offerings as diverse and delicious as any hungry guy could want. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But Belterra is different from a Vegas casino in being attached to a race track. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thoroughbred racing is a venerable Kentucky tradition, older than Vegas itself, but now run with corporate efficiency by the methods that have made Vegas successful. Horse racing at Belterra is just another “gaming” activity, with bets being placed and collected at a window near the track, so that people can put money on the horses they hope will win, while the “house” keeps tab of this steady income stream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our contact there is a guy named Leroy Ellington. Leroy books the bands and plays in a few bands himself, so he understands what it’s like from both sides. This makes him a very sympathetic representative for us, as he explains certain realities to management, like how long it takes to set up. He’s also a fun guy to hang out with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But let’s get back to Nashville, where our adventure started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As usual, we met at Nathan’s house. It was Saturday morning, May 28.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This particular trip had one peculiar variation involving Nathan. His family had just started a vacation in Colorado, so he made plans to join his wife Sally and their son Steven for the rest of the week out in Colorado. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan has demonstrated a great skill at figuring out solutions to puzzles such as how to get to Cincinnati on one day, and to Colorado the next day, without disrupting an existing gig.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here’s what he figured out: the trip to Cincinnati took us through Louisville. He could stop at the Louisville airport, pick up a rental car, drive to Cincinnati, do the gig, get up at 6 am the next morning, and drive back to Louisville to catch an early flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That was the plan, and it worked. It meant that the three remaining WannaBeatles would be driving Nathan’s new 4Runner back to Nashville with the trailer attached. Nathan was fine with that, and we were too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">America's first professional baseball team (1866)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">New Riff Distilling, the landmark in Bellevue, Kentucky</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a block from our hotel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan arrived shortly after we did at our hotel, the Holiday Inn Express.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan in his rental car </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we all drove over to Belterra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We knew about the track at Belterra, but we hadn’t gotten a good look at it back in January (when it was too cold for horse races anyway.) Now, in May, we could see the full expanse of that mile-long dirt track, forming a huge oval shape, with seats for spectators in bleachers attached to the main building. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was exciting to see an actual track up close.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We discovered that MTP (visible in upper right corner of screen) stands for “minutes to post,” i.e. how many minutes until the next race begins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got to see the last few races of the day, which concluded at 5 pm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our show was part of Beterra’s “After Dark: concert series, entertainment on the concrete slab between the bleachers and the race track, which meant we couldn’t begin setting up the stage or any gear until after the last race was finished. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This became a bit of a timing squeeze requiring Leroy to use his influence to get things done quickly and explain to management that the band was ready to play at 7 pm, but the concert hadn’t started because the sound company hadn’t finished setting up the microphones and speakers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were a few minutes late starting, but soon had the crowd jumping. Volunteers from the audience joined us onstage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a good show, with people dancing and enjoying the music, and expressing their enthusiasm after the show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Driving back to the hotel, Nathan commented on what he felt was a rumble that he could hear from the trailer, suggesting either some gear improperly distributed, or maybe some irregular surface on the road. David, generally recognized as The Most Mechanically Minded WannaBeatle, wondered if it could be a loose connection between the trailer hitch and the trailer. Nathan said he had checked to make sure that the trailer was tightened securely to the ball of the trailer hitch, so he eliminated that possibility. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It would be the next day when we would learn more, and encounter an unexpected answer to the question of what was causing the noise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Saturday night concluded with a jovial gathering with Leroy at a local IHOP, with Leroy telling great stories about some of the characters he’s encountered through the years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday morning, Nathan rose at 6 am, as planned, to join his family in Colorado. The remaining three WannaBeatles attempted to create a “Thank You” photo op to the Holiday Inn Express. It was pale in comparison to a song being sung by the four of us in the lobby, which we had done in January, but would at least demonstrate our willingness to promote the hotel on social media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so, the three remaining WannaBeatles in Nathan’s 4Runner, with U-Haul attached, headed down I-71, south toward home that Sunday morning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we pulled over for fuel, we continued to notice the noise coming from the U-Haul trailer. As we were stopped at the gas pump, I took a look at the trailer hitch, noticing that in addition to the part of the trailer that attaches to the ball of the hitch, there is also a nut that secures the ball to the hitch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I checked and found it slightly loose, and announced that discovery to Dennis and David. At that exact moment, a pick up truck with tool boxes affixed to both sides pulled up at the gas pump next to us. David, noticing this auspicious arrival, asked the driver if he happened to have a large wrench that would allow us to tighten the nut under the hitch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Within less than a minute, the driver of the truck had looked at our problem, pulled a cordless Makita drill tool out of his truck, affixed the 1 5/8” socket needed, and tightened the nut with a quick blast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His name is Jeff Gibson. We were marveling at the way the exact person with the exact tool to fix our problem showed up at the exact Kroger gas station along I-71 where we happened to stop. We thanked Jeff profusely and took pictures to commemorate the occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And as we continued our trip along the interstate, we noticed that the trailer was no longer making any funny noises. We felt relieved to be in a safe vehicle again, speculating on what could have happened if our trailer problem had remained unattended - the possibility of the hitch falling apart at high speed, the trailer suddenly falling onto its emergency chain connection, throwing the towing vehicle off balance, precipitating any number of disastrous potential scenarios. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Considering the risk only increased our gratitude for the grace that appeared in the form of a pick up truck driven by the right guy for us at that exact moment. We posted the photos on Facebook, and added sincere praised to God for our deliverance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanthile, Nathan, out in Colorado, visited the famous Red Rocks Amphitheater, where The Beatles had played during their ’64 U.S. Tour, and posted a picture of himself there on Facebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So The WannaBeatles had another adventure, this time across three time zones, and involving a small miracle that a U-Haul trailer could return safely to Nashville.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We wanna thank Leroy from bringing us up to Belterra, Nathan for letting us use his 4Runner while he was gone, and Jeff Gibson for the timely use of his Makita drill to solve what could have been a big problem. And so we have a reason to say we’re grateful to God. Sometimes His grace pours down in such an easy and obvious way it's hard to miss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Blogging Bryan 20July2016</span></div>
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