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I had never heard that one, Ed, thanks!

In at least two of these "Outhouse" songs, there were mentions of the "Sears & Roebuck" catalog. There was one located in my aunt's outdoor privy, but when I turned 13* and it arrived in the mail, I was usually the first one to grab it, and we had indoor plumbing.

*I think I'll stop there.

Bill

Well, I'm going to post one more and I hope you'll take it in the spirit intended: just good fun.

There's a true story that goes with it and I'll tell it here, among my friends.

When we first emigrated to the  US in 1960, we lived in Villa Rica, Georgia, but my father's relatives lived in a "mill-town" called Fullerville. While VR, had indoor plumbing, Fullerville did not - at that time - and depended on the outhouse for nature's call.

As one might expect, those things had to be cleaned out periodically, and the brave man who took up this task was a man named Harvey who had an old grey mule called Ed who pulled their wagon from house to house to provide their service.

I am sorry I don't have a picture to support what I'm about to share with you, but ol' Harvey (and maybe Ed, too) had a sense of humor about their job, and Harvey fashioned a giant  fake clothes pin made from some light balsa wood which he affixed to Ed's bridle. I guess at some point, indoor plumbing came to Fullerville and Harvey and Ed retired. Rich, I hope!

That's my story and here's a song about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyZcqnZ8aM8

When one uses a loop system.wah pedal or rotary speaker, is it then necessary to have an amp powerful enough to drive it? As you can tell, I don't know too much about ancillary devices such as these, but I am wondering if my 15 watt Fender paired with one of these things would be enough - volume wise? The only pedals I have are an old Boss Fuzztone and a Harmonix Chorus one and these work fine with 15 watts.

I can picture a "cartoon-me" onstage with an array of pedals in front, a Fender Strat on my shoulder and a small 15 watt amp behind. Somehow, it just doesn't seem to "fit" together.     

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht … amp;uact=8 

Sorry. Can't remember how to do this to show the picture, but it's "Their Satanic Majesties Request" - The Stones' "answer" to "Sgt. Pepper". What made it special was a 3-D picture of the band on a vinyl album cover. Although I like The Stones, the album was horrendous. The only thing worse they did was "Between The Buttons" back in the late 60's..     

I guess another name for "Knocker-Upper" here in the USA would be "Sperm Bank".

Here, to "knock someone up" would mean to get them pregnant.

I like this thread, Pete, although I cannot at the moment think of an antiquated job to fit.

Your Bro

Bill

EDITED TO ADD: This one about the elevator operator ------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H86nt-MF3zU

Beautifully performed. It's as if each of his fingers has its own little brain as they dance over his fretboard. I read most of the comments below the video and cannot say more than has already been written there - especially the one about "this must be what beauty sounds like".

A question about DADGAD: How does that tuning change a song's originally written chords - or does it at all?

Thanks TF. for this introduction to Pierre Bensusan.

Bill     

Yes, Phill I think John Lennon may have used a mellotron on some of the later Beatles' songs. Was "Strawberry Fields" one?