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My friend Peter (in Germany) had a helmet cam, but he got rid of it because so many riders had "accidents with themselves" by becoming disoriented when they try to film for a YT video. I'm not sure what he means by that, exactly. Can someone explain that to me? Do they actually see themselves heading straight for them by wearing a helmet cam?
Thanks
Bill
Yeah, Rick,
I'm the "German Boy" (that's what they used to call me when I was young, so I proudly keep the nickname) and I lost my accent due to "peer pressure". That's just a fancy term for getting beaten up about twice a week by an old oak tree I had to pass in order to get home from school. Yes, before you ask, I did fight back, but because it was never "one on one", I had no chance.
It wasn't till 4 years later when The Beatles hit and I played drums in my first rock band, that the teasings and beatings finally stopped. All of a sudden them Georgia Boahs decided to like me!
I had also figured out that learning the southern accent might help as well, so, as I told Rick. "Ah started tawkin' lahk this, yawl".
It wasn't what I wanted, giving up my German accent, but I can reproduce it anytime.
And that's why I didn't sound German to you, my friend.
I'll see about making the Songbook public right now.
Thanks
Bill
ETA: Songbook is now public. Yawl. 
And thank you Amy for those kind words. I have passed them along to "She Who Must Be Obeyed" 
Thanks, Norm.
We both would like to attend Topdown's "Chordiestock IV", but I can't and won't travel alone, so with your thoughts and prayers we should be able to keep her in our hearts and healthy.
Not meaning to hijack, but the flight prices from Atlanta to Tampa are quite reasonable, and since we've remarried, we have had only one vacation, back in 2009, so we're due for one.
Just in case, I've kinda started a "song list" of easy stuff I hope I'll be able to play by then.
Can anyone see my songbook here? I plan to keep that list in it, if anyone wants to take a look.
Thanks for the kind words, Norm.
Bill
AKG's were what I used in my broadcasting days, Zurf. They make good stuff. You have a great set there, my friend. Grats!
Bill
Thanks, Zurf. We're just glad to be home and that maybe, finally this meds problem has all been settled. She has made so many folks feel better with her job and also when she's not working, she deserves to be much healthier than this and if I could take this sickness from her and put it on myself, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Thanks
Bill
Thank you, Peter.
By the way, the new blog entry with the song(s) by Mo' and Phill is up. Just click on the blog link below and it will take you there with two clickable links! Thanks, you two!!!
Bill
After another 4-night stay tweaking her heart meds, my bride and I are finally back home. The good thing about this admission was that our hospital is only 5 minutes' drive away, and we had a phone call from our friend and fellow-Chordian, Rickyjack which brought a smile to both mine and Dondra's faces and which were much needed, I can attest.
We're both exhausted and I have some washing to do (both clothes and dishes) as well as my usual chores, but I'll peep in every now and then to see whatcha'll are up to.
I will also be working on my blog which will feature 2 versions of a short song/poem I wrote for my wife. The song got excellent treatment by our friends Mojo and Phill and I can't wait for y'all to read about yourselves and hear the song. I thank you both very much and will post here when the songs and new blog are up.
Thanks!
Bill
Grah!!! You phoned in a performance?!
Bill
ETA: Hey, even the dog liked it! That's good enough for me, my friend! Check YouTube comments, please!
ETA: For our friends across the seas, "phoned in a performance", is a (very) tongue in cheek way of saying an artist may not have given a performance his "all". This of course is not true for our friend Graham, but the fact that a phone was used opened up an opportunity for a joke, so I took it. Graham does fantastic work in ALL genres and no offense was meant.
OCD Bill
If I can keep the missus healthy, I am cautiously optimistic about attending, Top. I'm going to check flights and stuff and see how close I can get with an "aereo-plane" before we'll need to rent a vehicle. Unfortunately, with 5 recent hospital admissions cost is also a factor to be considered, but with 6 months' time, something can be worked out, I am hoping.
Thank you for the heads up, and it will be a pleasure to meet Zurf and the whole gang of ya's*.
Bill
ETA: *If it happens
Different styles, Mo'. I think I may have told you this before: You have a little "Dylan Thing" going on. Not "all the way" Dylan, you understand, but when ol' Bob wants to, he can do a romantic song that's just awesome. Here's an example of what I am talking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ODMKS … DAxicn6qcK
And so can you.
I'll try to get those 2 songs up tomorrow along with the blog.
Thanks for letting me do this, you two!
Bill
I wrote about Chordie in the new installment of my blog, but y'all can't read it yet, because I have it saved as a draft. The reason I saved it is because I want to feature Phill's and Mo's version of my short song and I need you two's permission and I also need to know how to post them in my blog as a clickable link.
Can y'all help me with this?
Thanks
Bill
Gaaaa! HOW do you do this, [b]Philll[/i]??????
I can't even finish a tune and here you are, coming out of the shower, with a tune already writ!
Awesome tune and it made me laugh, but what was the last word you disguised, my friend? Does it have something to do with what we sit on?
Bill
BGD,
Please excuse me for this late posting, but I have been going back and forth with getting groceries, prescriptions, gas for the car and, of course, my wife. Now that we're both home, I want to sit down with my accoustic and play your chords out. I want to thank you for thinking enough of me to use up your time in putting this together.
Thank you, my friend!
Bill
Please see the notes on the cloud, Phill. Dondra (who is now home, by the way), loved it as do I. I think it's great there are different versions of these few words and we thank you also for your friendship ---- ALL of you!
Bill and Dondra
Amy,
I sure do remember your Dad singing the Rock Island Line "(she's a mighty good road)" because I was singing along with him! Guitar wasn't handy so, it was just me and your Dad and the others at the party singing along.
I'd like to incorporate some train sounds into the song if your Dad can MP3 me some for credit on the tune?
Thanks, Amy and I hope to "spring" Dondra from the hospital by early afternoon!
Your Pal
Bill
Thanks to all of you who helped me with this. I'm going to try to play all the versions through, no matter the chord changes. I'd feel as if I were ungrateful and unattentive of your time, if I didn't do this, and that isn't me. So I will play them through and sound cloud them as soon as things settle down here a bit.
Thanks and Dondra will love it, like we love all our Troubadors
Bill
(C) if sunshine were (D)mine
(G) id give it to(Em) you(C)if moon shine were (D)wine
(G) id our it for(Em) you(C)if loving you(D) honey
(G) was all I could(Em) do(C) I'd do it (D) I'd do it for (G)you (C) (G)
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/bills-demo
Bill here's my take on it. ill delete it from sound cloud after you listen to it
Please don't delete it, Mo'. It's beautiful.
Check the comments on Cloud, please sir.
Thanks
Bill
This one may need moving, Amy and Co.....
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Okay, some of you all (y'all) may remember me writing a song about a train wreck in a county near to ours (Carroll) from which a box car spilled thousands of cigarettes (This happened in 1903 and the cigarettes were Bull Durhams). It happened at Punkinvine Trestle and the lore is that hundreds of young boys learned how to smoke that day,
Before writing the song, however, I wanted to get my facts straight, so I put myself in contact with the Georgia Railway Association and a few other railroad enthusiasts.
Are any of you railroad buffs? If so, maybe you can throw in your two cents worth as well.
I'm finding out - a little at a time - that a previous train wreck in 1883 happened at a trestle just before this one at a trestle called "The Big Raccoon Trestle".
After that wreck our State Legislature provided funds to repair "Big Raccoon" and ostensibly funds to examine "Punkinvine", which, according to all the records I have been able to find was never done.
So now I'm involved in my own investigation. I'm not saying that foul play was involved, but I suspect the money for Punkinvine went somewhere other than where it should have gone and with the help of one of the Atlanta Journal/Constitution investigative reporrers hope to get some answers.
So far, this is all I have and I may be "full of it", but I intend to find out all the facts for myself before writing the tune.
Thanks
Bill
Graham,
Thanks for the link, my friend. I've been kinda busy of late. but as soon as I can I hope to catch up and visit bandcamp.
Thanks
Bill
I think I may have forgotten to mention that after the ablation plus one day, we were discharged from the Atlanta hospital where it was performed. We came home and the second day we were home it started happening again, so back we went to Tanner Hospital which is our local hospital and that is where we are now. And hoping to go home late this afternoon with the new meds I mentioned above.
Is anyone keeping score????? 
Y'all please pray that these new meds work, because we're both exhausted. It's just us two, since our son is on vacation (tickets bought and non-refundable - which he will appeal) and I am home right now feeding our cat Bert and giving him his diabetic meds.
I'll be glad to have her home and ordering me around. (Private joke between the two of us - she does nothing of the kind - doesn't have to).
I'm playing "catch-up" with y'all, so look for me on another thread if you have an interest in a song I am writing (or trying to write: "The Cigarette Train".
Thanks so much for caring about us!
Bill
I do , Rick, and thanks to all who sent it.
We are cautiously hopeful that Dondra will get to go home late this (Sunday) afternoon/evening. The docs are trying some new meds and so far they have regulated her heartbeat just fine with no A-Fib or PVC's (Pre-ventricular contractions) and she had a very restful night.
I'm not supposed to do it, but I have been driving to McDonald's nearby to pick her up some Senior Coffee and Sausage Muffin. I'm not supposed to drive, but right now there's no one else to do it for her, so I am being extra careful and my license is still valid. Please don't set the cops on my sorry butt, okay?
Rick, thanks for the call and the talk. We both enjoyed hearing from you, and if any of the rest of you feel like calling, I'll be happy to send you our number(s). But it's fine that we get the well-wishes from you all. Never been to but one other site where people actually reach out with concern and love.
A heartfelt thanks from both of us!
Bill and Dondra Craig.
If sunshine were mine,
I'd give it to you
If moonshine were wine,
I'd pour it for you,
If lovin' you Honey, was all I could do
I'd do it, I'd do it for you.
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Written for my wife. As usual, it's just a piece of a song, so I put it in as a poem. Please move if if necessary, Mods.
Thanks
Bill
Hey Everyone!
Just checking in to let you know we're fine. We got out of the hospital from having the ablation yesterday and even though her heart had to be started and restarted 3 times, she 's fine. That was my main worry. I had been having nightmares with doctor-types walking around with a paddle in each hand, buzzing. Those were dreams I have no desire to experience again.
As always (seems like always) thanks for the prayers, thoughts and good mojo from all of you.
I'll check in again later.
Bill
I wasn't offended (I was pleased) as you can tell by my like and the comments I left. Congratulations to all three of you on a very fine production and a very well written tune!
Bill
I am either making up for the last one I chose (Johnny Winter) or getting myself further in trouble with this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKWVLOIEO-Q
Captain Beefheart (and The Magic Band) got started around the same time as did Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, but their paths diverged as Don Van Vliet (The Capt) took a different direction musically. While Zappa's stuff is clearly avant garde with those horrible 50's backgrounds thrown in, Van Vliet's music was and is more firmly based on electric blues with a very "clean" sound. <<<< My opinion.
Dan Hicks (And His Hot Licks) were contemporaries.
Now about "Hard Working Man": I've worked since I was 14 and started out in a cotton mill in Villa Rica, GA. where I grew up from age 11 on. Whenever I'd walk in and clock in for work I'd hear the machines already going. But what I heard wasn't "noise". It was rhythm. That is why I chose this song for you to hear.
I still have that '45 by the way. The little airplay it got was mostly on college stations.
Bill
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