HI Ardith,

On Fri 2038-May-28 00:12, Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) wrote to Richard Webb:

RW>  Adults sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means
RW>  being old enough to get the electric chair if you
RW>  shoot a man in Memphis .


AH>            Yeah, in some circles it's de rigueur to be awaiting
AH> execution... or at least working on the chain gang.  Kids in reform
AH> school need not apply.  :-) 

YEp, that's for sure .



RW>  Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii
RW>  or anyplace in Canada .


AH>            Whew!  That's a relief.  :-))

I thought you might find it so .


AH>            Canadian place names probably wouldn't have the same
AH> effect, though. I doubt that a song involving Nanaimo or Pouce Coupe
AH> or Quilchena or Tsawwassen (e.g.) would make the "top ten" because:

AH>    1)  folks who live elsewhere aren't familiar with the name    2) 
AH> they can't remember how to spell it
AH>    3)  they're not sure how to pronounce it, and
AH>    4)  even the locals may not be in agreement about #2 and/or #3...
AH> [chuckle]. 

.  Liked that one.

PLayed western Canada, LEthbridge and some other cities with a country band
years ago.



RW>  Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is probably just
RW>  clinical depression. Chicago , St. Louis , and Kansas
RW>  City are still great places to have the Blues. You cannot
RW>  have the blues anyplace that don't get rain.


AH>            Although Seattle gets quite a lot of rain, as Vancouver
AH> does, I hear what you're saying!  Both have a (not entirely
AH> undeserved) reputation for weeks of drizzle at a time.  "I am
AH> suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder here on the Wet Coast"
AH> doesn't sound very glamorous either.  And most of us carry on as
AH> usual... rain or shine... otherwise we probably wouldn't accomplish
AH> much.  :-)) 

YEp, lived in western ORegon, POrtland and SAlem, but a bit
in Eugene as well.  I always joked you could tell the real
natives, they didn't carry umbrellas .  I actually liked
the pacific northwest, just couldn't make any money up
there.  SUre beautiful country.  AS for MInneapolis, I
couldn't live there in the winters.  Kathy and I tell our
relatives (Iowa and MInnesota) that they'd best not die or
marry between October 1 and July 1 because we won't come.


RW>  You can't have a Blues death if you die during a
RW>  tennis match or while getting plastic surgery.


AH>            Anybody who can afford these things can probably afford a
AH> getaway in a sunnier climate.  It's not so easy to feel sorry for
AH> them....  ;-) 

YEp, and if I were going to play Tennis etc. I"d rather do
it somewhere like Hawaii.  I could like living there,
visited there many years ago, again touring with a band.


Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+