Talk about whatever you want. What did you have for breakfast? Maybe Mr. Boyer will let us know what is going on in Perry. Where is the last place you went shopping in Jefferson? Whatever.
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I'll tell you what's going on in Perry, and you don't want to know. It's everywhere, and coming right up the road to us here in Jefferson. Those guys are something else. I can hardly stand it. First Rippey, then Grand Junction, Jefferson's next. Just wait till the Raccoon freezes over and they can travel the river. Look out.
OK, I'll bite on both. For breakfast I had 2 eggs over easy, cheese hashbrowns, bacon, & white toast at the Waffle House down in Newnan. I've thought about it a long time, and I think the last thing I bought in Jefferson was a top toolbox at Dick & Jim's in 1981. It cost $120.00. After that I did buy some haircuts at a place in the Lincoln Mall (?). Some chick named Heather owned it and Bridgett McGregor worked there, too. If I remember correctly, she ran off w/Mike Pinegar and everything went to !@#$%$#@! somewhere in Arizona. That's too bad because she cut good haircuts. Is the Lincoln Mall still around? There used to be a very good restaurant there on the top floor.
Lincoln House closed in 1982 - used to wait tables there and spent much time in the Lincoln Rail bar. Now the 2nd & 3rd floors there are Polking Law firm.
Head Masters is still there - Steve Carlson bought it from Heather when she ran off to Arizona with Mike Pinegar. Weirdly enough, Mike wrote a letter to the editor in the Herald not long ago - still in Arizona.
Bridget cuts hair - just was out there last week - but she has a shop at her house out on the road across from Hamilton's Ready Mix plant.
Speaking of MIke - does anyone else remember the little house he lived in on Cedar Street - home of too many parties to count!
Back in 1980 or 1981, George Jones had a hit song called "Who's going to Fill Their Shoes?", moaning about the fact that no country singers would be around to "play the opry, and sing the Wabash Cannonball." Well, thank god he's still around to see the likes of Craig Morgan, Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Pickler, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, and ,of course, the ultimate jug band, OCMS. Have I missed anyone? Oh yeah, Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, Martina McBride, Allison Krauss, Dwight Yoakum, Travis Tritt, Toby Kieth, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Sugarland & on & on. What was he thinking? (Dierks Bently). Any other country music fans out there?
I might get called on this, but I'll tell you what, bbq, I have never heard of any of the people in that first group. That tells me that they are probably not quite up to No Show Jones level. Everyone with a good song is suddenly a superstar today. Don't you think all those guys sound alike? Remember when every country artist had his own special sound? Nobody would have mistaken Marty Robbins for Merle Haggard.
Stonehead, huh? I been wondering about you. That BBQ guy really listens to country music. You can tell it. What do you listen to, Sammy Davis records in an old oil drum? This is what I been talking about. It's probably some guy from Boone.
Also, stonehead, now that I think of it Marty Robbins once had a song "Streets of El Paso" that went on for nearly 7 minutes. Would you listen to that till the final gasp? And he played that little 3/4 size guitar. Obviously not a Robbins fan, bbqKing.
Going back to Mr. Boyer's Perry update, does Perry still have a 3 or 4 star restaurant and hotel? I think it was bankrolled by some ex-Perry millionaire. If it still exists, do the chef and sous chefs actually work or do they play endless games of checkers with the housekeeping staff and the valet parking guys? I'm sure the bartenders are busy serving shots of schnapps w/Schlitz chasers. I forget the name of the place, but knowing Perry, It was probably called "The Perry Hotel". Just looking for info here.
It was called Hotel Pattee. Very nice place, each room had a different theme/decor. There was a small bowling alley in the basement. it's too bad it closed but rumor has it they are trying to reopen it.
When you access the Perry High School Web Site, you will notice that it is available in both English and Spanish. What does that tell all you guys 30 miles away in Jefferson? Probably nothing.
Hey, the point is that back in the day each country star had his own sound. Cash had boom-chuck-a-boom-chuck-a-boom; Ray Price had his walking bass, and Bill Monroe had mandolins and fiddles. Now we get to hear all the exact same sound from every new upstart who buys a hit song. Go figure.
Here we go with stonedhead again. And now he's "back in the day". Maybe he should tell us just what day that was, and maybe what time of the day it was, too.
I will give stonehead credit that he is correct that the "old guard" of country music each had their distinctive sounds, and you could recognize them before they sang a single lyric. But music evolves, especially "country", which has made a home for artists who in the past would have played rock & roll or pop, two kinds of music that no longer exist. I have no problem with the resulting blend. Talent is talent and good music is good music. You can always get them off the shelf and listen to your country favorites.
stonehead- Try anything by Old Crow Medicine Show if you want an old time, distinctive sound. Also Shooter Jennings' 2005 album "Put the "O" back in "Country". It has George Jones on it. Just trying to help out & keep you off the $%$#@list with Mr. Boyer.
Believe it or not, this is a serious question. I just caught part of something on TV that was talking about the construction of a 2600 ft. tall building on the site of Ground Zero. Anybody know if there's any truth to this? That would be one tall building. Impressive, too.
Last I heard the "Freedom Tower" was not going to be that tall. You might have heard them compare it to the new building in Dubai, which I think is about that tall. i could be wrong...I'm just "eye-balling" the height.
Thank you for getting rid of that pumpkin for your site logo. That was hard to look at. Believe it or not, I agree with Bass on the Halloween thing. I'm looking forward to some good new posts.
It's really a bad thing that the Lincoln House did not succeed. That was one of the few times that someone in Jefferson went out and did something that needed to be done. A nice restaurant with a full service bar on the square. Lunch menu, great dinner menu, located on the square in an historic building. I ate there many times and took full advantage of the Lincoln Rail. It is a sad fact indeed that a batch of lawyers have taken it over and are using it to their own sorry ends.
This may sound odd, but I'd like to comment on this "Tars Tarkus" individual. It seems like he never posts or responds except for some type of "knee jerk" response to a post that is evidently against what he thinks is correct. We should rise above this type of posting and I ask you Rick to get this guy out of here. I'm tired of reading his posts that are dragging your entire site down to his level.
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I'll tell you what's going on in Perry, and you don't want to know. It's everywhere, and coming right up the road to us here in Jefferson. Those guys are something else. I can hardly stand it. First Rippey, then Grand Junction, Jefferson's next. Just wait till the Raccoon freezes over and they can travel the river. Look out.
OK, I'll bite on both. For breakfast I had 2 eggs over easy, cheese hashbrowns, bacon, & white toast at the Waffle House down in Newnan. I've thought about it a long time, and I think the last thing I bought in Jefferson was a top toolbox at Dick & Jim's in 1981. It cost $120.00. After that I did buy some haircuts at a place in the Lincoln Mall (?). Some chick named Heather owned it and Bridgett McGregor worked there, too. If I remember correctly, she ran off w/Mike Pinegar and everything went to !@#$%$#@! somewhere in Arizona. That's too bad because she cut good haircuts. Is the Lincoln Mall still around? There used to be a very good restaurant there on the top floor.
Thank you for your non-information, Verin. Your comments are always a breath of fresh air.
No problem. I got an eye out on this.
Lincoln House closed in 1982 - used to wait tables there and spent much time in the Lincoln Rail bar. Now the 2nd & 3rd floors there are Polking Law firm.
Head Masters is still there - Steve Carlson bought it from Heather when she ran off to Arizona with Mike Pinegar. Weirdly enough, Mike wrote a letter to the editor in the Herald not long ago - still in Arizona.
Bridget cuts hair - just was out there last week - but she has a shop at her house out on the road across from Hamilton's Ready Mix plant.
Speaking of MIke - does anyone else remember the little house he lived in on Cedar Street - home of too many parties to count!
Back in 1980 or 1981, George Jones had a hit song called "Who's going to Fill Their Shoes?", moaning about the fact that no country singers would be around to "play the opry, and sing the Wabash Cannonball." Well, thank god he's still around to see the likes of Craig Morgan, Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Pickler, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, and ,of course, the ultimate jug band, OCMS. Have I missed anyone? Oh yeah, Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, Martina McBride, Allison Krauss, Dwight Yoakum, Travis Tritt, Toby Kieth, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Sugarland & on & on. What was he thinking? (Dierks Bently). Any other country music fans out there?
I might get called on this, but I'll tell you what, bbq, I have never heard of any of the people in that first group. That tells me that they are probably not quite up to No Show Jones level. Everyone with a good song is suddenly a superstar today. Don't you think all those guys sound alike? Remember when every country artist had his own special sound? Nobody would have mistaken Marty Robbins for Merle Haggard.
Stonehead, huh? I been wondering about you. That BBQ guy really listens to country music. You can tell it. What do you listen to, Sammy Davis records in an old oil drum? This is what I been talking about. It's probably some guy from Boone.
Actually, 4 of the "first group" are members of the Grand Old Opry. Crawl out from under the rock.
Also, stonehead, now that I think of it Marty Robbins once had a song "Streets of El Paso" that went on for nearly 7 minutes. Would you listen to that till the final gasp? And he played that little 3/4 size guitar. Obviously not a Robbins fan, bbqKing.
It might have been "Streets of Laredo". I don't remember for sure because I fell asleep before the end when he dies.
Or maybe she dies, like I said, I was asleep.
Actually, I think it was "Streets of El Peso".
It compared the streets of gold in the US to the streets made with pesos (a brass/copper combination) in Ol' Mexico.
Go figure. Hell, all this time I thought it was about some Mexican chick. Thanks, Rich.
Maybe it was "el Paseo", and it was about his car.
Actually the name of the hit was "El Paso City".
Going back to Mr. Boyer's Perry update, does Perry still have a 3 or 4 star restaurant and hotel? I think it was bankrolled by some ex-Perry millionaire. If it still exists, do the chef and sous chefs actually work or do they play endless games of checkers with the housekeeping staff and the valet parking guys? I'm sure the bartenders are busy serving shots of schnapps w/Schlitz chasers. I forget the name of the place, but knowing Perry, It was probably called "The Perry Hotel". Just looking for info here.
It was called Hotel Pattee. Very nice place, each room had a different theme/decor. There was a small bowling alley in the basement. it's too bad it closed but rumor has it they are trying to reopen it.
When you access the Perry High School Web Site, you will notice that it is available in both English and Spanish. What does that tell all you guys 30 miles away in Jefferson? Probably nothing.
Hey, the point is that back in the day each country star had his own sound. Cash had boom-chuck-a-boom-chuck-a-boom; Ray Price had his walking bass, and Bill Monroe had mandolins and fiddles. Now we get to hear all the exact same sound from every new upstart who buys a hit song. Go figure.
Here we go with stonedhead again. And now he's "back in the day". Maybe he should tell us just what day that was, and maybe what time of the day it was, too.
The Hotel Pattee is back open again.
http://www.hotelpattee.com/
I will give stonehead credit that he is correct that the "old guard" of country music each had their distinctive sounds, and you could recognize them before they sang a single lyric. But music evolves, especially "country", which has made a home for artists who in the past would have played rock & roll or pop, two kinds of music that no longer exist. I have no problem with the resulting blend. Talent is talent and good music is good music. You can always get them off the shelf and listen to your country favorites.
stonehead- Try anything by Old Crow Medicine Show if you want an old time, distinctive sound. Also Shooter Jennings' 2005 album "Put the "O" back in "Country". It has George Jones on it. Just trying to help out & keep you off the $%$#@list with Mr. Boyer.
If I want an old-time, distinctive sound I'll put on some Scott Joplin.
Believe it or not, this is a serious question. I just caught part of something on TV that was talking about the construction of a 2600 ft. tall building on the site of Ground Zero. Anybody know if there's any truth to this? That would be one tall building. Impressive, too.
Last I heard the "Freedom Tower" was not going to be that tall. You might have heard them compare it to the new building in Dubai, which I think is about that tall. i could be wrong...I'm just "eye-balling" the height.
Thank you for getting rid of that pumpkin for your site logo. That was hard to look at. Believe it or not, I agree with Bass on the Halloween thing. I'm looking forward to some good new posts.
It's really a bad thing that the Lincoln House did not succeed. That was one of the few times that someone in Jefferson went out and did something that needed to be done. A nice restaurant with a full service bar on the square. Lunch menu, great dinner menu, located on the square in an historic building. I ate there many times and took full advantage of the Lincoln Rail. It is a sad fact indeed that a batch of lawyers have taken it over and are using it to their own sorry ends.
The projected height of the completed "freedom tower" will be precisely 1776 feet. That number was selected for patriotic reasons.
This may sound odd, but I'd like to comment on this "Tars Tarkus" individual. It seems like he never posts or responds except for some type of "knee jerk" response to a post that is evidently against what he thinks is correct. We should rise above this type of posting and I ask you Rick to get this guy out of here. I'm tired of reading his posts that are dragging your entire site down to his level.
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