There is logic to my madness. Keith loves his music, particularly anything from the '50's, 60's, and early '70's. While he favors doo wop and surf, he is almost as equally entralled with the psychedelic '60's and the garage bands of that era. Lately, he's been into the cover craze mode. Many songs he loved and thought were the original, he is now discovering that someone else had done them before.
Ok, I started him on the cover craze. I put together a cd and included the song, Love Hurts, by Nazareth released in 1975. To rock and roll fans, we all know Nazareth was the original and Nazareth soared to fame with the number one song. Who would dare cover such a huge hit?
No one. The song, though, was not a Nazareth original. It was an Everly Brothers original released in 1963. The song never charted and, as much as Keith knows his oldies and loves The Everly Brothers, he never knew they originally did the song until I made the cd. He's now on a cover craze theme with six volumes made and counting. Oh, and Nazareth wasn't the first to take the song to number one, as Keith learned. While not a hit in this country, Roy Orbison did take it to number one in Australia.
Keith's cd collection is dang near large enough to rival any radio station's collection. He gets excited about his music and always laments that he wishes he could share it with others. After a little research, I figured our own radio station would be just too dang expensive.
Now that I took you through the meadow, over the hills, and across the ocean to Australia, let me bring you back to Toddville and the point of why I've been playing with Window's Movie Maker. Simply, I wanted to create a way for Keith to share his music that we could afford.
You Tube is affordable because it's free. I like free. My first attempt at how we could share our music resulted in a short clip dedicated to Keith, Experimenting with music videos. Of course, Keith loved the video, but it didn't seem impressive enough to motivate him to do his own clips to share his music with y'all.
This time, I learned a bit more and got a bit more creative. This past Memorial Day, we discovered a long forgotten cemetary that someone else remembered. After writing the article, I went through my files of pics and realized I could give everyone a tour of a few of the cemetaries down here. I also realized I could be a little more creative and, hopefully, inspire Keith to start sharing his music as he always wishes he could.
My idea for Toddville Tidewaters Radio (TTW Radio) was born. Sure, it's not a live broadcast, but y'all can select the segments you want to listen to. That's what we do when we listen to the radio in the car. We're always switching stations to hear something better. With TTW radio, you browse the titles of the segments and decide what you want to hear as if you're switching stations on the car radio.
So, under our new tag, TTW radio, you will find all of our programming. And, tonight, we bring you our second installment, "Tour Toddville Tidewaters Tombstones", featuring the song, Saudade, by Love and Rockets.
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Mark Darien
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1 comment:
I could get you lots of information on this. I have a good deal of information on a lot of local things! The Insley's are my family. My parents could tell you everything about this graveyard and yes, there are Insley's still living in the area down there!
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