tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post8180904970461393648..comments2024-03-28T05:15:00.483-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Family musicale, c1870Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-54133625476869490282014-06-17T08:13:56.010-07:002014-06-17T08:13:56.010-07:00This book sounds interesting. I come from a family...This book sounds interesting. I come from a family where there was always music in the home and much singing at church, it was a memorable upbringing.Neil A. Waringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-68509272016318976992014-06-16T11:17:20.062-07:002014-06-16T11:17:20.062-07:00Camptown Races was popular when I was growing up a...Camptown Races was popular when I was growing up along with Ole Black Joe, a song that probably couldn't be sung now due to its racial inferences. Mixing Garland's writing with those music selections as you have makes it poetical. Before radio the family was a primary source of musical entertainment along with the phonographs that some could afford when there were no musical programs to go to. Great post, Ron. . Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-59269606860385238012014-06-16T10:31:45.935-07:002014-06-16T10:31:45.935-07:00Good post. Makes me wonder about karaoke bars...Good post. Makes me wonder about karaoke bars...Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-14400361187609665952014-06-16T07:16:51.373-07:002014-06-16T07:16:51.373-07:00The singers in my extended family opened their lun...The singers in my extended family opened their lungs only at church on Sundays. They still are like that.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-68376604304830041012014-06-16T07:00:44.673-07:002014-06-16T07:00:44.673-07:00My mom was a big fan of music. She sang in the cho...My mom was a big fan of music. She sang in the choir much of her life. My stepfather could play the fiddle and did so wonderfully, though we could seldom persuade him to give it a go.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com