Rhoda's Ex dies

David Groh, 68

Grits Gresham, noted outdoorsman, author and TV personality, has died at 85 after a lengthy illness.
Grits was featured in what stands out as my favorite Miller Lite commercial of all time. After doing the great taste-less filling then, he gets on his soapbox.
"And that's real important when you're out there tackling that big one. Like the day. Hooked this bass, fought him for over six hours. Broke my rod. And I had to tie the line (the Lite beer sign starts coming down on him like a curtain), now wait a minute, fellas. I had to tie the line on the outboard."
And then after the voice over, Grits continued.
"Left me out there with nothin' but a paddle."
Hilarious.

And before anyone says, "How'd you remember all that?" Let's just say I've been in practice. Some things are so good you never forget. It doesn't hurt if you imitate the routine every once in a while.

65 years ago, on Feb. 22, 1943 the members of the "White Rose" Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst were sentenced to death and executed by beheading at the same day. Some weeks later Alexander Schmorell, Willi Graf and Professor Kurt Huber were also sentenced to death. Their "crime" was that they initiated several leaflet campaigns, in which they published statements against the Nazi-Regime.

I think, in times,in which you from abroad read and hear a lot about Neo-Nazis in Germany it is important to focus your attention to the "other" Germany.

There were and still are people in Germany, who oppose(d) against inhumanity and injustice!

There is no place for hero worship, but the strong-willed action of those young students of the "White Rose" in Munich could even encourage us today to do something against inhumanity, instead of burying one's head in the sand!

Thought, this date would be worth to mention...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose

Not sure if others had heard but legendary (to some of us) musician Buddy Miles passed away Tuesday night. I had been a very big fan of his since the late 60's and throughout the 70's. I saw him perform with the Electric Flag and as a solo artist. He's probably best known as a member of the Band of Gypsys with Jimi Hendrix. He was 60. R.I.P.

http://www.buddymiles.com

ohh!! This makes me sad. We're losing the innovators more frequently now....

I will never forget the first time I heard "Them Changes" way back in the time that I call "The High Holy Days of Funk".

Jeff Healey...41 years old. Damn....


http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/308736?gclid=CNHPweag8ZECFSgvQQod7g5_qg

agh. I was listening to the Big 80's yesterday (sirius) and they played "Angel Eyes". I wondered what had happened to Jeff Healy, no new music in a long time.... I was listening to the words and thinking he had managed to portray something that he never saw, and that in and of itself was amazing.

I saw him play once, and he was so good.

I really like that song. Considering I first heard it at a time when I was pretty annoyed by about 90 percent of what I heard on radio shows how well it stands out.

well... this is dropping like flies.... but I do listen to Nina Blackwood's "this week" on the Big 80's and she features the top 40 from that week from a year in the decade. Amazes me that Jeff Healey's tune co-existed on the airwaves with Bobby Brown, The Bangles, Prince and Cher... I mean who knew what it would be like in 2008, everything all homogenized and dull.

I had no idea when I heard "Angel Eyes" that Jeff Healey was so ill.

He certainly had an unique technique....it was said he played his guitar as if it were a paino!!

Paul