> > > > > I went to Alabama, with a banjo on my knee. WMM and I attended the Southeastern Cushman Club meet in Tuscaloosa (aka T-Town) and although it was very hot, we had a good time. I'll post a more detailed report when I find out if I won any trophies. I had to leave Saturday noon and the awards are given out on Saturday night. Just kidding about the banjo. I couldn't pick one out of a lineup.
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> > > > Howard, did you ever hear that Groucho Marx line? Apparently elephant dentistry is very difficult in all other states, but in Alabama the Tuscaloosa.
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> > > I thought I'd heard all of Groucho's stuff, but I don't remember that one. However, I may try it out on some friends from T-town.
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> > Could you pick a banjo IN a lineup? "Which one of these banjo pickers picked yours, Mrs. M?"
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> Now that I think of it, I didn't see any banjo pickers down there. Or cotton pickers, for that matter. The Friday night entertainment for the Southeastern Cushman Club consisted of a band that called itself the "5th Regimental Alabama Military Band," or something like that. There were about 30 musicians ranging in age from very young to very old and they said their objective was to preserve the music and heritage of the Confederacy. They were pretty good, but if you are offended by the Stars and Bars and "Dixie," you wouldn't like them. Personally, I'm not offended by Southern Heritage. It wasn't just Civil War era stuff. I heard a little George M. Cohan and John Phillip Sousa in there. They had drums, brass, and woodwinds, but no banjos.
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Reminds me of the saying, "You can pick your friends, and you can pick your banjo, but you can't pick your friend's banjo. At least not while you're picking your nose." Or maybe it doesn't remind me of that. Maybe I just made it up. I was in love with a sousaphone player once. His name was John, but not John Phillip (I don't think). I can play the jug. Did they have any of those? I wish I was in Dixie. I'd teach them that the correct way to say it is, "I wish I were in Dixie." But perhaps all those posters (see Beasty's "Musings" thread) who are taking credit for everything Americans did in the World Wars but DON'T want to be blamed for what their ancestors did to slaves and injuns could set me straight.