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[LuvTooGolf]

Gonna call it a day on the work front, now to see about mowing the grass before I have to pick the kids up from school. Hazzuh for now.

[Travellin Dave]

Just that while I know "of" Phish and probably have heard a song or two of theirs, and have no clue what Trey sounds like, so no comment possible.

[Travellin Dave]

Lawn mowing lull?

[A Friend of Charlie]

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[A Friend of Charlie]

I dropped both the boys at school this morning and I'm on my way into the office. I will be going straight from work to Philadelphia to bring my daughter and her friend to a concert after work today.

Hope you at least get a cheesesteak for your troubles.

There's no doubt I've got one of those in my immediate future.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Just for you Tony.  The Sis offering a great AB deal ALL WEEK!
Alec Bradley Big Haul.  35 cigars for $119.99.

https://www.cigar.com/deal-of-the-week

DOD still not fixed.

I'll make sure not to pick any up.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Today’s Birthdays:


Actor Angie Dickinson is 94.
Singer Johnny Mathis is 90.
Actor Len Cariou is 86.
Singer Marilyn McCoo is 82.
Actor Barry Williams is 71.
Singer Patrice Rushen is 71.
Actor Fran Drescher is 68.
Country musician Marty Stuart is 67.
Actor Crystal Bernard is 64.
Actor Eric Stoltz is 64.
Rapper-producer Marley Marl is 63.
Country musician Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery Gentry) is 62.
Rock singer Trey Anastasio (Phish) is 61.
Actor Monica Bellucci is 61.
Actor Tony Hale is 55.
Actor Jenna Elfman is 54.
Actor Marion Cotillard is 50.
Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is 50.
Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Hingis is 45.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Moceanu is 44.
Actor Lacey Chabert is 43.
Actor Kieran Culkin is 43.
Singer-rapper T-Pain is 41.
Racing driver Max Verstappen is 28.
Actor-dancer Maddie Ziegler is 23.

Fifteen. 

As a guitarist, I consider labelling Trey Anastasio as a "singer" is insulting to the man.

I'll defer to the expert.

Well, it doesn't require much expertise.  Think of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Elvis, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Jim Morrison, Tina Turner, or Bono.  What do you call them?  Singers, right?  Even though almost all of them had some skill with instruments, I'm betting only Elvis appears in your mind holding an instrument, but even then you mostly recall him without one. 

Now think of Jimi Hendrix.  Singer, or guitarist?  Well, both, but do you have any pictures in your mind of Hendrix without a guitar? And do you primarily recall him for his voice, or his guitar playing?  How about Jerry Garcia and Eric Clapton? 

And here's the kicker - who is a better singer, Jimi Hendrix or Frank Sinatra?  Sinatra, right?  And with good reason.  Genre aside, Sinatra almost singlehandedly defined a particular approach to singing that was at first reviled by "proper" singers, who gave his style a derisive name - "crooning."  But over his career, he transformed that word into an endearment and a genre, which Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, and Bobby Darin imitated, and is now famously carried on by Harry Connick, Jr and Michael Buble. Jim Morrison is famous among rock royalty for applying Sinatra's style to rock and roll with the Doors, and that was a key part of how the Doors joined rock's elite.  Hendrix, Garcia, and Clapton could carry a tune, but nobody's imitating their singing. 

So, I'm puzzled how whoever created the birthday list knows Trey Anastasio, but lists him as a singer.  Like others, he can carry a tune, but nobody's imitating his voice. The band he made his career with, Phish, were famously disciples of the Grateful Dead, and together with the Dead they defined a whole genre - "Jam Bands."  Scat singing aside, you don't "jam" as a singer, that's an instrumental thing. 

Anyway, here ended the pontification.

I associate Phish with live concerts and pot smoking. I'm sure they're all super talented, but I'm not familiar with their stuff. In fact, I had no idea who Trey Anastasio was. So, I guess he's a singer?

[Travellin Dave]

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