i'M A LONG-TIME FAN OF COUNTRY MUSIC, SINCE HIGH SCHOOL, REALLY, JUST BEFORE ELVIS CAME ON THE SCENE, BUT I STUCK WITH MY "COUNTRY"..

SO, THESE DAYS, NO LONGER ABLE TO TRAVEL TO LIVE CONCERTS, I BIT THE BULLET AND JOINED FACEBOOK & A BIT OF YOU TUBE TO CATCH UP ON MY FAVORITES;  WELL, A FEW BUMPS AND BRUISES LATER (NORMAL FOR MY TRIPS TO COMPUTERLAND) I WAS TREATED TO SOME GREAT CATCH-UP VIDEOS OF PAST AND PRESENT COUNTRY, OLD AND 'NEW" AS I FOUND WONDERFUL VIDEOES OF ALABAMA, A BAND I HAD SEEN WHEN WE LIVED IN CONNECTICUT AND GOT LOST GOING TO LONG ISLAND FOR THE CONCERT - BUT THAT WAS ABOUT 1980 AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THEM - TODAY, THEY'RE STILL DOING CONCERTS, THEIR 50TH YEAR TRAVELING AND THOUGH MY SISTER & BIL GOT TO SEE THEM IN BRISTOL, I COULDN'T MAKE IT, SAD TO SAY, BUT IN SPITE OF THEIR CANCER AND PARKINSON DISEASES, THEY'RE STILL GOING AND SINGING WHAT ARE NOW "THEIR GOOD OLD SONGS" AND IT'S A TREAT ALL OVER AGAIN TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE STILL AROUND WHILE I LISTEN TO MY CD'S AND PICTURE US ALL AS YOUNG PEOPLE...AND THEY SHOW  MANY PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF WILLIE, MERLE, JOHNNY, AND THE HIGHWAYMEN, ALAN JACKSON, GEORGE JONES AND SO MANY OF MY FAVORITES THROUGH THE YEARS.  I'VE BOOKMARKED SOME OF THE VIDEOS IN HOPES OF REPLAYING THEM AND GOD WILLING, I WILL HAVE DONE IT CORRECTLY!  SO I CAN SEE THEM AT ALL TIMES - GOOD TO SEE ALSO WHAT JOY THESE PEOPLE HAVE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS WHEN THEY HAVE RAISED MONEY FOR ST. JUDE'S AND OTHER CHARITIES, OPEN THEIR HOMES TO FANS AND VISITORS, ADOPT AND CARE FOR WILD AND "ALMOST EUTHANIZED" HORSES, ETC.  SO MUCH GOOD DONE IN THE WORLD BY SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVED THRU ADDICTIONS AND TROUBLES OF ALL KINDS AND NOW TO SEE THEY ARE RECOVERED AND GIVING WHAT THEY'VE RECEIVED.  LONG BLOG BUT I SURE ENJOY VISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS"

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, I WOULD LIKE TO POST A VIDEO OR PICS OF COUNTRY MUSICIANS, BUT I HAVE TO WARN YOU, I NEED LOTS OF HELP!

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