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mustang6984 · 2019-11-10 10:30

Quote from: Jeff Norwell on 2019-11-10 09:44
Can Hardly wait until "FORD vs. FERRARI" comes out soon this month!!!!....I gotta a feeling it will be fantastic..... from friends who have worked on the production...... Christian Bale is a great Actor.

Yea...me too! Only 7 more days! And if it is as good as I think it will be...when it comes out on DVD I will be grabbing one! One of Shelby's right hand guys lives here in the Port Angeles/Sequim area, and he has great stories from those days.

RICH MUISE · 2019-11-10 16:46

Very nice day today. My wife and her cousin came home after church and said "let's go to lunch". It was like 10:30. I said it's a little early for lunch, and she replied "not if we go to Russell's, and we can take the '57 if you want". Damn near fell off the chair. She never wants to go for rides, and especially in the '57. Russell's is a truck stop on I40 in New Mexico......about 160 mile roundtrip. Had a nice day, no bitching about the A/C not working or the car being too loud.
My birthday is on Thanksgiving this year, and I've been telling her what I wanted was a roadtrip to my favorite casino-hotel in Oklahoma, and for her to come. Today might have been a trial run for her to see how she might do on a long haul.

mustang6984 · 2019-11-10 19:28

And thus...we know why so many times when we go to car events...it is mostly guys and very few women.
My wife is about the same...so I have told her that when we get moved and the cars are running..I am rolling. I will ask her once about going...if she says no I will take her at her word. So when she sees me heading out the door a week or 2 later...not to be surprised or mad...cause she was asked...

I have waited for well over 40 years to be able to build then drive my rides...and I am now close to being able to finish them...and then drive them. I fully intend to do so. May the roads be clear and dry and heading where I wish to go!

djfordmanjack · 2019-11-11 07:13

great to hear Rich. Actually it's great to drive alone and with company. I have both benn making several hundreds of miles roadtrips alone and with family or friends as well. Just yesterday my friends from Bavaria ( Germany) visited me and they had a 500 mile roundtrip in their 55 Ch.... uhm Shha.... uhm yeah, you know it....

We had a great time and they enjoyed their very late fall trip, it was already freezing temps in the night, but no snow or road salt yet. In this case my longtime friend Baumi ( also on the HAMB, Rich and Jeff will probably know him) took along his girlfriend and she just loves cruizing in old cars, even has a 52ish Suburban of her own. They go everywhere together, when time permits. But Baumi also drives alone if she can't make it. So I believe it's great to invite your partners/family to join the ride, but not being to much dissapointed if they dont' want to sometimes.

hiball3985 · 2019-11-11 07:41

Different strokes for different folks

I can't get out of town without the wife, the only thing she requires on long trips is new music.

RICH MUISE · 2019-11-11 09:34

Exactly Guenter. Time alone has always been important to me. Especially on the road trips. I can blast the music, drive with the window down, smoke, not have the A/C on until really really needed, just enjoy the quiet, etc........but, on the flip side, I won't stop in most places I'd like to visit if my wife/partner was with me.

mustang6984 · 2019-11-11 13:03

In all honesty...I think I prefer to drive alone. My music, my speed of choice, peace and quiet. I was single for 20 years before getting married, so the solitude works for me. LOL!!!

djfordmanjack · 2019-11-12 16:30

Just got back home from social dancing and they were rocking this platter today. wow, how I love the wild Big Band of Artie Shaw!!!
at 2min32s this one gets crazy! if you don't tap a foot you must be dead !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Ph3hDR2Pk

mustang6984 · 2019-11-12 16:39

Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2019-11-12 16:30
Just got back home from social dancing and they were rocking this platter today. wow, how I love the wild Big Band of Artie Shaw!!!
at 2min32s this one gets crazy! if you don't tap a foot you must be dead !

Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Dorsey Bros, Billy Eckstein, Cab Calloway...all of those guys and more from that era were true musicians who really knew how to make people's toes and heels move around! Even if they were sitting still. Fingers too!

djfordmanjack · 2019-11-12 16:55

so true Hugh, These guys rocked, when the word ROCK wasn't even born. Here's another of my favorites. this is so wild too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h0K2qeO_Hs

djfordmanjack · 2019-11-12 17:01

And this man here, gotta love this tune, the fast version, real swinging ! this has some interesting R&B sax solos and a total change of pace at 2:07. that is just so beautiful !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbh8RUfAkA0

djfordmanjack · 2019-11-12 17:10

And here's another hot tune, you probably know anyways. One of my alltime favorites. Bunny Berigan on trumpet. but this version has much more . foot tapping that is...

this goes into a frenzy at 2:10. when you dance to that it feels like 1000hp pushing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Lc2QQ0Rkk

mustang6984 · 2019-11-12 17:15

Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2019-11-12 17:10
And here's another hot tune, you probably know anyways. One of my alltime favorites. Bunny Berigan on trumpet. but this version has much more . foot tapping that is... this goes into a frenzy at 2:10. when you dance to that it feels like 1000hp pushing.

I have a CD set of Lionel Hampton. And a 2 CD set of Billy Eckstein. Louis Jordan is another one to listen to. He was the true beginning of R & R I think. You can hear him on KNKX.org or Jazz24.org from time to time.
So much of the early R & R came from the swing era, as well as a lot of the blues music.
My youngest was in a Big Band swing band for several years...tenor sax and bass trombone...I miss him being in that. But time, work, responsibility...yea....you know.

djfordmanjack · 2019-11-12 17:26

music is such a tough business! I have been involved and part of music for most of my life. Hats off to all musicians and what they have to cope with on their way to stardom. not easy.
I am sorry if am getting carried away a bit, but it's just so good !

loving Louis Jordan, Jimmy Lunceford, Hampton, Baron Lee, Fats Waller, Calloway......., they each have a unique sound.

On a side note, I usually tell my friends if I had to decide between music or cars, I would choose ......music. Imagine life without cars. would be really boring, especially without a 57 Ford. BUT - imagine a life without music. I would go insane after a day or so....

mustang6984 · 2019-11-12 17:33

I wouldn't chose. I'd just tell who ever was silly enough to tell me I had to choose that he could go pound sand! LOL!!!
I have been in music for most of my life as well. Worked as a DJ 3 times in my life, have extensive collections of music, and when my son said he wanted to play...I was all in. That started in the 5th grade...and he played in school and in that professional band until he was 22 when the band leader died. He tried a couple of local bands, but they weren't as serious as he, so he let it go. Sad. I miss the shows (at 87)
I am lucky that they produced a couple of DVD's of their shows, so I have those. I even did the cover art for one of them.

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