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john of MT
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john of MT
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10/31/2020 10:04 pm

Thanks for the tip, manXcat. It looks like a good site and I'll be checking it out.

As for the Beatles, I have my own sordid history with them, having turned down free tickets to their first-ever U.S. concert. About ten years later I met my much younger SIL who now is a Country DJ. Despite her being born in '66, she grew up as, and remains, a huge Beatles fan. The night I met her and my soon-be-wife's family she brought me an ashtray (for a bad habit long gone). As she handed me the ceramic, she said in low but wonderous child's voice, "Do you know that Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?"

Have you seen the September '20 "Rolling Stone." Its cover story (and what a cool cover it is!): "The End of the Beatles: The Heartbreak, the Brotherhood, and Why the Music Matters 50 Years Later."


"It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that's what it amounts to. I haven't found any shortcuts, and I've been looking for a long time."
-- Chet Atkins