A dinosaur Victrola, listening to Buck Owens.....

Buck Owens has died at age 76. Owens was revered by many young rock guitarists such as Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, with whom he recorded an album; CCR gives a nod to him in Good lookin' out my back door; and the Beatles recorded his country hit Act Naturally with Ringo on lead. Owens also was co-host, with Roy Clark, on Hee Haw, the country rip-off of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in.

I play an eclectic mix of tunes in the office and love to hear the comments of clients/colleagues about them. Today, Marybeth asked about It's Gonna Take a Miracle, an old Laura Nyro & Labelle CD I was playing. One of my favorites, it's Ms. Nyro with Patti Labelle's backing vocals on a bunch of old Motown tunes. I burned her a copy. Great stuff.

Everyone is going nuts worrying about creepy crawlers on MySpace.com, but how can you knock it if Lucinda has a page there! The site was originally supposed to be a format for musicians to see and be seen. Some of Lucinda's MySpace friends are Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, George Strait. Even Cafe Nine now has a MySpace site!