Yeah, Dad was a total Johnny Cash groupie. We’d love listening to the Folsom Prison album. It wasn’t hard to be aware of the country tunes back then ’cause somehow they would sneak on the AM pop stations– at least in Utah they did.

I’m a pickin’! And I’m a grinnin’!

We had this old stereo that was about the size of a coffin with legs, you know…the old turntable inside it, and when Mom was feeling blue or depressed (which she often was) she’d get up in the middle of the night and put on Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard etc and I’d lay in the dark and listen to those old albums. She’d torture us BEFORE bed by making us watch Hee Haw….lol.

“They say don’t go…on Wolverton Mountain, if you’re lookin….for a wife….”

“We fired our guns but the British kep a comin, there wasn’t nye as many as there was a while ago, we fired once more and they began a runnin…on down the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico….”

My parents had a C&W band the whole time I was growing up. All of us grew up singing in the band at venues that were kid appropriate. So I know the words to all the old songs even though it’s been years since I joined in with the band. My parents still have a gig almost every weekend.

I grew up on Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Waylon, Willie, and the boys, All the old guys, some who are gone, some who are still out there kicking. Still love country music, really like Gretchen Wilson right now, and Montgomery Gentry and Brooks and Dunn.

Good stuff Maynerd.

CCR is on my playlist a few times, as is Deep Purple, Velvet Underground, The Animals… The most rewarding experience has been gaining an appreciation for stuff I didn’t listen to much when it played incessantly on AM radio back in the day– like Gordon Lightfoot, Stylistics and the other bands previously mentioned.

My next conquest will be classic Country tunes such as (see if these tickle your memory) Funny Face, North to Alaska, Wichita Lineman, Ringo (Lorne Greene), King of the Road… Good stuff.

Sage advice for Sarah Palin in 2012.

Now I love my MP3 Player. No Ipod for me, too cheap, but I love the Sansa I have. Holds more music than I would listen to in a week or more. And I listen to music nearly all day long (along with certain talk radio people like Beck and Limbaugh). But our relationship is very much on the friendship level, because I just don’t want to get all that involved.

Our Crystal is totally into her new phone. Spends hours on it texting. Good thing we have the unlimited plan. She also takes photos, listens to music, and generally tunes the real world out unless she is with her friends. Then all of them carry on a conversation with each other and with others who aren’t there on text messaging. Sort of like a distance conference without the video.

I like to KISMIF myself. So I go with low tech as much as possible.

Like the music choice David. Spent today listening to CCR and various other groups from that era. Helped with the energy.

Actually, I did consider the Apple when phone shopping, but the Blackberry won out and I haven’t been sorry.

For what it’s worth, I’ve also been carrying on a “friends-with-benefits” relationship on the side with my new iPod nano. Just this last weekend I downloaded 209 60′s & 70′s songs onto it and have since been running in pure retro bliss. I know, I’m a slut.

Polyandry is a hot topic these days…and your wife even gifted your new partner into the marriage!! You’re all set for exaltation now!

Having shared my husband with both a Blackberry bride and an iPhone, I have to tell you…the iPhone wins in every category of “cool” there is. The apps are hilarious and you can’t beat the automatically self- justifying touch screen.

You see, I loathe turning my own cell phone on and rarely use it unless I’m out and the kids might need to reach me. Which is why I’m somewhat ashamed to confess that if hubby is playing with his iPhone in bed…it almost always leads to a threesome….*g*