Nashville Cats

"Well, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two Guitar pickers in Nashville"

That seems to be a sufficient number of Guitar pickers for any size town, but I suspect Nashville always needs more than most. I once made an attempt at taking Guitar lessons while I was in Alaska, but it seemed that something always came up and I never learned anything. My music abilities are nil. I can play the radio and I'll often fiddle with my whiskers, but beyond that I'm totally music illiterate. Once in the 6th grade I was asked about playing the French Horn in the elementary band at Riley, but the audition consisted of humming the National Anthem and after the band teacher heard me for about 4-5 seconds, I was asked to go back to my homeroom. I was never a threat to the Lovin' Spoonful.

"And they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a Tennessee anthill"

I never noticed any anthills on the Bardmoor golf course in Largo, Florida today, although I did get to see a good portion of the course. After the first day of the Vengeance in Venice, Brother Steve holds a commanding 2 stroke lead. I made it easy on him by 3-putting four times. Having a good time this week with Mom and Nick and now Steve, Sheila and Jeremy are here for Christmas, as well.

"Yeah, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two Guitar cases in Nashville"

I've been to Nashville a few times in my life and I don't recall seeing near that many Guitar cases, but I guess I wasn't really looking that closely. I do remember someone, maybe Hank Thompson, who had a swimming pool in the shape of a Guitar. My favorite trip to Nashville was with the Newman's back in the early 70's. I need to check with Les and see if he remembers that trip.

"And any one that unpacks his guitar could play twice as better than I will"

But no one could have had twice the good news that I have had over the past couple of weeks. My last post detailed the news of my daughter Megan's recent engagement to Patrick and yesterday my son Jay called with news that he and Rebekah got engaged this past weekend. Oh what a tremendous surprise for Ol' Simmons. Jay and Rebekah (and I'm not saying this because I'm biased) are two wonderful people. They complement each other so well and I love them both.

I'm definitely one lucky guy and I couldn't be happier. My next trip to Nashville will be in January to visit with Rebekah and Jay...they are my two Nashville Cats.