I've been thinking about my Mom and Dad a lot lately. Seems I do that a lot now that I'm older. My Mom (and Sister) were/are both great musicians and both were music teachers. My Dad could play multiple instruments and had a superb voice..
We used to sit around the TV as a family and watch some of the old favorites.. My dad loved Andy Williams, Bing Crosby and Tennessee Ernie Ford and he especially like "16 tons. He'd sit there and snap his fingers then the whole family would join in and pretty soon we had a good backup for that song.
A friend of mine and I are doing it for an upcoming thing and I came across this one on u tube. You may have seen it and there are several other very cool versions of this out there but this one grabbed me and yes, I think the singer more than did it justice.
Just as a side note, for any of you younger members that still have your folks living I'd urge you to have some of those meaningful discussions with them. I never really did and regret it today. Anyway, here's the version i really like.
We used to sit around the TV as a family and watch some of the old favorites.. My dad loved Andy Williams, Bing Crosby and Tennessee Ernie Ford and he especially like "16 tons. He'd sit there and snap his fingers then the whole family would join in and pretty soon we had a good backup for that song.
A friend of mine and I are doing it for an upcoming thing and I came across this one on u tube. You may have seen it and there are several other very cool versions of this out there but this one grabbed me and yes, I think the singer more than did it justice.
Just as a side note, for any of you younger members that still have your folks living I'd urge you to have some of those meaningful discussions with them. I never really did and regret it today. Anyway, here's the version i really like.