Comments by Bobby Tony | Eastern North Carolina Now

Hear! Hear! I am with you on that. Don't wanna hear no bad news either. It is fitting to the memory of Fats there was a tribute album made by a few no name-artist in 1996.

1."Ain't That a Shame" (Domino, Bartholomew) John Lennon
2."I'm Walkin'" (Domino, Bartholomew) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
3."Goin' Home" (Domino, Bartholomew) Ivan Neville's DumpstaPhunk and B.B. King
4."Blueberry Hill" (Rose, Lewis, Stock) Elton John
5."My Girl Josephine" (Domino, Bartholomew) Taj Mahal and the New Orleans Social Club
6."Every Night About This Time" (Domino, Bartholomew) Buddy Guy, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Joss Stone
7."I Want to Walk You Home" (Domino, Bartholomew) Allen Toussaint and Paul McCartney
8."Whole Lotta Lovin'" (Domino, Bartholomew) Rebirth Brass Band, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and Lenny Kravitz
9."Don't Leave Me This Way" (Domino, Bartholomew) Doctor John
10."I'm in Love Again/All by Myself" (Domino, Bartholomew) Jon Cleary and Bonnie Raitt
11."Please Don't Leave Me" (Domino) Art Neville
12."Going to the River" (Domino, Bartholomew) Robbie Robertson and Galactic
13."Blue Monday" (Domino, Bartholomew) Randy Newman
14."It Keeps Rainin'" (Domino, Bartholomew, Guidry) Lil Band O Gold and Robert Plant
15."One Night (Of Sin)" (Bartholomew, King) Corinne Bailey Rae
16."Walking to New Orleans" (Domino, Bartholomew, Guidry) Neil Young
17."Valley of Tears" (Domino, Bartholomew) Robert Plant and the Soweto Gospel Choir
18."My Blue Heaven" (Donaldson, Whiting) Norah Jones
19."Honey Chile" (Domino, Bartholomew) Lucinda Williams
20."Rising Sun" (Domino) Sam Bush and Marc Broussard
21."When I See You" (Domino, Bartholomew) Olu Dara and the Natchezippi Band with Donald Harrison, Jr.
22."Be My Guest" (Boyce, Domino, Marascalco) Skatalites and Ben Harper
23."Let the Four Winds Blow" (Domino, Bartholomew) Toots & the Maytals
24."I Hear You Knockin'" (Bartholomew, King) Willie Nelson
25."I Just Can't Get New Orleans Off My Mind" (Domino) Irma Thomas and Marcia Ball
26."Don't Blame It on Me" (Domino, Bartholomew) Bruce Hornsby
27."I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" (Domino, Bartholomew, Hayes) Herbie Hancock, Ziggy Modeliste and Renard Poche
28."The Fat Man" (Domino, Bartholomew) Los Lobos
29."So Long" (Domino, Bartholomew) Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and Galactic
30."When the Saints Go Marching In" (traditional) Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Theresa Andersson

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It only takes a cursory browse of the lis to see that "The Fat Man" was a prolific songwriter along with his writing partner David Louis Bartholomew.
Thanks for the memories, I knew a native could express the love we all felt for "The Fat Man"

Commented: Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 @ 8:17 am By: Bobby Tony

Unlike Walter, I sometimes wonder if my reality is real or imagined. I came to this conclusion later in life, but others tried to point it out to me many years ago.

Dad called self centered people like me 'Roosters'. When they wake up they think the sun rose because of them.

Stick around, I will be playing here all week. I have an almost unlimited source of his and mom's witticisms. Don't forget to tip the waitress.

Commented: Monday, October 30th, 2017 @ 7:12 am By: Bobby Tony

I always like to try and find the artist meaning behind a song. I initially thought that Won't back Down was about Petty's stance with his record company. As it turns out it was about someone who burnt his house down and morphed into a broader meaning about bouncing back. That is what songwriters do I think. I am gaining more respect for Tom; He did not take any crap from anyone. I wonder why that appeals to me?

"A defiant song about standing up to one’s enemies, “I Won’t Back Down” is directed at the person who set Petty’s house ablaze. “Gonna stand my ground / won’t be turned around,” goes a line in the first verse, which calls to mind the charred ground where his original home once stood. Despite his personal connection to the lyrics, though, Petty turned “I Won’t Back Down” into an anthem for anyone struggling against some sort of oppression. The song isn’t really about a house fire. It’s about resilience."

americansongwriter.com

Commented: Sunday, October 29th, 2017 @ 7:38 am By: Bobby Tony

This is somewhat relevant to stopping bullets and the ricochet basics of bullets. We all know that both Superman and Wonder Woman had methods to deflect bullets, but I always wished that Wonder Woman would follow Superman's example and remove her disguise.

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 8:53 am By: Bobby Tony

Well there are bricks then there are bricks.

I guess it depends on which side of the wall you are on.

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Commented: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 5:13 pm By: Bobby Tony

I agree, I am at the risk of becoming more melancholy or maudlin than normal with the passing of these icons and have almost resolved not to continue this series in 2018. However, due to the admonition of my mom, I will soldier on through the rest of 2017 unless of course Justin Bieber passes, in which case I think I can break my obsession.

"If a job is once begun
Never leave it until its done,
Be the labor great or small
Do it well or not at all"

Commented: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 7:55 am By: Bobby Tony

Obama is still an enigma to almost everyone. Sometime in the distant future, after the Liberal Democratic historians have finished canonizing him some historian will produce the definitive biography. Like Kennedy, it will be met with skepticism and denial by an overly sympathetic press corps, until enough time has passed for him to be accorded accurate historical review. Until then, we will have to be satisfied with "first to be" that has been bestowed on his legacy.

My most recent project has been reading recent biographies of the founders of this country. Even now 240 years is not enough to bring them safely into the realm of human foibles that defined all mankind.

Commented: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 2:28 pm By: Bobby Tony

Just for the record, Olive Stone has his own problem now.

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I sure am glad I am not a famous celebrity living in Hollywood. Bobby Tony would never do such a thing but I am not sure about that other fella who lives with him.

Commented: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 8:19 am By: Bobby Tony

Mostly angry husbands, I suppose.

Commented: Monday, October 23rd, 2017 @ 6:34 pm By: Bobby Tony

There are various timelines on that issue. We had been in Vietnam since 1955 and by 1962, the U.S. military presence in South Vietnam had reached some 9,000 troops, compared with fewer than 800 during the 1950s. No doubt Johnson escalated the commitment.

Vietnam is one of the few subjects where I try to refrain from debate about motives because I am not able to separate fact from fiction or bias in my own mind do to emotional involvement.


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Commented: Monday, October 23rd, 2017 @ 5:35 pm By: Bobby Tony

Sainthood is a difficult journey and I obviously will not reach the zenith, but if we are talking about something sacred, I would be a poor son if I did not place my best example at that final depot. Perhaps just one more "MOMISM" is appropriate since I disagree with the definition listed here. www.dictionary.com

"If you are the same person you used to be, you have wasted yours and our time."

Commented: Saturday, October 21st, 2017 @ 11:37 am By: Bobby Tony

I make a concerted effort to watch my old regional witticisms that may have some overtones from the Segregated South where I was raised. I am prepared to accept the criticism when I occasionally stray from my self-imposed BobbyTony-Correctness.

However, I would prefer that name calling build up along a line of ever increasing degrees before reaching the "R" word.

1. Insensitive
2. intolerant
3. narrow-minded
4. chauvinistic
5. biased
6. bigoted
7. A$$hole

Commented: Saturday, October 21st, 2017 @ 9:04 am By: Bobby Tony

My memory is a bit hazy but I suspect it was a tracing with some personal embellishments. I don't have a picture of the gate but here is the Playhouse that we converted to a single stall barn. The designated ownership plaque is in the background of Jim and Cousin Terri along with Ranger.
T- J
Ranch

Commented: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 8:34 am By: Bobby Tony

It would be a tossup between Happy Trials and Back in the Saddle again, but posting proof of a terribly politically incorrect picture of that phase of our life took some measure of bravado or stupidity, take your pick.

Commented: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 6:50 pm By: Bobby Tony

Thanks for the reminder. For those who difficulty with the search here is the link to Alex's article:

beaufortcountynow.com

From 1776 until 1787 we basically had a Jeffersonian States Rights government (Confederation) which deteriorated into the mess that Alex describes. The distrust of a central government due to The King George III experience was so strong that we essentially had a schizophrenic government with 13 different countries. We may never get this right.

My former workmate said it best when he often commented " you can run into the ditch on both sides of the road."

Commented: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 5:12 pm By: Bobby Tony

Commented: Friday, October 13th, 2017 @ 2:20 pm By: Bobby Tony

Thanks for the clarification, but I think we may be discussing a distinction without a difference. My reference was to the seven founding fathers all but Hamilton of which were of English heritage. Granted the population of the colonies were by those standards very diverse.

"The original 17th-century settlers were overwhelmingly English. From the time of the first permanent English presence in the New World until 1900, these immigrants outnumbered all others, therefore the cultural pattern had been firmly established as the American model"

Commented: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 7:48 pm By: Bobby Tony