Boogie Woogie-ing on By

At 97 he had a good long life. Things to remember about Joseph William "Pinetop" Perkins . .

• He started out on guitar, but when a fight with a choir girl hurt his tendon he switched to piano;
• He got the nickname "Pinetop" from playing Clarence "Pinetop" Smith's "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie", originally performed by latter in 1928; and
• He won a Grammy award a month prior to his death for a traditional blues album, making him the oldest Grammy award winner ever (beating out even George Burns).

May he boogie-woogie for all Eternity.

"I Met Virginia"

I met Virginia
But not at night
And she wasn't smoking
(Except her gun).

She's beautiful
To be sure
But she's always stealin'
(Your life away).

She never compromises
She sure loves babies
But the men go to jail.

Ain't it beautiful
Meet Virginia.

Well she was named for a Queen
Whose daddy beat the Church
She had her cousin killed:
. . She pulled her hair back and screamed
. . 'I don't really wanna be the Queen!!'

You see . .
Her timing is unusual
Her intuition magic
I just met Virginia
Ain't it tragic.
March 13, 2011

With apologies to Train.

Thank You, Peter Rowan

Yes, I feel sorrow
. . For the deeds I have done
No hope for tomorrow
. . When morning brings Sun.

I'll meet you at midnight
. . When you're in San Antone
We'll bathe in the moonlight
. . We'll pray to the Virgin.

And that good morning sunrise
. . Will be the brightest we’ve seen.

March 12, 2011

Russian Blather

" . . And his promise he did not forget. The father once again turned the faucet. The mind has nothing to do with it. Then she left the scene and handed us a booklet entitled "What you need to be able to reach her. Only if the stand on something - maybe on - I do not know - poor Manolo said. I had known that such pride . . "

Part of the stream of incoherence placed as a reply to another blog--all in Russian (as translated by Google Translate).