An entertainer for the ages… Old Molly Hare – Roger Sprung and the Picking Gypsies … From- String Music Recorded live at the 43rd Annual Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Union Grove, NC on the Union Grove Label. This is track 10. From the back cover: “Roger Sprung, virtuoso banjoist from New York City, needs no …
Tag: history
Jan 29 2023
The Breakfast Club (sugar cravings)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for January 29th President George W. Bush warns terrorists still threaten United States;bomb rocks an abortion clinic in Birmingham;”The Raven” is first published; Ty Cobb named hall of famer;Oprah Winfrey is born Breakfast Tune Riders on the Storm – The Doors – Banjo Cover Something to …
Jan 15 2023
The Breakfast Club (Something)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for January 15th Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is born; Richard Nixon suspends U.S. offensive in Vietnam; Queen Elizabeth the First crowned; Work completed on Pentagon; first Super Bowl takes place. Breakfast Tune Faith Nolan @ Occupy Toronto Oct 25 2011 Something to think …
Jan 08 2023
The Breakfast Club (Cleaning out the freezer)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for January 8th Elvis Presley born; President Lyndon Johnson declares war on poverty; Ramzi Yousef sentenced to life in prison for first World Trade Center bombing. Physicist Stephen Hawking born. Breakfast Tune Come Sail Away – Styx – Banjo Version Something to think about, Breakfast News …
Nov 23 2022
Translator: Thanksgiving: (Almost) Everything You Know is Wrong
Nine years ago in January of 2013. we lost our friend, Translator aka Dr. David Smith. He suffered from depression and his untimely death left those of us in the blog communities who knew him wondering if we could have done more to help him through his struggles. The holidays are rough on people who …
Nov 11 2022
Armistice Day 11/11/22
In this country we call this day Veterans’ Day and take time to honor all those who have served or are serving in our armed forces. It was originally called Armistice Day which commemorated the cessation of fighting on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o’clock in the morning—the …
Nov 10 2022
29 Bells for The Edmund Fitzgerald
When the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America’s Great Lakes. Today, we mark the 46th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald taking her 29 crew members with her to the bottom of Lake Superior during one of the worst of the legendary …
Oct 16 2022
The Breakfast Club (Work Zone)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for October 16th John Brown raids Harper’s Ferry; France’s Marie Antoinette is beheaded; John Paul II chosen as pope; Chile’s ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet detained; ‘Baby Jessica’ is rescued; Novelist James Michener dies. Breakfast Tune Space Age Love Song – Flock of Seagulls- Banjo Cover Something to …
Sep 25 2022
The Breakfast Club (Superstition)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for September 25th Nine black students escorted into Little Rock’s Central High School; President Woodrow Wilson collapses; Author William Faulkner born; TV’s Barbara Walters and movie actor-producer Michael Douglas born. Breakfast Tune Superstition – Stevie Wonder – Banjo Cover Something to think about, Breakfast News & …
Sep 11 2022
The Breakfast Club (consistently inconsistent)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for DATE Breakfast Tune Rockin’ in the Free World – Neil Young – Banjo Cover Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below Join the UTMB Bioethics and Health Humanities community for a talk by Dr. Justin Feldman (@jfeldman_epi) on 9/22 at noon CDT on …
Aug 14 2022
The Breakfast Club (Good Morning to All)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for August 14th Truman announces Japan’s surrender in World War II; Blackout hits Northeast U.S., Canada; FDR signs Social Security; British troops arrive in N. Ireland; A strike in Cold War Poland; Steve Martin born. Breakfast Tune Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers – “So …