John Edward at Australia Zoo?
Then I saw last week in the news that Bindi's daughter was born on her wedding anniversary, and thought what are the odds of that happening? -
Grace?
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| Can you spot Troy Cassar-Daley's name on the 2021 Bluesfest poster? |
That was the first time I had heard the sad news about Troy's father taking his own life after suffering a couple of stokes, and I realized that I still had Troy's book sitting on my filing cabinet and hadn't started reading it yet.
So, I thought this was all a sign that I should read it over the Easter weekend and listen to some of his music that I hadn't yet heard on You Tube.
The first time I ever saw Troy play live was about 7 years ago at Bluesfest -
My Easter Sunday at Bluesfest 2014 |
| Troy Cassar-Daley playing his golden guitar at the 2014 Bluesfest |
Happy 2021 April Fool's Day?In Troy's book he writes of his love of trains while growing up with his mother working as a cook on the New South Wales coastal rail-line and how he wrote a song about wishing that he was a train.
I hadn't heard this song before until last Friday when I searched for the song on You Tube.
The lyrics of the first verse -
When I was a little boy I used to lie in my bed
And listen for the '9: 09'
It never ran on Christmas or the day that Jesus died
But every other day it ran on time
It always made me lonesome but it brought me comfort
And what it did to me I can't explain
And as I wonder through this harsh and gentle world
Oh every now and then I wish I was a train
And listen for the '9: 09'
It never ran on Christmas or the day that Jesus died
But every other day it ran on time
It always made me lonesome but it brought me comfort
And what it did to me I can't explain
And as I wonder through this harsh and gentle world
Oh every now and then I wish I was a train
grabbed my attention, because I had just seen the news about a train derailment in Taiwan on Good Friday.
Troy also writes about supporting his childhood hero Merle Haggard when Merle toured Australia and how Merle loved trains so much that he caught the Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth instead of flying across.
That's five years ago from today, by the way, and I had listened to a podcast featuring Chris Mackey yesterday taking about the number 6 being something he pays attention to now -
Looking Through Glasses?
I don't believe the dogma religion spins about only "true believers" go to heaven and the rest go to hell.
To me every living thing is of God and can't be lost to God, and I can't buy into the belief of religious clubs who fight over who's in and who's out of their exclusive club.
Everybody wants to tell you what they think the elephant (God) in the room is, don't they?
On the subject of rooms, Troy relates how on the last night of Merle's Australian tour how Merle invited him and some of his band for a jam in Merle's Hobart Wrest Point Casino room, the venue they had played the last show of the tour in.
On the subject of rooms, Troy relates how on the last night of Merle's Australian tour how Merle invited him and some of his band for a jam in Merle's Hobart Wrest Point Casino room, the venue they had played the last show of the tour in.
Troy also wrote in his book that the first song he ever sung on stage as a young boy was the song 'Maggie'.
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| Dark Mofo Winter Feast 2016 |
The only song of their's I wanted to hear was 'Maggie' and since I was going to another show in the Casino the next night anyway, I chose the Winter Feast.
The APIA Tour: Rules Are Made to Be Broken... or, What Would Jesus Do?-)
It's a funny old world ... sometimes?
UPDATE: 2021
UPDATE: 2021
Thinkin About Drinkin ... Cold Southern Comfort?
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