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Youths Drinking Milkshakes at No-Alcohol Nightclub
Decatur -- The Decatur Christian Youth Council, composed of church leaders, is sponsoring a liquorless tavern and night club, The Anchor Inn, with floor shows and a dance orchestra, to combat the drinking of alcoholic liquors and frequenting of regular taverns by Christian youths. Photo shows a group sipping milk shakes in Anchor Inn, which was a night resort during prohibition days. (1938)
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Kraft durch Freude, Murican style.
Now I can't get Gram Parsons out of my head.
Hey, the Louvin Brothers did it first!
(but I did have the Parsons/Byrds recording goin' when I thought the series up)
I've got the Louvin version too...but I just got the deluxe set of Sweethearts of the Rodeo a few weeks ago.
Usually I think of the Louvins when I see a picture of Satan.
Actually, the Byrds' version features Roger McGuinn imitating Gram's accent. You might well ask why. The answer is...too complicated to give in a blog comment. But if you listen to it carefully, you can hear the difference in the voices. That's not the same person as the one singing "Hickory Wind."
While it's true that many of Gram's vocals were initially ditched due to his previous International Submarine Band contractual obligations (apparently with Lee Hazelwood) the recent two-disc Legacy Edition includes more available takes with his lead vocals intact (which is where my preference lies).
the recent two-disc Legacy Edition includes more available takes with his lead vocals intact
I stand corrected. And I'm disappointed to find out that Lee Hazlewood did such a thing. Unless, of course, GP dicked him around, which, now that I think about it, doesn't seem too far-fetched. Oh well. An idol without feet of clay is as real as Santa Claus's wife.
It's possible there was a clash of egos between Lee and Gram, there also seems to have been one between Gram and Roger McGuinn, with Gram grousing about his brief Byrds stint years after the fact (whereas McGuinn, to his credit, tends to be more diplomatic about the whole thing).
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