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Friday, May 22. 2009

A Friday tune: Kentucky in the Morning

I have special and sentimental feelings about this fine state, including time in the elegant Bluegrass and at Keeneland (even saw Secretariat grazing in retirement) - and time working up in the wild hollers of eastern KY where everybody is a cousin of eachother and either works in coal, moonshining, or is on welfare.


I have seen many fine Kentucky mornings, with the mist rising from the fields and crouched in the valleys. I guess I was also only passin' through, but I had a true love there, and I still have her.


 

Posted by Bird Dog in Music at 12:02 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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One of the best!! "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine" is playing in my head now.....soon to be followed by..........
#1 Garry on 2009-05-22 12:08 (Reply)
As a Kentuckian,and a horseman in this fine Commonwealth,I appreciated your memories up to the cousin and welfare thing...every state has their own issues,and Eastern Kentucky has their problems...but that was maybe uneccesary,ya think?
#2 Wes on 2009-05-23 07:37 (Reply)
Probably. Just friendly teasing. Love the place, but I learned that they do not love Yanks too much!
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2009-05-23 11:04 (Reply)
I figured as much,just that we get tired of stereotypes as much as the next group.It seems the "hillbilly" stereotype is the last "acceptable" one out there.We do live in a blessed place,visit anytime...and I love my "Yankee" friends...
#2.1.1 Wes on 2009-05-24 11:17 (Reply)
"...but I learned that they do not love Yanks too much!"

See below-and you wonder why?


..."and time working up in the wild hollers of eastern KY where everybody is a cousin of eachother and either works in coal, moonshining, or is on welfare. "
#3 MikeinAppalachia on 2009-05-24 02:03 (Reply)
birddog.....my place is available for you to visit any time you would like. Just stop posting things like this. We're trying to keep everyone in the dark about Kentucky -- don't want gobs of people moving here to ruin it (like CA, OR, WA, TX, AZ, FL).
#4 .....Dan (Link) on 2009-05-24 07:33 (Reply)

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