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Happy's Break
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Happy's Break |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas 
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A battered Gibson guitar- Circa nineteen forty-nine. A Blues harp made by Hohner, “Happy” was a friend of mine. I never knew his last name- It mattered not a whit... Old “Happy Jack”, the drifter- The name just seemed to fit. The say that in the fifties- He played with old Bob Wills. And the Texas Playboys... His harp produced the frills. Leon plays the upright bass, While Tommy Duncan sings. Johnny Gimble’s fiddle- Seems to give their music wings. But somewhere in the background There’s a haunting eulogy... Played on a sad old Blues harp. That’s “Happy”s” break, you see? |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
Bravo! I love the way you bring the past into our memories and hearts. Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Oh yes.....this one is going into my library right now, my friend!! I play for a living, and I can almost hear that old harp.... Excellent story you told here...thank you!! The road goes on forever, and the stories never end... |
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Watersign6 Senior Member
since 2001-05-25
Posts 823Hurricane,WV |
excellent story and i can hear the music very clearly,you write so well  |
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