BRNO Arri, thanks. You're so right about the banjo being the perfect fit, but I already had a uke. My original intent was to use many of the RTs BiaB supplies from all over the world, but the song lost its flavor.
Hey, Torrey, you are often in my thoughts as well. The idea for the harmony is the first chorus is sung by the band playing outdoors in the neighborhood. Then each succeeding chorus had more neighbors singing along --some of whom had no sense of timing.
Thanks, Vic. Hey, we have that in common too. I grew up in coal country, but fortunately we lived "out in the countrty" where the air was cleaner. Glad you moved to the country to save your lungs. You put them to good use inyour songs.
Thanks for all, Chay. Haha, I am older than you are naw-nuh-nah-na-nah-naw. Turn 75 next month. My brother, who is one year older, and I are shattering the old Straub-male record of 67.
Thanks, Audio Track, Never learned your name, but I learned to appreciate your comments. We had an ice-cream truck, a milk truck, and once a week the ragman blowing his hand-held horn around the neighborhood in his homemade "truck." But our roads were usually pretty muddy, so the egg-lady used a horse-drawn cart to deliver her goods every day. Yeah, I'm old, but that's what I think of when you say "truck-load of nostalgia."
Thanks, Brain. There is also hope in there that everything can be better again.
You're right, Tom. Dinosaurs never became extinct; they just morphed into old-timers like us. Yeah, I wanted it to be a simple song that the whole neighborhood could sing and play.


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