> At the first of my first cousin's many weddings, this one held at the
> beautiful Paramus, New Jersey Steak Pit, the ceremony finished, the groom
> seemed to rush down the aisle, leaving her standing there.
> The fast thinking accordion player let loose with "What Now My Love, Now
> That You've Left Me".
>
> Actually, that would take 2 and a half years.
That's beautiful, Barry. I think I detect a whiff of Guralnick in the
prose? Sounds like Dixie realizing she's lost Elvis forever, even as he
phones her from the Louisiana Hayride to tell her he loves her <g>.
All this makes me think of weirdass wedding-music experiences. I've
played a couple of weddings in the last year and I'm always kind of
amazed that they don't mind that all we do is basically cheatin', drinkin'
and car songs, etc.... And these were "nice" weddings, big budget
jobs, etc. Just goes to show that very few people are really listening to
the lyrics.
The bride at one of these weddings asked us to do Johnny
Burnette's "I Just Found Out" for the first dance, the "just the bride
and groom alone on the floor" dance. Man o Man, I'd like to know the story
behind that one!!
--jr.
