At 19:36 27.04.99 -0500, you wrote:
>> 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.
>
I did "You Nearly Loose Your Mind" (ET), "Act Naturally" (Buck) and "Where
Can She Be" (Ted & The Talltops) in my own wedding, backed by The Derailers.
It also took me half a year less than it took Barry's uncle before I could
sing "What Now My Love, Now That You've Left Me".
Tom E.
