By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 12:21 pm:

I WAS LISTENING TO SOME MUSIC THE OTHER DAY AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE AS HUMANS GET BORED WITH THINGS AFTER AWHILE[CLOTHES,CARS,HAIRSTYLES,TV SHOWS,EACH OTHER]BUT THE ONE THING WE NEVER RUN OUT OF PATIENTS WITH OR GET BORED WITH IS THIS GREAT SOUL AND R&B MUSIC THAT WE ON THE FORUM LOVE AND DISCUSS!!

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 12:25 pm:

Hi R&B.

I echo your sentiments. I LOVE my MUSIC! You can take the TV, phone, and other things away. I will fight over my music...It's what keeps me going...REALLY! Like Patti La Belle sang, "MUSIC IS MY LIFE"!

Handsome

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 12:28 pm:

To All:
Music is indeed the friend, the healer and the soundtrack of our lives.

I could not fathom my life without it. If that was ever the case, I'd rather be deaf.

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Tone Def (141.151.59.40) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 01:57 pm:

Eh?????? Waddidya say Kev?? Come again I cant hear ya!!!!

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 02:02 pm:

HEY R&B!!!...I GOT *NO* PROBLEM WITH THE CLOTHES...CARS...AND ALL THE OTHER COOL TOYS...AND CERTAINLY NEVER GET BORED WITH THOSE THINGS!!!...DOES THAT MAKE ME "SHALLOW"???...STUBASS

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 02:03 pm:

YES

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 02:07 pm:

DAMN!!!...AND ALL I EVER WANTED WAS TO BE "DEEP"!!!...STU(NOT DIVING HEAD FIRST)BASS

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 02:08 pm:

STUBASS-You're in a class, all your own :o)!

How ya been?

Handsome

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 02:09 pm:

THANKS HANDSOME!!!...I'M DOING GREAT...EXCEPT I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I'M SHALLOW!!!...STU

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (12.47.224.12) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 02:41 pm:

Well, my cousin Larry used to get bored with his bubble maker sometimes. One time one of the trumpeters put anti-freeze into the bubble mix and it really stunk up the studio. Larry thought it was really funny until a bubble burst on his suit and stained it (he was wearing a pale yellow suit). He made the trumpeter rehearse an extra hour for doing it.

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 03:05 pm:

Gosh Eddie, speaking of stains, I used to drive a Honda Accord that had seat belts that would automatically pull into place when you started the ignition. Every morning I'd get into the car with a cup of coffee, and as the shoulder belt pulled into place it would jar the cup of coffee I was holding and cause a nasty spill. I'd forget about it by the next morning, and repeat the sequence. After a few months of daily spills and stains, I switched cars with my wife, Babs, for a day. Her car had more conventional seat belts. However, when I switched on the ignition, my reflexes were so well conditioned that I automatically spilled the cup of coffee on myself anyhow. How about that, Eddie?

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (12.47.224.12) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 03:20 pm:

You know it's really funny, but Larry never drove his car once he got famous. That way he could have a cuppa joe on his way to the studio and not have to worry about stains. He hated stains.
One of his musicians, who I won't name but he played guitar, had a bladder control problem and Larry took his big solo feature away after watching him on the studio monitor one day. Very sad.

By Teresa Tesla (64.12.97.7) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 07:47 pm:

Larry drove a Stanley Steamer around Pasadena -- but I guess that was his secret life.

By B. Foster (68.41.246.202) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 08:30 pm:

Eddie, what do you think that your cousin Larry would make of these new miracle drugs called statins? I'm wondering cause every time I see that word I think it says stains, and if he hated stains, I wonder if he would take statins?

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (64.12.97.7) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 09:11 pm:

Oh, Larry would definately take statins to remove stains. And he firmly believed in the status quo too. You'd never catch Larry doing something that could blemish his character, or his trousers.

Teresa Tesla, that is an untruth and you know it! Larry NEVER owned a Stanley Steamer, nor did he ever live in Texas!
Sometimes I think you want to get back at Larry because the Tesla Sisters were never as popular as the Lennon Sisters!

By Teresa Tesla (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 10:36 pm:

Eddie,
Ha you think you know Larry Welk, but just ask around Pasadena sometime. And I took care of that whiney Kathy Lennon long ago, she doesn't give me any more trouble.

Status Quo did an album of champagne music that I saw on ebay for over 250 UK pounds.

By Teresa Tesla (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 10:49 pm:

and by the way, Eddie (or is it Eddy??) I heard the Welk Music Group demanded a DNA test on you ...

By B. Foster (68.41.246.202) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 11:09 pm:

I saw Status Quo in a steam room in Pasadena once and each one of those guys was way over 250 lbs (US). Not a pretty sight.

By Teresa Tesla (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 11:25 pm:

Professor Foster, doing more "field" research?

By Jim G (12.47.224.12) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 07:08 am:

God, Kathy really did whine didn't she? Who can forget her constant barrage of 'I want my own dressing room' or 'Why does that damn accordion player get his own solo spot' complaints?
Larry said she needed a firm hand.

And those rumors about me and Kathy are not true either! She really had a crush on the bass player, but he had a delicate tummy, if you know what I mean. The piano player always put a fan just behind the bass to keep the aroma movin' on.

Was it a Stanley Steam room, B Foster?

By B. Foster (68.41.246.202) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 07:23 am:

From what I understand, Theresa smacked the wrong Lennon. Kathy got the attention on-camera, but off-camera it was a different story. Peggy was triple-jointed (a physiological rarity) and, perhaps by coincidence, had many gentleman callers. Some attribute the popularity of the act to Peggy's outgoing and extroverted nature. Curiously, Larry said that she also needed a firm hand, as did the other sisters, Gumma and Zeppa Lennon, and several other female members of the ensemble.

By Teresa Tesla (64.12.97.7) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 09:36 am:

About Peggy -- never trust an accordion player. So what happened with the DNA test, Eddie?

I can't believe the Welk heirs are going to let you have a piece of the action that easily ...

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 10:42 am:

HEY STU,YOU THINK SHALLOW IS BAD,HECK I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I'M MIDDLE AGED[YIKES]!!!

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 12:34 pm:

HEY R&B!!!...I GUESS THAT MAKES ME A "TWO TIME LOSER" THEN!!!...STU(STANDING IN THE SHALLOW'S OF MIDDLE AGE)BASS

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 12:39 pm:

AT LEAST!

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 12:50 pm:

*FOSTER*...*FREEZE*!!!...BY THE WAY...LOVE YOUR ICE CREAM...AND THOSE CONVENIENT LITTLE OUTLETS JUST OFF THE INTERSTATES!!!...BUT AS FOR ME..."I'M A LOVER!!!...MAMA WAS...PAPA TOO"!!!...STU(WELL DRESSED....SHALLOW...MIDDLE AGED...TWO...OR THREE TIME LOSER)BASS

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (205.188.209.109) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 08:30 pm:

Well, it showed that Kathy and I had twins.
But it's not something we share with too many people, only our close friends know. Larry always thought they were his. But we named them Gasin Sodapup Welk and Miller Stewart Welk.

By DetroitDar (198.81.26.170) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 09:45 pm:

UH OH...CONFUSED AGAIN STU!!!
Detroit(itwasafleetingaccomplishment!)Dar

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 10:03 pm:

HANG IN THERE DAR!!!...IT CAN COME AND GO!!!...I KNOW THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE!!!...STU(BALL OF CONFUSION...THATS WHAT THE WORLD IS TODAY)BASS

By Teresa Tesla (205.188.209.109) on Friday, July 25, 2003 - 12:05 am:

Eddie,
I was talking to the DNA test that linked you to a Welk male, a Lennon female, and that JoAnn Castle ...

By Teresa Tesla (205.188.209.109) on Friday, July 25, 2003 - 12:06 am:

The DNA test answered back!