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THE LOWDOWN

ART, MUSIC & LOVING RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE GIFTS OF GOD! ! !

About Me

52 y/o Male, Married 32yrs to the same woman who I love now more than I did when I was first smitten by her over 30yrs ago. We have five kids two boys and three girls. In birth order, Vanessa, Phyllis, Joshua, Rachael and Jacob, They're all grown now. I play bass guitar and Lois plays keyboards, one son plays drums and the other guitar. I am of Scottish & Irish decent that makes me mostly of Celtic heritage thus my "other" status under ethnicity. I was a nurse (LPN) for twelve years, ten of those on the Surgical Post-op floor at Lourdes hospital in Paducah, Ky. I served in Desert Storm. Was a Staff Sgt and Practical Nurse (91-C) in the 807th MASH 8yrs, one of only two hospitals to set up and take casualties behind enemy lines inside Iraq during the ground war, Desert Sabre, aka:"The 100 Hour War"! For the last eight years I've been an over the road truck driver. Three Yrs w/JB Hunt and then four yrs with Gibson Truck Lines out of Murray, Ky. Since January 08 I'm driving for McLeod trucking and running regional now. I hope I will be able to start playing Bass in church again at some point.
God Bless you my Brothers and Sisters!
Later... My Son's Latest Music Project!
Cris Squire of YES Fame performing two of his songs 'Hold Out Your Hand' & 'You By MY Side' from his first solo album "Fish Out Of Water" circa 1974.
DO IT ANYWAY
People are often unreasonable, illogical,
and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, People may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some
false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone
could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
by Mother Theresa
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My Interests

"I Will Let You Down..."
Music, Playing, Talking and Reading About it. Good Books, mostly audio books while I'm driving, a Good Movie when I have time.

I'd like to meet:

The Founding Fathers of our Great Republic, Several Bible Heroes, Abraham, David, Isaiah, Paul, Peter and John!
Then Mel Schacher, bass player for Grand Funk, Chris Squire of Yes, Tony Levin, most eveybodies A-List Bass Player. Rick Wakeman, Yes Keyboardist.

Chick Corea & Return To Forever '08 Tour!!!

Music:

I Love Progressive Music Especially Symphonic Prog-Rock, Jazz Rock Fusion. Driving or Brooding Orchestral music. Classical, especially Beethoven and Stranvinsky (yeah, I know he's not classical).
I also like hard driving music Like Hard-Rock played all out with Passion and Fervor. Here are some of my all time favorites.
Yes,
Grand Funk,
Jethro Tull,
Pink Floyd,
Kansas,
Cream,
Uriah Heep,
Deep Purple,
Chicago, (early stuff)
Rush,(post 1980)
Proto-Kaw,
Chick Corea &
Return to Forever,
Weather Report,
Porcupine Tree,
Alan Parsons Project,

Movies:

Narnia, Bravehaeart, The Patriot, It's a Woanderful Life, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, I Robot.

Television:

What's that?
Seriously I don't have much time to watch. I do like Discovery and the History Chanel. I don't keep up with sports like I did when I was younger, now I'm happy to get to catch a few playoff games and maybe the Championships. I do like House MD, & now Lost, Lois turned me on to them and I like Monk. I used to really like Sci-Fi Friday when FarScape was on. (I just heard it's coming back in a 10-part Webisode @scifi.com!)

BECAUSE CHUCK SAYS SO!

Books:

The Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Dickens, the old Classics and newer murder mysteries and espionage thrillers.

Heroes:

Leo Fender the father of the Electric Bass Guitar, Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad, Chris Squire of Yes, Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers Band, Jaco of Fretless Bass Guitar fame, and all the innovative Electric Bass Guitar Players who have expanded the horizons of the instrument I love so much in the last 50-odd years since Leo invented it.

My Blog

REVOLUTION!?

I'm sitting here and catching part of "Braveheart" on HBO it has me thinking as usual. You know there is a reason our nation's founding fathers put the right to bear arms into the original amendments ...
Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:54:00 PST

MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX!

Is Global Warming Really Our Fault? Lets see what Go ahead and tell me what you think!TL...
Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:40:00 PST

Check out this video: Im Not Who I Was KSBJ Remix

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Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:39:00 PST

My Story

Lois and I were married in 1976 at the auspicious age of 20y/o. Crazy I know.  I had been into Metaphysics and Eastern Philosophies since age 18. But into our third year of marriage I was out of ...
Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:04:00 PST

Life Update, Prayer Request & Views On Bass!

  I had my treadmill stress test yesterday as far as the walking went it looked good. The EKG stayed in normal range, I got my Heart rate up to 164bpm. That's 96% of my age predicted Maximum...
Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:08:00 PST

Decades! Over & Over, Again & Again....

Most of you who know me know that I'm a pretty conservative person but I'm also an old, old Joe Walsh Fan. All the way back to 'Funk 49' and 'Walk Away' w/The James Gang. When Lois and I got turn...
Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:45:00 PST

Humanity Lobotomy

Is there a plot about to take free internet away from the avarage citizen? I feel sure some would like to. Here's some food for thought. Power to he people!http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...
Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:27:00 PST

The Great Global Warming Swindle

Are we destroying the Earth with co2 and human caused "Global Warming"?! Don't believe it! While we are called to be caretakers by God we are NOT to worship the Creation over the Creator! Watch this d...
Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:09:00 PST

Check out this video: Inspiring Story! Free Hugs Campaign (Music by Sick Puppies)

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Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:06:00 PST

Check out this video: Prayer

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Posted by THE LOWDOWN on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:34:00 PST