tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post4437284673251615227..comments2023-11-03T02:47:54.900-05:00Comments on The Cumberland Post: Rank Stranger in My Old Home TownDapper Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-34616578443449679322012-03-11T15:12:50.793-05:002012-03-11T15:12:50.793-05:00Have you ever been back to the town where you were...<i>Have you ever been back to the town where you were born and lived for awhile as a child, say from birth to your 7th or 8th year?</i><br /><br />Sorta, but it's hard to do when you were dragged around the world at an early age, i.e., were a mil-brat. I DID take The Second Mrs. Pennington to see the house I lived in when I was eight years old, which is all the further back memory can carry me. You'd be amazed... well, check that: YOU wouldn't be amazed, based on this post... at how fast and furious the memories came rushing back, triggered by the oddest little thangs. What a rush that was!<br /><br />Nice post, Dan.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-18721909380213677102012-03-11T12:33:29.932-05:002012-03-11T12:33:29.932-05:00Ed, I believe you've hit on the secret of our ...Ed, I believe you've hit on the secret of our pickin' and singin' success! Even though it may've sounded (and smelled) a little rank to anyone else, it always sounded better to us with one more Boo! And on those rare nights when we sipped a little Cutty, we sounded better than Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-36815376377008096342012-03-11T12:21:31.767-05:002012-03-11T12:21:31.767-05:00The people and buildings are not the same, but the...The people and buildings are not the same, but the neat part is you can "go home" anytime you want in your mind. I can see the faces and remember the stories as though it was yesterday.<br />I can also remember an evening, there in the hollar we murdered "Rank Stranger" trying to get it right! The more boo's we had the better it sounded, least we thought so!Scooney Adrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014731857174355364noreply@blogger.com