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Broadcast on WFPL, Louisville, KY 10/03/05
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Broadcast History
Broadcast on WFPL, Louisville, Kentucky, Oct. 3, 2005.
Transcript
I remember when I was in high school seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd play ?Freebird? when it had only been on the radio for two months. None of the band members were dead yet, I was close to the stage, and it was a blazing three guitar experience.
To listen to the radio these days you would think I?m STILL in high school. Even now ?Freebird? gets a lot of airplay, along with ?Smoke On The Water? and anything by Led Zeppelin. Every time I hear them I?m reminded of old Buicks with rebuilt engines that refuse to die.
Recently I experienced my 30-year high school reunion, an adult passage on par with arthritis and divorce. Actually I didn?t attend. It was two states away and I didn?t want to go unless I had a Pulitzer Prize to rub into everyone?s face. But someone emailed me photographs along with a run down of the evening.
A lot of people had reconstructive surgery because of car accidents...
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Timing and Cues
One minute, fifty seconds. Straight commentary.
Additional Files
- 30 Year HIgh School Reunion (HighSchoolReunion.doc)
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