>>>>> But I stand by what I said. I was not making any specific predictions other than saying I think it will be someone from the relatively small "old boys club."
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>>>What else do you expect ?
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>>Nothing else at all. And I know the recipient will be someone I respect. Silly of me to be drawn into conversation by Naomi's excitement at the prospect of a democratic election. The elections were probably straighter back home.
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>I vote for Cindy Wilson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWqI_a7YHvM

They were a fun band. Interesting that they came from the same place as possibly the best rock band of our time, REM. The B-52s were a few years earlier. The guys in REM probably had the hots for Cindy Wilson when they were in high school. (Well, maybe not Michael Stipe).

Now I have an urge to listen to the B-52s and then the Byrds. You can draw a straight line from the jangly sound of REM and Tom Petty back to Roger McGuinn and his 12 string guitar.

UPDATE -- Holy moley. Don't ask me how I jumped from there to here but I just landed on the late, great Otis Redding. Here is the horn and vocal driven sound the Blues Brothers stole to such great advantage. (Some of the same players, I think).

They say everything is on the internet. I'm starting to think it's all on YouTube as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdyecbJMLZ0

From the Monterey pop festival. The sound is muddy but good lord, that's Otis Redding live in his moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHXutgxpjgU

He wasn't lying about "Respect". He wrote it and recorded it first. Aretha made it legendary.

The quiet Otis --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dael4sb42nI

Gone way too soon. His plane splashed down prematurely in Lake Monona, next to Madison, Wisconsin.

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