Pickin' & Grinnin' In The Kitchen Goes To Memphis, Tennessee

 

The Deer Hunter is a great guy-but sometimes I'm afraid he's hard for folks to understand. See, he uses crazy names for things. Over the last 17 years I've learned to never be surprised by what comes out of his mouth. Some examples:

   

When the girls were little-he called them crumb crunchers or ankle biters,

 

        He calls small dogs-like Ruby Sue-yappers,

 

               He calls turkeys-thunder chickens,

 

            In his language- eggs are cackleberries,

 

              To him this is a hickie not a remote,

 

He calls a large buck- an old mossy. I could go on and on but I think you get the point. The Deer Hunter has his own unique way of speaking.

A few weeks ago Paul and Guitar Man were doing an old Chuck Berry song, Memphis Tennessee, as I listened I realized Berry had a neat way of describing tears. The song refers to tears as "hurry home drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes." Seems The Deer Hunter and Chuck Berry have something in common.

So for this weeks Pickin' & Grinnin' In The Kitchen Spot- Memphis Tennessee. I really like this old song-great words-great music and its one of those songs that surprise you. All along you think he's talking about his girlfriend or wife, in the end you find out he's talking about his 6 yr old daughter Marie.

Before you start the video, go to the radio and pause it by clicking the first "button" starting on the left under the title. You need to do this-so you can hear the video. If you have dreaded dial up service (like I do)-I would suggest you click the button to start the video and then go do something else until it loads. Once it has downloaded then you can start it back to the beginning and watch it through.  

I hope you enjoyed the song! How about you-ever call things by a different name?

Tipper