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“The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game.
He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off.
Gosh, I was proud.”
-–Bob Uecker [Read more…]
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“Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I’ll miss you until we meet again.” -–Unknown
Do you remember the first time you heard that one of your best friends had passed away? No doubt it was a sad experience, to say the least.
It’s hard enough losing someone you care about as an adult, but it’s even harder when you’re too young to understand why.
This is the story of my childhood friend, Charles… [Read more…]
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Do you happen to enjoy classic country music?
If so, you’re surely familiar with Jana Jae, the award-winning musician whose superb mastery of the fiddle prompted country music icon Buck Owens to invite her to join his band as the very first female Buckaroo.
Jana performed with Buck and many other top-tier singers and musicians over the years, most notably as a member of the cast of the ultra-popular Country music variety show Hee-Haw.
Never one to sit idle while the world passes her by, Jana is still hard at work playing her iconic blue fiddle in concerts both here in the U.S. and all around the world.
And when time permits she also loves teaching and mentoring aspiring musicians of all ages.
I recently had the opportunity to talk with Jana about her long and successful career and her abounding love of music.
Here are ten questions and answers with Jana Jae…
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As I mentioned here, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were the most popular and most highly paid comedians of their era (the 1940s and early 1950s).
This hilarious due created and performed some of the most famous comedy routines in entertainment history, including a true classic that seems to never get old…
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Most people know Jana Jae as “the girl with the magic blue fiddle” on “Hee Haw”, one of the longest running syndicated programs in television history.
As one of the most popular members of Buck Owens’ iconic band “The Buckaroos”, Jana grew quite a large fan following via her weekly Hee Haw musical performances and comedy skits.
But truth be told, there’s a lot more to the Jana Jae story than just her appearances on Hee Haw. [Read more…]