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hapyjac2

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All these early attempts at flight sure brings back some great memories, lots of frustration, but fun none the less,

AA5BY

Thanks for posting the pic.... Mike is greatly missed. The hole he left is only assuaged by the enjoyment of his post for many years.

Greybeard1

Jerry Murad, lead, Hohner chromatic, I think custom made, Al Fiori, Hohner 48 chord harmonica, Don Les, bass and diatonic harmonica, Greats, sadly, all three gone. Then there was also Johny Puleo and his group, Jerry Murad got his start with them, playing bass. Spike Jones, search you tube for him, lots of stuff, still funny. Didn't know then, but Spike Jones and his band, according to a bio done on him, also on youtube, they were all lit up like Christmas trees or plastered like a wall when they performed, Couldn't tell it though. Frank Weir, (The Happy Wanderer), and a hundred more bands that were all extremely accomplished. But, now that I've stumbled into him in the last thirty years, Jesse Crawford, theater organ. Just another great.

MY musical inventory.
One bass guitar.
Two violins
one cornet
one trombone
the last Thomas organ built.
nine guitars
twenty eight harmonicas
one accordion
one electronic keyboard.
And my hands don't work for crap anymore.

Rich.

Gray Beard

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Rubber band guns, cork guns, bloop guns {ping Pong Balls} but my dad made me a big rubber band gun and it required cutting an inner tube to make the bands. Bows and arrows were a big thing too, I was lucky, I lived a couple doors down from the Washington State Champ and got private lessons. I even had beaver traps and in the back of the comic books they advertised what they wanted you to skin and tan then send in for some cool stuff. Varmint hunting was a big thing for us and it paid. Neighbors paid me for shooting black birds out of there fruit trees. Learned to drive a car and motorcycle in the field next door when I was 9 or 10. We raced everything we owned, even our Flexible Flyers down the snow sled hill. The hill was just above our CL plane field that we used in the spring.
I got a 50 cent a week allowance and that got me into the movie on Friday night and Matinee on Sat. including a soft drink and box of popcorn for both shows. They were all a double feature with a cartoon between shows. They were old war movies or things like Godzilla.
How about tying your sled on the bumper of a car and getting towed around town by someones dad.
How did we ever survive??

donnyman

I envy you I would love to have such a picture of my youth. Protect it.

donnyman

Wow the Harmonicats I loved the sounds they made, If I am not confused I think they did a song "Peg of my heart, I just loved it haven't heard anything as pretty since.

Spike jones put smiles on a lot of peoples faces he made fun music.

Charlie P.

I don't usually give pluges - but this crowd may appreciate. . . especially those remembering the Harmonicats.

This guy is French - but if American "artists" at the Superbowl would sing our National Anthem like this I'd be a happier American.

Winter Wonderland
http://youtu.be/XV8kleyuo-4


Star Spangled Banner
http://youtu.be/DyCn0_UxwDw

donnyman

Inner tube gun, I remember it well.
my older brother used a broom stick the strip of inner tube nailed to the front, shot ball bearings for miles...(ball bearing factory two blocks from our building) lotta fun until we put a bearing through the neighbors window and broke her dishes. we denied it and no one found any evidence of it.................yeah, we lied!!!

donnyman

bravo!!

JohnBuckner

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Hmmm I remember Spike Jones as 'Spike Jones and the Wackie Wackakeans From his song 'Hawaian Warchant Had that one in my first record collection of 78's..


John

JohnBuckner

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Found it! Be patient for the first 46 seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7sw...layer_embedded


John

Charlie P.

That brings to mind the crystal set (Gilbert?) that I had with the 100 ft wire antenna in the back yard that allowed me to get Dr. DImento from the Chicago station. I remember doing my homework with headphones on listining to "The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnatti" and other greats!

Greybeard1

Spikes band was the City Slickers.
Here's a couple,

Sorry, deleted one, maybe not appreciated by some.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt4b_qwC_Q

Donny, 1948 the Harmonicats made Peg O' my Heart. Got it on CD, you can also find it on you tube. Also Galloping Commedians, and just about anything the Harmonicats did while recording or in appearances. They were the greats.

Rich.

GallopingGhostler

Back around 1967, my father mail ordered me an Olson Electronics pocket crystal AM radio kit. He showed me how to solder, I assembled it, looked like an ivory colored miniature plastic 6 transistor radio case, but the only guts were the antenna coil, 365 mfd tuning capacity, 1N34 Germanium diode, 2,000 Ohm ear bud and about 4 feet of wire with an alligator clip. I connected that lead to a chain link fence and could pick up local stations. They were faint, but I could make them out and listen to them. When my father brought home a long wire antenna kit, I installed it above the roof. That had improved reception. It's amazing how well those non-powered crystal radios worked.

rt3232

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You bet cha and if you did not get cought tie the far end around the highest peg on the power pole don't have a clue why but we then could get fairly good reception my next door buddy and I used the same long wire

Cheers Bob T

donnyman

LOL!!!!

Is it just me or do you find yourself rereading all the stuff on this thread?

I listened to spike jones, the harmonicats, and had one of those crystal radios. My antenna was the steam radiator, I lived on the nineth floor. memories are
G/ghost said it may be the cure for dementia, I think he has something there. my old grey matter is a flurry of thought, good exercise for the brain.

Didn't the Gilbert co. make the erector sets .......one of my favorites.

Now what the heck is this ...."The cockeroach that ate cincinatti" ............Your kidding! .... right

AMA 74894

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OMG.. Spike Jones, the Harmonicats and DOCTOR DEMENTO!!!!! Holy cow those are a couple names I thought I'd forgotten

how about the 'King Biscuit Flower Hour.... '

perhaps I'm not the only one who remembers starting airplanes using one of THESE (not my photo)

donnyman

Your not , I used flashlight batts. also.

Charlie P.

I remember starting my free-flight and control line glow-fuel engines with one of those big 1.5v dry cells.

I had to do some surfing but this is the crystal radio like mine. Remco!

donnyman

Charlie

You had the high dollar version mine was and open box with a exposed crystal you probed with a stylist.



King bisquit flower?.....................What the

FlyerInOKC

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It's not Christmas until I hear the Spike Jones rendition of "All I want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth" and Art Mooney and his Orchestra's version "I ain't Getting Ntttin for Christmas"!

Greybeard1

Christmas! Bah! Humbug!

Rich.

FlyerInOKC

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Well we know who is getting coal and a hickory switch this year!

GallopingGhostler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFY5jBeQvSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWOlTAWfMM