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AZroute74 · 02-05-2004, 12:59 AM

Previously posted by AZroute74:

"My daughters (18 & 20) probably don't know[who GL is]--which is a serious parenting oversight on my part."

And which I have now remedied. I talked to both daughters tonight by long distance telephone. (They are roommates and work a home day care business together). Told them the story of "Carefree Highway" and its cosmic connection with me. (By the way they know who the "Ann" is in my life. They hate her. And they both knew how sick I'd been.)

Played them a little snippet of "Carefree Highway" through the phone. I don't know if it's funny or sad that my 18-year-old's first comment was, "That would sell."

Darn right it would "sell!" That's when I explained exactly who GL is; gave them a brief bio, told how his career has spanned five decades, and complained about how under-sold he is in this country. My 20-year-old summed it up: "So in this country you have to be middle-aged to know who he is, but in Canada they think he's God?"

Eeeh--more or less.

They like his voice, but they want to know if "the old man can rock." So, even though "Canary Yellow Canoe" is not especially popular with fans of our generation, I think my girls will like it. I'll play that one for them next. On "Canary" and "Restless" and "Baby Step Back" and others that are not as well received among us old farts, it may be that the very purpose behind them is to reach the next generation--which GL seems to have done, if my girls are any indication.

02-05-2004, 12:59 AM	#1
AZroute74 Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 80	Previously posted by AZroute74: "My daughters (18 & 20) probably don't know[who GL is]--which is a serious parenting oversight on my part." And which I have now remedied. I talked to both daughters tonight by long distance telephone. (They are roommates and work a home day care business together). Told them the story of "Carefree Highway" and its cosmic connection with me. (By the way they know who the "Ann" is in my life. They hate her. And they both knew how sick I'd been.) Played them a little snippet of "Carefree Highway" through the phone. I don't know if it's funny or sad that my 18-year-old's first comment was, "That would sell." Darn right it would "sell!" That's when I explained exactly who GL is; gave them a brief bio, told how his career has spanned five decades, and complained about how under-sold he is in this country. My 20-year-old summed it up: "So in this country you have to be middle-aged to know who he is, but in Canada they think he's God?" Eeeh--more or less. They like his voice, but they want to know if "the old man can rock." So, even though "Canary Yellow Canoe" is not especially popular with fans of our generation, I think my girls will like it. I'll play that one for them next. On "Canary" and "Restless" and "Baby Step Back" and others that are not as well received among us old farts, it may be that the very purpose behind them is to reach the next generation--which GL seems to have done, if my girls are any indication.