I am really swamped in the studio getting work ready for my upcoming show at the West End Gallery. Too much to d0 so I wasn’t going to write anything today except maybe mention the start this morning of this year’s Tour de France, one of the great spectacles of world sport. This great bicycling event starts at Mont Saint Michel, an old abbey on a tidal island off the of coast Normandy, France. As you can see in the photo above, it’s an amazing sight, one that always stirs some mysterious emotional response within me.
But since I am so busy I just want to share a video I stumbled across. It’s from Moon Mullican, known as the King of the Hillbilly Piano Players in the 1940’s and 50’s and a huge influence on early rockers like Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. This is Grandpa Stole My Baby with a video that features an early film, most likely from the time around the turn of the 20th century, well over a hundred years old. I could not find any attribution for the film but it has two dancers, one a seemingly older gent, who show some pretty nice dance moves that fits well with the song. I couldn’t look away.
Give a listen and take a look for yourself. Have a great day and weekend!
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Love the Tour!!
Me, too. Watching the Tour every morning at breakfast is my ritual for the next three weeks, as it has been for about the last 17 or 18 years. Can’t wait for the Alps and Mont Vendoux.
Thanks for the info on the tour de France. I always found it funny that they used to start in Belgium. The picture of the Mont St. Michel is at high tide (which comes in at the speed of a galloping horse) thus hiding the road to the Mont. Im sure im not telling you anything new but i enjoyed seeing it 🙂
Good luck with your new show. Hope to see you there. Jackie
Yes, I have seen many photos of it at low tide when the causeway is very evident. I just really liked this particular image of it. It seems to capture how it appears to me in my mind. Have a great 4th, Jackie!