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20/01/2024 12:49 pm
I love how you captured the desolation and dereliction aspect JayBee.
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20/01/2024 1:02 pm
@jack-dodds .............thank you Jack....that sorta thing feeds my soul 
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20/01/2024 1:32 pm
I absolutely LOVE this photo!!!! An unused and derelict diesel loco is sadder than unheard W.C. Handy music.
As much as I enjoy Cher's version, I always turn to Cohn and Lonestar.
Marc Cohn's version, of course, is quintessential since it is his autobiographical composition. It actually captures the flavor and feeling that is that part of Memphis - Beale Street, Union Avenue, the Hollywood Cafe.
Lonestar gave a brilliant impromptu performance of the song live in a N.C. radio station:
Marc Cohn's original:
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20/01/2024 1:57 pm
@perrone1 thank you Tony.......I have replaced my link to Cher`s very well performed version with one to the incomparable Cohn performance.......and,tho I`m repeating myself, you and Shirl would probably enjoy this offbeat Indy film....all about an arrival in Memphis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Train_(film)
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20/01/2024 2:03 pm
COOL! I'll get it. 
Steve Buscemi is Shirl's favorite!
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20/01/2024 2:07 pm
@perrone1 you`re a good man Tony P 😯
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