Hey yall… hope life’s treating ya good. The weekend is upon us and I’m so ready.
As I’m putting this Hank post together, I’m listening to my Lorde and Adele playlist on Amazon Music… and it just occurred to me how crazy that is. drastic difference. 😂 I’m a huge fan of both ladies. Especially Lorde. In fact, I’m planning on covering a few of their songs soon from the Bathroom Studio. 😎
But I don’t wanna get off track here…
Let’s get back to Bocephus.
Here’s two great ones you may not have heard before.
🎶 I Just Ain’t Been Able — from Family Tradition 1979
🎶 Woman on the Run — from Man of Steel 1983
I also added a really cool video of Hank on Letterman from the early ’80s… check it out.
If you had an unlimited budget for 24 hours, what would you do?
This prompt reminded me of a story that happened to me years ago…
I was probably 19 or 20 years old. Early ’90s.
My uncle owned a tree cutting and removal company, and every now and then he’d call me if he needed an extra hand. One spring, Atlanta got hit with some nasty weather. High winds came through and left trees down all over the place.
We spent the day working in some of the high-end neighborhoods around Buckhead. On one particular street, there were trees down everywhere. My uncle and I split up and started knocking on doors to see if anyone needed our services.
One property caught my attention.
A massive oak tree had fallen across the front yard. The place was beautiful. A long winding driveway climbed a hill to a huge old house that looked like something out of a movie.
So I made the walk up.
It seemed to take forever.
When I finally got to the front door, I noticed it was open. I stopped for a second and called out.
“Hello? Anybody home?”
Nothing.
I knocked a few times.
Still nothing.
I called out again.
Nothing.
So I leaned my head just inside the doorway.
All the lights were on.
And sitting in the middle of the room was a large table.
Now that was strange enough.
But what was on the table was stranger.
The entire thing was covered in stacks of cash.
Not a few piles.
Stacks and stacks of money.
The table was loaded with it.
To this day I have no idea how much was sitting there, but it was more money than I’d ever seen in one place in my life.
Naturally, all kinds of thoughts started running through my head.
This just isn’t a situation a person finds themselves in very often.
But along with the surprise came a strange feeling that I shouldn’t be there.
Something told me it was time to leave.
So I left.
End of story.
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As for the prompt itself…
I’d use it to help people who actually need it.
The funny thing is, I can still do this without an unlimited budget.
So two great songs for yall today… one of them… you’ve probably been wondering when I was going to bring it… consider it brought…
One is a deep cut… the other one most everyone knows lol…
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🎶 Weatherman — The Pressure Is On (1981)
🎶 A Country Boy Can Survive — The Pressure Is On (1981)
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I love to go deep… while I like songs like… A Country Boy Can Survive… I’m more of a Weatherman… maybe because I’ve had too many storms and tornadoes… but I’m thankful for storms… that’s how you get a strong back and legs… from standing through them.
Thank you for listening… hope your weekend forecast is bright.
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I also added a short video of Hank talking about his love for hunting… fishing… and the outdoors… it’s pretty cool… check it out.
Gonna Go Huntin’ Tonight 🎶 Here I Am Fallin’ Again
Hey yall… got two more good ones for you… The first one’s fast… the second one slow…
As I was selecting the songs for this one… I was reminded of my first Hank concert… I think I was 14… it was me… my best friend Joey… my good buddy Chris… and two neighbor girls… April and Ashley…
Ashley’s mother was a police officer… and she and the chief of police for our town took us all to the concert that night…
It was a crazy and fun night… I won’t go into details… other than just to say… everyone had a lil too much to drink… including Hank…
And I ended up spending the night at Ashley’s house… Got the T-shirt!
My mother was not happy the next day… cuz she was worried about me… …but you know how us Gen X kids used to roll 😎…
So let’s get to the music…
🎵 Gonna Go Huntin’ Tonight — Strong Stuff — 1983
🎵 Here I Am Fallin’ Again — Habits Old and New — 1980
Oh! I also included a pic of the mountain Hank fell off… with a lil diagram… showing the path of his fall… just a miracle that he survived (it was 1975… Ajax Mountain near Wisdom, Montana)
Last night.. I dreamed I stood alone in a wild, untamed land — a place so alive it felt almost unreal. The trees burned with impossible colors, and the sunlight shot through everything in thick, glowing rays, like you could reach out and grab the light itself.
As I turned in slow circles, trying to drink it all in, a voice from nowhere said,
“Look! Here they come.”
And then I saw them.
They were ghosts — unmistakably ghosts — the spirits of Native American people, sliding out from the deep woods and rising up from the ground itself. Semi-transparent, otherworldly, they moved in long, silent lines, hundreds of them drifting past… some straight through me…
They didn’t look at me… didn’t react…
they just kept moving… wrapped in a silence I didn’t dare disturb.
It felt exactly like if you were sitting alone on your couch and suddenly the walls opened and your whole house filled with transparent figures.
When the last one passed through… the voice spoke again
“Now go, and paint what you saw.”
And I woke up — shaken and moved — knowing those words weren’t going to leave me alone.
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I’m a dreamer… all my life…
many powerful ones…
but this one hits different…
This 👆 is a super cool video.. just found it
Me
Also.. I don’t paint or draw
when it comes to my dreams.. I have discernment.. I know when they are from above.. I know when they are bad.. I’m also able to tell when they are just my mind.. or meaningless random stuff.. and also over time I usually get the interpretation for many of them.. that comes from above as well…
Psalm 16:7 (KJV)
“I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel… my reins also instruct me in the night seasons…”
