This punk rock girl has always been a Roger Miller fan (I not-very-secretly also love Tom T. Hall, how could I not, he wrote my theme song, "I Like Beer") ever since I first heard "King of the Road." Now my little boy, in preparation for his school's Christmas Concert (I believe they are calling it that at the school he attends, of course this is the place where an administrator said to me, "At least you'll be on a ship" when it was explained that I was going to Afghanistan) has been singing "Little Toy Trains" nonstop. As far as the school goes, I just wish there was a little more diversity acceptance around here, but that's for another day and perhaps for my other blog Missaukee Madness (where I've also been very negligent, or a very bad girl, perhaps Santa won't notice).
At any rate, Roger Miller is a real American icon. Check out the bio at the fan site by clicking on his name above. In the meantime, have a good listen.
1 comments:
Your son's school sounds a lot like the school my girls attend. Only after me bitching for 3 years about the content of the X-mas program (they finally started calling it a Holiday/Winter program this year too. Coincidence or my threat to contact the ACLU?) including each grade of children singing at least one overtly religious Christian song and no songs about any other holidays, have they finally decided to add in one Hanukkah song and one Kwanza song. I guess it's a start. I'd love to hear your take on this subject. You are always so eloquent in your rants. :)
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