Usually, you put your golf bag behind your seat on the cart. Half way through one round I switched seats with my partner but did not switch the position of the golf bag.
It wasn't long before I put my driver in the wrong bag.
As I searched for it I thought of lost loves and then I started laughing quietly to myself. (Those of you who know me know this can be challenging. My laugh is pretty robust.)
I wrote the song in the car on the way home.
Like Rocky and Bullwinkle, all of my songs are filled with innuendo. This was really just inspired by a golf club. Wait till you hear the one about cookies...
To hear the Cobra Blues click here
Cobra Blues Lyrics
Oooh I just saw my old blue
Cobra
In a new bag
The other day
I just saw my old blue cobra
In a new bag the other day
He was hangin round
With Big Bertha
Guess I’ll get in my cart
And ride away
Oh I tried picking up a 5
And swinging that old 6
Even grabbed my favorite rescue wood
But he had too many nicks
Oh
I just saw my cobra
In a new bag
The other day
I just saw my cobra
In a new bag the other day
He was hangin round
With big Bertha
Guess I’ll
Get my cart and ride away
Oh I just saw my old blue cobraLabels: Blues Music, Cobra, Golf, Shannon Grissom
"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it." ~ Confucious
Writing music and then performing it is such a wonderful process and release. I truly enjoy the journey as much as the destination. That's so important for me as I'm so results oriented.
The first song I wrote, "I Was Made to Cover You", was written about my Monkey Made of Sockies golf club headcover. I was going to license another artist's music for my music video and found I didn't have time to secure the necessary permissions. So I wrote my own music along with Teresa Widdowson who wrote the wonderful base line. I was ready to hand it over to my cousin's band for arrangement and performance. However, the lead singer got laryngitis on the day of the taping. I was on a tight deadline so I decided to sing it myself.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e1ldDKOa8Vc
I'm so glad things worked out that way. Now I'm hooked. I'm half way through my second song and a third is lurking.
This second song was written in response to some false accusations that I overheard about myself. I've got the melody fleshed out and now I'm writing the other tracks.
I'm hoping to have the song done by the next blog. Until then, here's sneak preview of the lyrics:
People Gonna Think What They Think
Did you see that?
She’s over there
Talking to that man
Did you see that?
She got no business
Singing in that band
Did you see that?
There she goes
Golfing with that monkey
People gonna think what they think
Ummmm
People gonna think what they think
So I’ll keep wearing red
And live out loud instead
Cause people gonna think what they think
Did you hear that?
I heard she painted
A nude scene
Did you hear that?
She’s laughing loud
Must be about me
Did you hear that?
There she goes
She’s way too much for me
People gonna think what they think
People gonna think what they think
So I’ll keep wearing red
And live my life instead
Cause people gonna think what they think
Did you see that?
I heard she’s making
Some kind of movie
Did you see that?
Look at her dress
Honestly
Did you hear that?
She played kazoo
Right in front of me
People Gonna think what they think
Yeaaaaaah People gonna think what they think
So I’ll keep wearing red
And live my life instead
Cause people
gonna think
what they
think
Umm Ummmmmm
People
Gonna think
What they
Think
Wooooooooo
Labels: Golf, music, Sock Monkey Shannon Grissom
Sometimes, life comes at you sideways. Not forward, not backward but sideways. I spent a couple of days trying to turn things around. This morning, I realized that I lacked the ability to make certain changes, help was unavailable, so I just had to accept them as they were. I'm just grateful I let it go relatively soon. Progress, not perfection...
Mirroring my life at present are the images I attempted to upload in this blog. When I open my files, they are right side up. However, when I import them in the blog, they turn sideways. I have decided to just let them be what they are. Here's trick I learned from my friend Theresa Martin; If the computer is not cooperating by rotating the images, rotate your computer. Hey just pick up your lap top or monitor and turn that puppy sideways! This girl doesn't just think outside the box, she has no box!
So what follows is the month in pictures. Because right now, I'm having trouble with the words. And though the pictures may be sideways, they are at least here!
Just a couple of the pieces I did for The Inn at Tres Pinos. I'll save the rest for when I finish the project. It's worth a blog or two on it's own. Camera shy: Mike Howard...
Theresa Martin.
Dwight, Bob and Me at San Juan Oaks Golf Club. Bob's been patiently working with me and Dwight. Thanks Bob for being a great and kind teacher! I'll admit I'm addicted to golf. You know golf's taking over when you find tees in every room of the house and the only TV I watch is related to golf. I spend the equivalent of my lunch hour hitting balls. Lately, golf shows have trumped the decorating shows. (Ask Dwight, that's huge!) Golf's gonna have to be a future blog.
A scene from Theresa Martin's Harvest Party. Here's Alex Kiner and me making carpaccio from buffalo. Alex is amazing! He went out to Theresa garden, picked all the fresh ingredients and put together a fabulous dish. I had fun helping him make it look pretty.
This is the chair decorated for the Hollister Downtown Association 20th Anniversary Party. The chair was auctioned off and the proceeds were split between the HDA and the Culinary and Hospitality Foundation of San Benito County. Thanks to Sheila Stevens of She's for her generous contribution to both groups. Sheila you rock!
Well I ran out of time. I'll see you next time!Labels: Culinary, Foundation, Golf, Hollister Downtown Association, Hopsitality, Shannon Grissom
