[78-L] Help NPR pick 50 TOP Voices

[Taylor Bowie]

Ev Dirksen was the GOP minority leader in the Senate who helped pass LBJ's 
civil rights bill in 1964.  A great old-style orator,  an oversized 
personality,  and a real statesman.

Taylor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken "Silver Showcase"" <kenreg at tds.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Help NPR pick 50 TOP Voices


> Michael Biel wrote:
>> What are you guys bitching about?  Leonard Cohen is on the list and
>> Everett McKinley Dirksen is not.
>>
>
> I've got the Everett Dirksen Christmas album.  Really.  (Sorry, its an
> LP and not a 78.)  Just the thought of such a think is frightening.  I
> grabbed it for free from the radio station I used to work at when they
> dumped their albums.  Fortunately he recites the lyrics over a musical
> bed.  If he had actually tried to sing, well, words can't express the
> horror.
>
> A pot of marigolds to anyone who remembers who Dirksen was.  (And 2 pots
> to anyone who gets the marigold connection.)
>
> -- Ken R.
>
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