Jim R

Joe Theisman Patrick McNee Diana Rigg

John Lennon Jack Lemmon Meadowlark Lemon

Peter Tork Tommy Turk Jerry Tarkanian

Ron Springs Pogo Gordon Jump

Everett Harp George "Harmonica" Smith Johnny "Guitar" Watson

T. Texas Tyler Louisiana Red Tennessee Tuxedo

HZ, for purposes of continuity, you should only respond to the final name in the latest post (Connie Francis)...

Balboa Magellan Ludwig Von Drake (cartoon characters are ok too, btw)

I wasn't getting enough. Maybe I'll start it at AAJ too.

Weeb Eubank Eddie Money Johnny Cash

There was always a lot of music at our house, particularly my mom playing the piano (all the standards from the 30's, 40's, etc, as well as classical pieces). We had some kids records (Little Toot, Rusty in orchestraville), classical LP's, Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops, Rodgers & Hammerstein soundtracks, but they didn't get played very often. My dad had a 45 (red vinyl) of Brother Bones doing Sweet Georgia Brown (the classic Harlem Globetrotters theme), but as far as black music, there wasn't much around until I and my brothers got older and started buying our own records. One of the earliest memories I can muster up was hearing "Way down upon the Swanee River..." on a tv show (I'm pretty sure it was a kids variety show hosted by Andy Devine). Oh... and we also had music when we went on vacation... my mom would pull out her uke and we'd sing around the campfire. Things like "Ragtime Cowboy Joe", "My Grandfather's Clock", "Shine On Harvest Moon"... This reminds me- my grandfather in Tacoma had a player piano, and I remember hearing "(I got a gal in) Kalamazoo", "Anchors Aweigh", "Sioux City Sue"... wish I could remember more.

As well you should be. ... just don't outdo me (that's the other rule I forgot to mention).

I couldn't care less. Have fun, that's the only rule here.

Dexter Gordon John Coltrane Johnny Griffin & Eddie Davis (I'm cheating, but I do love to listen to their joint recordings) Benny Golson Hank Mobley Sonny Rollins, James Moody, Stanley Turrentine, Clifford Jordan and Oliver Nelson are so close behind... I had to list them anyway (I always cheat on these things).

OOPS. This is one of the hazards of this game. My goof. Please don't take it personally (I know how it feels to be "dead-ended", BTW). B-) BTW, that's twice that you and I have posted nearly simultaneously here (with you coming in ahead of me both times). KNOCK IT OFF, will ya?

Max Kaminsky Med Flory Min (God of fertility)

Elis Regina Ellis Marsalis Wynton... KELLY ( )

Joe E. Brown Joe B. Hall Tom T. Hall

The way the quote function works here, it's probably better if we delete everything except for the three names we're responding to. Sander Vanocur Evander Holyfield Sally Field

Bilbo Baggins Jeff Bagwell Duke of Wellington Patty Duke John Astin Morticia Addams (JK, just follow along for awhile... you'll catch on )

... who follow from the previous three. This is a game I've enjoyed over at Jazz Corner (originally posted there by the one and only steve(thelil), and I figured it might be fun to start it up here. Basically, you just take the last of the three names posted, and post a related (see below) name, followed by two more. Just quote the last person's post, and post your three names in response. There are various ways to transition from one name to the next. You can outright copy one of the names (first or last) and add a different (first or last) name to it, such as going from "Jim Alfredson" to "Jim Sangrey". You could even follow that with "Jim Dye" and/or "Jim R". Too much copying is boring, however, and too easy. It's far more interesting and fun to use your imagination. So, instead of going from "Jim Alfredson" to "Jim Sangrey", you might go to "Alfred E. Newman" instead (or just "Alfred", followed by "Batman", or "Adam West", or whatever). Or, take off from "son" instead of "Alfred" (Son Seals, for example). You can also select something that rhymes (Tim, Slim, etc etc). Another thing you can do is to jump to a different name based on a topic or idea. I recently did this a few times on the Jazz Corner thread, going from "Sandy Duncan" directly to "Yo Yo Ma", or from "Patsy Cline" to "Crazy Otto". As long as the connection isn't too obscure, this is a fun way to go. You can also stay with a "theme" for all three of your names, as in "Sonny Red", "Jesse White", "Vida Blue"; or "Oliver Stone", "Chris Rock", "Pebbles Flintstone". Any combination of the above approaches is also fair game. I'm probably forgetting some other approaches, but use your imagination. Lemme see if I can get this off the ground... ================================== Jim R J.R. Ewing J.R.R. Tolkien

She was an actress and model... not upper echelon in terms of fame, but I'm pretty sure I would recognize her name if somebody posted it. I'm thinking she made appearances on a number of tv shows in the late 50's (Perry Mason, Dragnet, and such), but I can't seem to locate any info online. Anybody know any sites that might have info on this type of thing?

It's a young Shari Lewis (sans Lambchop), before the curly hair and the facelift. Okay, I'm going to ask one, and unfortunately I don't know the answer. Maybe some of the moldier figs around here can help identify this actress (I love this cover)

Shari Lewis?

I've always been kind of lukewarm regarding Hamilton, but I thought it worth mentioning that he's recorded a few times in recent years (on Venus) with another great pianist, Eddie Higgins.