Nasjah (The Owl), the ten year old Navajo boy selected by the producer became a popular star of the movie ‘The Vanishing Race’. He spoke no English except for a bit of strine, “fair dinkum”. You also knew when Nasjah was peckish. When Nasjah rubbed his stomach hotel staff rushed him directly to the dining-room. He was reportedly a horseman of some repute – an early horse whisperer. The Navajo Indians on the movie’s promotion tour wouldn’t sleep in hotels, so wigwams were placed on the roof of hotels where possible, or if not, in a nearby park. Nasjah was presented with a personally engraved Boomerang Mouth Organ by Albert’s of Sydney.
This is the last snort of this sort. Next year we’ll have a pictorial for the first of each month.
Happy New Month Riffers.
Harmonica Riff Raff 
Really unexpected read Shep. Interesting how many people turned up. The bit that was unusually scary for myself, were the Teepees on top of hotel roofs. I have height phobia when you have no control due to being asleep. Frodo/Sam, those climbers that sleep in hanging tents on steep climbs, etc. Great read these newspaper cuttings. Cheers and hope life is currently good for you.
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Was a bit different Gray. Have a similar problem with heights. Sittin’ on a horse is as high as it gets – though haven’t done that for a few years now. Life ain’t to bad when there’s music in it. Hope you’re kickin’ goals over ya head and on your wrong foot? 🍻
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Heights are a huge problem. Shy away from any visual stuff on the TV even. Butterflies hit the system. Last, and only time, I was on a horse was back in the 1970s. Never again! Couldn’t walk for a week. Life in music? I’m settling into a nice Bass groove. Singing and playing at the same time with little riff runs staying true to how they should be played. And…..Writing songs by playing the bass only. I hear tunes differently with six strings bouncing around their harmonics. Four strings and riff runs have produced two new tunes. ‘Today’ which is quite promising as a song. Also a little running around the frets tune that is one of those sound check lovelies that hit all the bass strings. Not a scale. A tune. Bit Beatles influenced. I’m looking for a stage hat and saw a bowler in a charity shop and thought of your little avatar. But it was selling for £60. So thought ‘Nope!’ Never even put it on my head in case I was tempted. My crown of hair presence has said goodbye more and more over the past five years. It’s freezing and in the minuses here presently and hats are an ever present necessity out of doors. Hope you are keeping well Shep. Christmas around the corner to be enjoyed. And next year will be a motivated music based one. Just bought a beautiful 1970s Shure SM 58 microphone. USA build and same as the one I used way back when. Nice dints in the wire mesh to show it has lived a life. Sounds beautiful with a bit of reverb thrown in on a very small Epiphone combo amp. Standing in The Den acting like I’m actually at a gig. But reining it in, because the fact exists that I’m not a youngster anymore! 😊 Cheers Shep. All the best. Oh! 🎤 and 🥃 are a great singing combination. My voice sounds as if it’s in tune. 😆
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Suspension bridges over a river give me the bejeebies…even walking out on a pier!…Will from Good Will Remedy writes all their tunes and he’s the bass player – must ask him how he writes the toons…never worn one of those hats, it’s either a Hohner cap or a paddy cap..£60 – tell em they’re dreamin!…sounds like jobs on…Seasons Greetings to you and yours S
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I am a member of the Earlybay site for VeeDub bus owners. A guy was telling a story of going over the type of bridge you describe and his pop top shot up due to cross winds. Luckily he had been to a ‘VW meet up weekend’ and his buddies were driving home too. They jumped out and helped him pull it down. Scared? Yup! He told the stained pants story well. It happened to me once, but on a high hillside. Frightening stuff. Blew me slightly off the road. No pants story though. Made of sterner stuff. 😉
Be good to know how Bassman Will writes. Dynamics to tunes are different somehow. Talking of Bass players. Horace from The Specials is playing in the Dirt Road Band with a Dr. Feelgood guitarist and Badfinger drummer at that Coventry Jagfest festival I’m doing next year. My brother, who’s playing live with us on guitar, lent the Feelgood guy a Hayman guitar once at a gig. I know Horace from supporting The Specials on tour in the 1980s. So a nice situation there then. The DRB play some nice rock and roll. Vocalist Lee Brilleaux from Dr. Feelgood, now sadly passed away, played some amazing harmonica on the Feelgood songs. Not sure if the DRB guitarist will try though.
Charity shops here know what they’re selling nowadays. You’re hard pressed to find a decent price for something special. Mind you, did buy a 1950s Bailey’s of Hollywood flat cap the other day. £4 and very nice. Seasons greetings to you and yours too Shep.
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