Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for August 02, 2015

Pink Floyd. Jefferson Airplane. Grateful Dead. Yes.

Talkin’ ’bout my generation…

Guess Fritzi is a good influence on the kids :)

Hey, Guy- I’d have thrown in Barry McGuire and Larry Norman for good measure!Cheers,Blune.

Chuck Berry, Bread, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Byrds, Chubby Checker, Credence Clearwater Revival, Cream,Dire Straits, Neal Diamond, Everly Brothers, Dan Fogelberg, The Grass Roots, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Buddy Holly,Herman’s Hermits, Bill Haley & The Comets, The Hollies, The Kinks, Huey Lewis & The News, Loggins & Messina,Jerry Lee Lewis, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Roy Orbison, The Searchers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Three Dog Night, The Turtles, James Taylor, Richie Valens, Frankie Valley & TheFour Seasons, The Young Rascals, Crosby Stills & Nash,Simon & Garfunkle. The New Colony Six.I am a musician & started in 1962, I am now 69 & I knowI am forgetting some. I play guitar but mostly bass & I have a 1965 Hofner bass, but it is right handed.

er.. how old is Sluggo supposed to be?

The Mamas and the Papas, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath.

Thanks for including ELO, Mr. Gilchrist – always one of my favorites.

Hank Williams Sr., Patsy Cline, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson Charlie Pride, Willie Nelson…

And nobody mentioned Elvis Costello yet??? Actually Nancy and Sluggo’s generation is Rudy Valee Ruth Etting and Eddie Cantor

And the 13th Floor Elevators!

None of the bands mentioned are of their generation. In fact, they cover about 3 generations.

The Andrews Sisters. Red Ingle. Lili Marlene……hey, did anybody mention Smokey Robinson?

David Allan Coe, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck……

Don’t forget the Moody Blues and Three Dog Night.

Gimme a break. The great singers of the American popular song. Eddie Fisher, Perry Como, Al Martino, Tony Martin, the Ames Brothers, etc. The actual Nancy and Sluggo knew that.

Joe Cocker.

It’s all good!

Lawrence Welk, Mitch Miller, Buddy Kaye, Hugo Montenegro, Montavani,Percy Faith, Lalo Shefferin, Alexander Courage, Vic Mizzy…..and…..Henry Mancini

What about OL’ Blue Eyes. Those Duets. Tony Bennett. And duet album with Lady Ga Ga. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! How about Johnny Cash, Eddy Arnold. We could go on forever and still not name them all.

KC and the Sunshine Band, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, the Village People, Sister Sledge, and all those other 70s disco groups.

When I remember Fritzi, Phil and Nancy, they were listening to Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Rex Allen, Peter, Paul and Mary, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Marvin Rainwater, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Doris Day, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Goggi Grant, Johnny Cash, Lawrence Welk, Rosemary Clooney, Mitch Miller, Burl Ives, The Ames Brothers, Jimmy Dean, Roger Miller, Les Baxter, Debbie Reynolds, The Kingston Trio, Marty Robbins, Glenn Miller, Mills Brothers, Guy Lombardo, Dinah Shore, Perry Como, The Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald, Andrews Sisters, Les Brown, Johnny Mercer, Les Paul Trio, Vaughn Monroe, Betty Hutton, Frankie Laine, The King Cole Trio, Count Basie, The Harmonicats, Tex Williams, Tex Ritter, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Margaret Whiting, Spike Jones, Evelyn Knight, Julie London, Red Foley, Teresa Brewer, The Weavers, Phil Harris, Patti Page, Mario Lanza, Eddy Arnold, Kay Starr, Percy Faith, Vera Lynn, Jo Stafford, Jimmy Boyd, Kitty Kallen, The Crew Cuts, The Chordettes, The Fontaine Sisters, The McGuire Sisters, Bill Hayes, Perez Prado, The Four Aces, Roger Williams, Tenessee Ernie Ford, Nelson Riddle, The Platters, Guy Mitchell, Buddy Knox, Pat Boone, The Crickets, Paul Anka, Jimmie Rogers, The Everly Brothers, Sam Cooke, Danny and the Juniors, David Seville, Sheb Wooley, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, among others – too numerous to mention.

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In the meantime – here are some pictures of Aunt Fritzi doing the Jitterbug -

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Left out the Monkees, too.