Reality Check by Dave Whamond for May 31, 2020

I"m glad somebody wrote it good song.

That’s a nice homage. Otis Redding’s birthday?

I had the some problem as I was standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by.

Didn’t this song become a hit after he died?

Poor Otis dead and gone.

I like that song!

Well, inspiration is on the way, because that’s the Edmund Fitzgerald over on the horizon.

His greatest song, a posthumous hit for Otis, tragically killed in a plane crash.

“And if the wind is right you can sail away.. and find tranquility.”

Excellent song indeed! https://youtu.be/3iwL8dKl2MU

One of the best.

Love the pained look on the seagull’s face!

By Otis, I think you’ve got it.

I’m given to understand there was another verse to the song, but he forgot the words while recording and started whistling instead. The rest is history (or legend perhaps)

If that is going to cause an earworm – that’s a good one to have.

Whamond is into recycling.

https://www.gocomics.com/realitycheck/2013/04/06

Rubin did it too.

https://www.gocomics.com/rubes/2015/12/29

fwiw, I wrote a poem that started out about like this. Wrote it before I had head about this song. In the unlikely event that you’re curious, here’s a link; https://allpoetry.com/poem/12439053-Fish-in-the-Chesapeake-by-hairface