Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for March 21, 2025

The band manager’s an officer and he prefers a major key.

One, two, three, four

♪ Working in a coal mine, going down down ♪

He sussed that..

Sure, I can dig it.

Anthracite Rock!

They’ll do anything for Cole.

A minor ?

The Springhill mine disaster, 1958. Sorry, not funny.

“By the way, my daughter, Loretta, wants to join the band. She’s a good singer, really!”

Is a miner key down low?

A sharp idea but the punchline fell flat.

Maybe you could play the theme to SHAFT

Sixteen tons, whadda ya get?

Won’t it sound kind of dark?

Missouri S&T. Go Miners!

Does he know anything from Cole Porter?

That key is way down deep.

Time to get down and dirty?

They need a soprano to sing the oreia.

Or are they doing heavy metal?

Well, if you insist.

Peter, Paul and Slurry.

Ain’t nobody that can sing like me, way down yonder in a minor key…

Man, he can do something swinging with that ax.

You can, but you’ll just make the song sad

Spelunk, spelunk, splunk

Play Fleetwood Mac’s “ Coal Dust Woman.”

“Miners, not minors!”.

Are we singing harmonies or in union?

The group the Canaries refuse to open for them.

How low can he go?