I live in Nashville TN...
There are so many people in the music business here it's unbelievable.
Then because of the cutting edge video processing we have tons of that here too.
On top of this...
Between the Abingdon Press, Thomas Nelson and SBC Publishing board AKA Lifeway we got the COC and SDA publishing and I'm drawing a blank on the Bible Printers name...
Lots and lots of music and religious people here in this city.
Guitar Town...known around the world as the home of country music.
I grew up in Clarkson, Ontario.
My Uncle Reg and Aunt Spud (Muriel was her given name) lived in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke.
My father and my mother's sister's husband left rural New Brunswick in the early 50s for Toronto, hoping to find a better life for their 2 families.
They both ended up finding careers at Continental Can of Canada, an American-owned company.
You could say I was raised on American money.
Our two families would visit often, taking turns from house to house.
During one visit to Etobicoke, I was informed that I could no longer play in the rec-room as it now served as the residence for a border.
His name was Tom Connors.
He quickly became part of the family.
We became friends.
He got a gig playing at a local bar called, "The Horseshoe Tavern."
He didn't seem to have much of a life at the time so he was present at most family get-togethers.
Whenever I asked, he always played my favorite song of his, "Goodbye Rubber Head."
I know he wasn't very fond of Nashville, though I lost touch with him in my teenage years.
I hope things were sorted out.
