I’m not a musician, but I admire those who are. Some spend many hours perfecting their craft, taking lessons and/or practicing. They learn what it takes to make melodies that please the ear and what it sounds like when the score falls short. People who can detect a specific sound and produce the perfect complement, or harmony; to the original sound are pretty cool in my book.

When I was a child, one of the things we did was pretend to be in a band that we called ourselves The Ding-A-Ling Brothers and Sisters. Of course, I was the lead singer; and I’m not really the best singer. I wrote a lot of songs, at least the words. I had one song put to music and a recording was made of it. The song was “Open Up.” My first musical instrument was the recorder; which recently I bought another recorder to hopefully practice it again, and maybe play it in church some day. I got my first guitar when I was around 12 years old. I even played the harmonica and a little piano, that I learned in junior high music class. During lunch hours at school, I would perform by singing to the fellow students. You could say, I was the class entertainer. One of the song I would sing would be “Joy to the World.”

When it comes to music, I prefer the old time rock and roll; the good old times music, when singers main goal was to entertain us by singing. Now it seems they have gone political as well.

Yet there are some songs out there today that I actually enjoyed. One song in particular is “Take Me to Church” by Hosier. If you watch the video on YouTube, it’s dark. Some so-called Self-Righteous Christian would condemn me for listening to that song because of the context in the video. I don’t look at the context, I looks at how the song moves me and the message it proclaim.

To you, Self-Righteous Christian, yes I do like the song, “The Lord knows I drink,” so don’t judge me!

When Maren Morris came out with her first hit song, “My Church,” I actually enjoyed it very much. I even said that she would goes far. How quickly my tune had changed on her though. She gone off the deep end, gone political nutjob. She became a part of the Black Lives Matter and the Woke. Maren Morris had a feud with Brittany Aldean over parenting style. She called her out for being transphobic. She criticized Jason Aldean’s wife over her controversial message comparing growing out of a “tomboy” phase to gender transitions.

When Jason Aldean did what a good husband should do, and came to his wife defense, the feud heated up between Maren Morris and Jason Aldean. I took the side of Jason Aldean in that matter.

There was a time when the Dixie Chicks was under attack because of the criticism of President George W. Bush; which triggered a backlash. I have to admit, I stood by the Dixie Chicks though.

When Brad Paisley first came out with his first song, “He didn’t have to be,” that song became a favorite of mine because of my relationship with my dad. I predicted that Brad Paisley would go far.

Pink made a statement to the pro-life movement, “Let’s be clear: if you believe the government belongs in a woman’s uterus, a gay persons business or marriage, or that racism is ok, then please in the name of your lord never (expletive) stop listening to my music and going to my concert.” So I was surprised when Pink decided to return to the Fargo Dome this summer, knowing North Dakota’s pro-life stance.

I have some favorite songs that I loved listening to as well. When I don’t come back don’t come a looking, for example. I like the song, ” I will not comply ” by Blind Joe; because it’s an anti-vaxxer’s song, and I’m against the vaccine.

What’s your favorite song? I gave you some of mine.

What was your first concert that you attended?

My very first concert was Sylvia, at the Red River Valley fair.

What was the worse concert you went to?

The worse concert for me was the Statler Brothers. I felt that it was a letdown from stories I heard about their concerts.

What was the best concert you’ve seen?

I have to admit, the best concert for me was seeing Paul McCarthy. When he came to the Fargo Dome, I was working backstage and his stagehands told me just stand out to the side and watch the concert. Even though, we had to stand the whole time, it was just amazing being so close to the stage and even seeing him when he got off the stage and walked by.

One of the good things about working the Fargo Dome, you can see some amazing concerts and some good performance. Some are real nice and some are jerks.

I have nothing against today’s singers standing up for what they believed in. I just wish they put more effort into making good music instead. Rhianna’s performance at this year Super Bowl was just horrible.

What do you think about all this? I would love to hear from you in the comment below. Or even like the blog.

This is only the beginning in the series they don’t make them like they used to. Stay tuned during this month of June.