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Thanks For Giving A Damn

Episode 49: Delbert McClinton (Part 2)

Thanks For Giving A Damn

Otis Gibbs

Society & Culture, Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Personal Journals

5757 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2013

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Delbert talks about being attacked by teenage girls in England, meeting the Beatles at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, John Lennon taking him to beatnik clubs in London, teaching John Lennon some harmonica licks,  touring in a WW2 British ambulance,… Continue Reading →

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0:00.0

I read a newspaper article a couple weeks ago saying that the Olympic Committee was thinking about getting rid of wrestling and no longer having it as an Olympic event.

0:18.0

I just think that's a terrible idea. Really bummed me out.

0:21.6

And I read another article this morning saying that cooler heads have prevailed, but they

0:26.6

put it to a vote, and wrestling will remain an Olympic event.

0:30.6

And that made me pretty dang happy.

0:32.6

I can't wait for the Olympics to start so that I can see The Undertaker choke slamming Russians.

1:08.7

I'm a Dam.

1:12.6

I'm sitting here in my living room in East Nashville, Tennessee. This is a personal journal. This is a bit of an experiment.

1:15.6

I like to say right up front that I haven't the slightest idea what I'm doing,

1:19.6

but I decided to do it anyway.

1:21.6

And this show was founded with the idea that there are only two people in art that matter.

1:25.6

There's the creative individual and the person experiencing it,

1:29.7

and everything else is an artificial filter.

1:32.3

This is a way for me to share things with you guys without any filters whatsoever.

1:37.6

My guess this week is Delbert McClinton.

1:40.6

Delbert's a singer and a songwriter.

1:42.5

He lives right here in Nashville, Tennessee, and you can find out everything you need to know about Delbert at Delbert's a singer and a songwriter. He lives right here in Nashville, Tennessee.

1:44.7

And you can find out everything you need to know about Delbert at Delbert.com.

1:50.9

We had a huge response last week for part one of the show with Delbert.

1:55.6

So I'm really excited to get to share part two.

1:58.4

I'd like to say again that it was just beautiful to get to sit in Delbert's living room

2:02.9

and get to chat with him and, you know,

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