Fun and low
Now on to the eighty first vid. This was yet another request, and it's called "Afternoons and coffee spoons" originally by "The crash test
dummies". I felt I wanted to do something a little cheeky with the video. You see many people singing behind locked doors, using whatever is available as a mic. Well, I went a bit further than that :)
See what you think of my version of "Afternoons and coffee spoons". There's a role call of objects in the video
description, but I think you'd have to go to Youtube and view it to see that :)
Now for the continuation of some of the events of my father's life.
My Dad. Part 3.
My Dad's mother (Nan) lived a large part of her life in a place called "Cowgate road" in a suburb of London
called Greenford. That place has a few memories for a number of people, as I will explain later. It wasn't long
before my father became involved in criminal activities. He became involved in a west london gang, and became
quite an influential member. Dad couldn't keep his hands off of other people's property. Unfortunately at some
point during his involvement, firearms came into play, though I never heard of an instance of him using any.
I've got a couple of interesting tales to tell about this time. One was a robbery that he took part in. It was an art robbery in Chelsea. He told me that he was running away from the scene with his hands full, across Chelsea
bridge, and had to lighten the load. So one of the artworks was tossed into the river thames. If the authorities ever wondered where one of the missing paintings went to. The answer to that question is "At the bottom of the thames". The rest of the haul was concealed in his mother's attic without her knowledge. So she was a little surprised when the police raided her home and produced a collection of paintings. They eventually captured him and
he paid the price in prison.
One thing that could never be underestimated about him was his smooth tongue. On one occasion he was arrested for a crime,
and conviction and prison were sure to follow, but amazingly he managed to talk his way out of the situation. He engaged one of the officers in conversation about music. There weren't many people that weren't fascinated by music in those times. Anyway, this
policeman revealed to my father that he had an old violin. My father enthusiastically suggested he bring it in
for him to examine. He managed to convince him that he was an expert in old musical instruments (which he
wasn't). Very soon the officer brought the violin into the station and allowed my father to examine it. My father got very excited about it and he convinced the policeman that this violin was rare and worth money, and he offered him a few hundred pounds to purchase it from him. That was a lot of money then. The policeman quickly accepted his offer, and my father sourced the funds through his contacts, and the result was a very satisfied police officer. As far as the crime my father was arrested for, well he didn't get charged. Oh yes. The wonderful violin. It was worth nothing. I'm not sure where my father obtained the money, but one thing is for certain. It wasn't his own money.
To be continued......
Here's an update on my album "Sight Or Sound". I've been playing around with the user interface on CDBaby. It's pretty good, because it
tells me how many people visit my page on a daily basis. Also which companies the album has been sent to for
distribution. There's only one at the moment, and that is "Amazon". However, delivery doesn't mean
it's on sale there yet. That process can take from one week to 3 months. Depending on how quick the company processes it.
You can listen to clips of all the songs on "Sight Or Sound" at:
Here's the Youtube stuff.
Subscriptions to my channel are now up to 920.
Channel viewings are 21,490.
Aggregate video views are 358,999.
My next video will be the last cover version for a little while. It will be "Run" by "Snow patrol".
