The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have know a better day.
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Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.Walter Scott
We met each other in junior high back in the '60s. Motown was in its heyday then. So we were no different than most groups in that we wanted to be like the Miracles, the Four Tops and the Temptations. But my brother Scotty and I had grown up listening to groups like the Four Freshmen. Our father was a big jazz enthusiast, too. So what you hear today is an amalgamation of all that.
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O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
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Hail to the chief who in triumph advances.
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And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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