{"id":4703,"date":"2018-03-10T19:09:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T19:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/03\/10\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-bob-luman\/"},"modified":"2018-03-10T19:09:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T19:09:21","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-bob-luman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/03\/10\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-bob-luman\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Bob Luman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Luman\"<\/a>Robert Glynn Luman<\/span><\/strong> (15 April 1937 \u2013 27 December 1978) was an American<\/a> country<\/a> and rockabilly<\/a> singer<\/a>–songwriter<\/a>. (Wikipedia)<\/span><\/p>\n

He is best known for his 1960 crossover hit that made it to the #7 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, Let's Think About Living<\/a>.  How quaint the reference to the fellow with the switchblade knife. It was a tamer time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Bard's version<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Five Miles From Home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Gun<\/a>. Great period photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lonesome Fugitive<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Gene Vincent's version<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And of course Merle Haggard<\/a>'s. "He who travels fastest goes alone."<\/span><\/p>\n

Satisfied Mind<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

More satisfying to my mind and ear is Jean Shepard's version<\/a>.  I first heard it in 1965 in Joan Baez's rendition<\/a> on her Farewell Angelina<\/em> album.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Glynn Luman (15 April 1937 \u2013 27 December 1978) was an American country and rockabilly singer–songwriter. (Wikipedia) He is best known for his 1960 crossover hit that made it to the #7 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, Let's Think About Living.  How quaint the reference to the fellow with the switchblade knife. It was a tamer time. Red Cadillac … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Bob Luman”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}