"If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or a song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
THE RANGER REPORT JUNE 8, 2020- The Official Newsletter Of The Mighty Manatees Medicine Show "Celebrating 34 Years of Everyday Music for Everyday People"
Greetings. I hope you are all doing well and staying safe during this Covid-19 pandemic that is currently infecting 20,000 Americans a day. Please be smart. We have many fans but none to spare.
A derecho storm tore through our area last Wednesday and we were without power for a few days. That is the reason we're sending out this Ranger Report a little later this month.
WYATT & MEENAL GET MARRIED! - We are delighted to announce the recent marriage of my son Wyatt and his fiance Meenal! We wish them a long life of love and we'll all celebrate together when things get safer. (They live in Brooklyn!)
LIVE! ON THE LANE (EPISODE THREE) - Thanks to everyone who watched our live stream show last month. It continues to be a learning experience (!) We will be airing our next fun-filled episode on SATURDAY, JUNE 27, @ 8:00 PM EST. w/ Special musical guests, cartoons, accordions, and more! This is a free, all ages, event. Just go to The Mighty Manatees Band page on Facebook, or Instagram@themightymanatees. "Turn off your mind, relax, and watch live stream..."
CHARLIE PHILLIPS IS MOVING! - We wish it wasn't true! Charlie and his family are pulling up stakes and moving west to sunny southern California. Charlie's sunny disposition and musicianship will be sorely missed by our Mighty Manatees family. But before he goes, Charlie will be doing a live stream show this Tuesday night, June 9, at 7:30 PM EST, on his Charlie Phillips Facebook page. Let's all bid him a fond adieu.
MANATEES FUN FACT - Did you know that Charlie Phillips recorded at Karl "K-Jo" Frick's Lakestone Studio earlier this year? It's true! He played sitar and electric tamboura on a song of mine.
VIDEO CLIP OF THE MONTH - This month's clip is called "A Portrait Of Neal Cassady In Words & Music" featuring longtime Mighty Manatees friend and collaborator Brian Hassett reading the recollections of 25 people who knew the transcendent Neal Cassady. Brian will be accompanied by legendary musician and sometime-Manatees stagemate David Amram. Brian and David are joined by Merry Prankster George Walker, Hog Farmer Wavy Gravy, and Mary Microgram! https://youtu.be/CNHWb3wy0qQ
MORE QUOTES -
"More music, less crime." - Mutaburuka
"Music is healing. Music holds things together." - Prince
"I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"While no one condones looting, on the other hand, one can understand the pent-up feelings that may result from decades of repression and people who have had members of their family killed..."- Donald Rumsfeld (2003)
"We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"I've got my own world to look through, and I ain't gonna copy you." - Jimi Hendrix
"I have always believed that one's very first job in government should not be president." - Condoleezza Rice
"Conflict reveals character." - Old adage
"The thing that makes me happy is that I can hear a voice crying through the vista of time, saying: "It may not come today or it may not come tomorrow, bit it is well that it is within thine heart. It's well that you are trying."- Martin Luther King Jr.
That's all for now.
See you in cyberspace,
Ranger Will
Natural Lefty
IN PASSING -
George Floyd
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman
Larry Kramer
Christo
All victims of Covid-19
JUNE - 2020
9 - Tues - CHARLIE PHILLIPS LIVE STREAM SHOW - 7:30 PM EST on Charlie Phillips Facebook page
20 - Sat - FIRST DAY OF SUMMER
21 - Sunday - FATHER'S DAY
27 - Sat - RANGER WILL LIVE STREAM SHOW: LIVE! ON THE LANE - 8:00 PM EST on The Mighty Manatees Band Facebook page and on Instagram @themightymanatees
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