Devil in the Bottle?

 

Hi friends,

 

 For all my dear friends, I wish you a shanna tova u'metoka..   a good sweet new year and all the blessings you can possibly hold.

 

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions!

Saturday 9: Devil in the Bottle (1974)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune?     Hear it here.

1) This song begins with T. G. Sheppard taking off his shoes to slip into the house with disturbing his sleeping wife.     Are you wearing shoes as you answer these questions? 

I have one slipper on and one off.

2) His wife hears him anyway.    Are you a light sleeper?

Sometimes. Sometimes I can sleep through anything and it depends on who is in the house really.

 

3) This is the first of 22 consecutive #1 hits for T. G. Sheppard. Not bad for a high school dropout. What's the last year of education that you completed?

I have 17years of education. Past high school I had 1 year at Ohio U, 3 at Rutgers and one year of technical education beyond that.   I am currently taking more courses as well.    You can never have too much education.

 

4) He was born William Browder and chose the stage name T. G. Sheppard just because he liked the sound of it. He says "T. G." doesn't stand for anything, and he gets a kick out of fans who insist there's some secret meaning behind the initials. Since most of us didn't choose our names: Is there a story behind your name? Did your parents tell you why they chose it? (If you did choose your name, share what influenced your decision.)

My mother wanted to name me Avigail.  My father didn't like it so he filled out the papers before my mother could get near them. 

 

5) It was after hours at a Memphis roller rink when he first met Elvis and his entourage. As T. G. was leaving, Elvis was entering and asked if he wanted to stay and skate longer. T. G. was confused because he knew the place was closing for the night. "Not for me," Elvis replied and T. G. skated with Elvis and his buddies until dawn. Are you good on roller skates?

No. I can't roller skate much at all but I am very good on ice skates.

6) T. G. loves NASCAR and was an associate sponsor of the Folgers Chevrolet. He enjoyed the collaboration with the coffee company and has performed the familiar jingle – "the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup" – in concert. Are you loyal to a particular coffee brand?

Lately yes.  I am drinking Stumptown's Holler Mountain since it has no mold or additives.  It is non acidy and simply healthier than so many of the brands out there that contrain mold, micotoxins and carcinogens.

 

7) T. G. understands the lifestyle of his fans. That's why he named his live country music venue Guitars and Cadillacs. If you were going to name a business after two of your favorite things, what would you call it?

 Maybe an air spray named Salt Air and Cedar.

8) In 1974, when this week's song was on the country charts, Linda Ronstadt was getting a lot of radio airplay with "You're No Good." That song is about a real cad. Let's turn that around: Who is the nicest person you know?

 My friend Katy is no slouch in that department. I have to also include the Little and the Famous as they are so very kind.

9) Random question: Have you ever had your palm read?

 No and likely never will as it goes against my beliefs.