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My thanks to EVERYONE who participated in my latest Battle Of The Bands $ilver Dollar $aloon $ong Challenge which took place HERE.
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After wiping out the competition in four previous rounds of this challenge, Dr. John (song: 'Right Place, Wrong Time') finally lost to a 15-year-old Kid (song: 'Lie To Me'). "Inconceivable!" However, in a way, this seems like kind of a fitting tribute to Stephanie, the former owner of the Silver Dollar Saloon who turned me on to Jonny Lang back in 2019 and unfortunately passed away earlier this year. Maybe this underdog victory was in the stars, or in the cards (i.e., predestined to occur somehow).
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I expected Jonny Lang to do pretty well, but figured Dr. John would be the one moving forward to the final round of the $ilver Dollar $aloon $ong Challenge in November. Reason being is because I, myself, actually like Lang's song [link> 'Rack 'Em Up' better'n I do 'Lie To Me', and 'Rack 'Em Up' lost to Dr. John's song by a fairly large margin back in January.
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My own Battle bote went to 'Right Place, Wrong Time', but the Good Doctor needed a whole lot more help than I could provide him with:
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FINAL TALLY
Jonny Lang = 9 votes
Dr. John = 4 votes
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Oh, well, so the Battle rolls. There was some surprising BOTB "boting" going on in this round, and it has given birth to a new term: The Purple Waylon Effect (thanks, Debbie! 😎)
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The Super Bowl of the $ilver Dollar $aloon $ong Challenge is scheduled to occur on November 1st. Jonny Lang will be the defending champion going up against a song that actually has notable history connected with Lee, Sixgun McItchyfinger and myself. I'm real curious to see how that ultimate Championship Battle is going to turn out!
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Meanwhile, I plan to be back here again for a different sort of Battle on September 1st, and I hope all y'all will return here for that one, also. Until then...
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Bless And Be Blessed!!
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~ Stephen T. ("D-FensDogG") McCarthy
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After wiping out the competition in four previous rounds of this challenge, Dr. John (song: 'Right Place, Wrong Time') finally lost to a 15-year-old Kid (song: 'Lie To Me'). "Inconceivable!" However, in a way, this seems like kind of a fitting tribute to Stephanie, the former owner of the Silver Dollar Saloon who turned me on to Jonny Lang back in 2019 and unfortunately passed away earlier this year. Maybe this underdog victory was in the stars, or in the cards (i.e., predestined to occur somehow).
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I expected Jonny Lang to do pretty well, but figured Dr. John would be the one moving forward to the final round of the $ilver Dollar $aloon $ong Challenge in November. Reason being is because I, myself, actually like Lang's song [link> 'Rack 'Em Up' better'n I do 'Lie To Me', and 'Rack 'Em Up' lost to Dr. John's song by a fairly large margin back in January.
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My own Battle bote went to 'Right Place, Wrong Time', but the Good Doctor needed a whole lot more help than I could provide him with:
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FINAL TALLY
Jonny Lang = 9 votes
Dr. John = 4 votes
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Oh, well, so the Battle rolls. There was some surprising BOTB "boting" going on in this round, and it has given birth to a new term: The Purple Waylon Effect (thanks, Debbie! 😎)
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The Super Bowl of the $ilver Dollar $aloon $ong Challenge is scheduled to occur on November 1st. Jonny Lang will be the defending champion going up against a song that actually has notable history connected with Lee, Sixgun McItchyfinger and myself. I'm real curious to see how that ultimate Championship Battle is going to turn out!
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Meanwhile, I plan to be back here again for a different sort of Battle on September 1st, and I hope all y'all will return here for that one, also. Until then...
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Bless And Be Blessed!!
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~ Stephen T. ("D-FensDogG") McCarthy
Stephen,
ReplyDeleteWhoa, Dr John took a good beating in this round! I ain't gonna lie to you I really like this newcomer. I listened to one of his playlists on YT and will definitely filter through the rest of his library there. Thanks for reporting the outcome, my friend. I'll see you in September if not before. Have a bandtastic week!
CAThy, It's That You!
DeleteYes, Dr. John got beat to the same degree that he was previously beating everyone else. That's called "karma", or "what a man sows, that he will also reap", or "what goes around comes around".
The Doctor was being a bully until *HE* got bullied... by a blonde 15-year-old kid. Oh, well, and thus it goes.
If yer Kid can win one more Battle in November, he will win the entire $ilver Dollar $aloon $ong Challenge. Too bad he will be too young to celebrate the victory with a drink in the saloon. Gotta be 21 to drink at the Silver Dollar. :^D
~ D-FensDogG
I didn't realize Johnny was still so young. I don't think it fully registered. Perhaps, I was thinking the videos were old and that he wasn't such a kid but you when you're in your 60s you think anyone under the age of 30 is a baby. If Johnny wins in the next fight, then he can belly up to the bar for a cold mug of root beer and to make outstanding, request some vanilla ice cream in it. Mmm, I love root beer floats! :)
DeleteHey I'm back! I had to do a little digging on this kid. Turns out he's not a kid anymore. lol He's 41 years old! You probably knew all this already but I just had to share it with ya!
DeleteCAThy ~
DeleteHa! Yeah, Jonny is only a kid in this video. So, Video Jonny can't have a drink at the Silver Dollar Saloon if'n he wins this Challenge. But his Adult alter ego can.
It's a testament to how little I pay attention to contemporary music when one considers that a kid this good at the age of 15, I never even learned about until he was 38. (And if it weren't for visiting saloons, I *still* wouldn't know about him.)
I was pleased to learn that eventually Jonny became a Christian. I know he has written and recorded a couple of songs about his Christian faith, but I have yet to look them up and listen. Gotta do that, though!
Speaking of saloons, today I am planning to make that drive up to Virginia City to check on a gravesite (and make sure it's still there). While in town, I will almost certainly visit the Silver Dollar Saloon and raise a glass to Stephanie, who introduced me to The Kid in 2019.
~ D-FensDogG
Thanks for introducing another new (to me) artist and reporting the results of your battle. I look forward to September ;-)
ReplyDeleteGlad I was able to do so, dEAR dIEDRE!
DeleteI'm not exactly sure yet what my September & October Battles will be, but I have a long list that's full of possibilities and plenty of time to flip a coin... er-- I meant, plenty of time to make a thoughtful decision.
~ D-FensDogG
This is just not right. Voting was rigged! Dr. John should have been unbeatable. Oh well, the kid was good, but the song was no "Right Place Wrong Time"--that one is such a classic.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm really curious about this Nov 1st Battle. What song could it be? I have no idea.
I finally put up my Battle results which had a similar outcome to your own.
Lee
LEE ~
DeleteI was pretty skeptical myself. But I checked the ballots very carefully -- threw away any that seemed to have suspiciously hanging chads -- and I couldn't find even a single ballot from a dead Democrat in Chicago. So I had no choice but to give the win to The Kid.
There's going to be a public protest about this result in Washington D.C. on September 6th, but I don't recommend you attend it. I'm just gonna watch it on TV.
~ D-FensDogG
Hmmm... Is it going to be Jonny vs. Johnny?
ReplyDeleteSixgun
Ha!-Ha!
Delete"C'mon, man!" (to quote the pseudo-prez).
Does "Johnny" seem like the kind of musical artist one might hear $inging at the $ilver Dollar $aloon?
You a shmaht one, ain't ya, punk?!
Yes, suh, it's gonna be J versus J.
Is you ready for that match-up, punk?
I *deliberately* saved JH for last in this series, because I consider his big hit to be the abbalouly greatest bar song in American history. Judge Al & I came to that conclusion one night in Prescott, Airheadzona, in 1993 or very early '94. I strongly s'pect you remember that story, Mr. 6.
To quote that famous old song...
"See you in September."
~ D-FensDogG
POSTSCRIPT:
Delete* er-- I meant... see you in November.
(Wild Turkey 101 mixes up all the months and years... and turns me into a Bacchusturkicanus freak.)
~ D'DogG
Don't spill a little beans!
DeleteI 'spected you to say: "mebee... mebee not! But shut your mouth!" Something along the lines of what my mother told me at Christmas when I would guess every present under the tree by the size and weight. She got so she wouldn't put anything out until I went to sleep Christmas night.
I DO remember your thoughts on a particular bar song, hence my guess. I already know my vote, but I will consider it fairly again in November. But see you in September, as... hey, there's a song about that?
Numero Six
Six McBro ~
DeleteI figured only you and Lee could possibly guess the song in advance, and I was OK with that. Still am.
I could be wrong (it happened once before, on April 23, 1983), but I feel that this is going to be a very good Battle to conclude the $ilver Dollar $aloon $ong Challenge with. I'm really not sure who the favorite and who the underdog is. I guess Las Vegas would make Jonny Lang the favorite to win, since he's currently in first place, but... I dunno.
~ D-FensDogG
Cool! And, you're welcome! ☺ Looking forward to the November battle. P.S. Finally got my results post up, after a technical glitch.
ReplyDeleteYip, I done been there.
DeleteThat was such a cool Battle that I'm feeling pert-dern certain I'm gonna do a Flamenco thing in either September or October. (Guess I'm gonna need a bigger wine bottle. ;^) )
~ D-FensDogG