More Memories

Tommy Towery

LHS '64

To view the video above follow these steps. Click on these areas on the video above, not on the sample below.

In Last week's story by Terry Preston, he wrote, "Reality is probably more like Barbara Streisand sang years later: 

Can it be that things were so different then, 

Or has time rewritten every line?

Memories may be beautiful and yet, 

What’s too painful to remember we simply choose to forget!  

So it’s the laughter we will remember, 

Whenever we remember the way we were!”

His statement kind of inspired me to go back and look at some of those memories, by pulling the photos out of the only Lee High School yearbook he had, the 1964 Silver Sabre. I left out all the individual photos and instead only included the ones for the activities that year. The link below will also get you to the video above.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kk356setr5rbxwh/7-7-23%201964%20So%3Bver%20Sabre.mp4?dl=0

If you are wondering about who is in the photos, many years ago I put a digital copy of my yearbook on the Archive.org site. You can get to it using the link below.

https://archive.org/details/LeeHighSchoolHuntsvilleAlabama1964SilverSabreYearbook/page/n9/mode/2up

The Wayback Machine

Tommy Towery

LHS '64

I asked The Wayback Machine to play a song that is a little newer than the ones heard in our high school days, but it seemed to fit perfectly with this week's topic, so I don't think you will mind.

"Kodachrome" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the lead single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records. The song is named after Kodak's now-discontinued reversal film brand Kodachrome.

The song debuted at No. 82 in the Hot 100 on the week ending May 19, 1973. In an interview conducted in November 2008, Simon said that what he had in mind when writing the song was to call it "Going Home". However, finding this would have been "too conventional", he came up with "Kodachrome", because of its similar sound and larger innovative potential. He also refers to its first line as the "most interesting" part of the song.

Recalling memories in the last couple of issues gave me an idea for this week's issue. I hope you enjoy it.

The following email addresses keep bouncing back to me saying they are no good. Please check and see if you can help me correct them.

 sherrillrm@knology.net

bruce.fowler@alumni.illinois.edu

jim@beckinghampalace.org

Last Week's Questions, Answers, and Comments

Jim Bannister, LHS ‘66, "My Favorite Etta James Song is I Had Rather Go Blind".