While I enjoyed his rendition of Me and Bobby McGee, Roger Miller’s 1967 record, distributed in London, Ontario, Canada is a rethrift. The back cover is adorable, I have to say but not even Top 20 album cover art material. I tried to like you Roger, I tried.
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Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influencednovelty songs. His most recognized tunes included the chart-topping country/pop hits “King of the Road“, “Dang Me” and “England Swings“, all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era.
Here he is on the Johnny Cash Show in 1969. Cash loved him.
Fireygoddess is an Island Princess / mermaid ~ living on Vancouver Island in Beautiful British Columbia Canada. She loves cropping photos, her main squeeze / the scuba dude, throwing laundry down the stairs, upcycling, shiny things, sparkles, fluevog shoes and making art from found objects at the beach.
Wow, has it really been 20 years since he passed? “All ya gotta do, is put your mind to it, knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it….well you can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd”
dropping the needle...
Wow, has it really been 20 years since he passed? “All ya gotta do, is put your mind to it, knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it….well you can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd”