tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post4561603729304720632..comments2023-10-20T08:28:27.175-07:00Comments on Writerquake: Songs My Mother Taught Me . . . Ivory TowerLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-42167079047365111992010-02-01T23:37:29.948-08:002010-02-01T23:37:29.948-08:00Sorry, you are mistaken. The vid at YouTube is mis...Sorry, you are mistaken. The vid at YouTube is mislabeled as being sung by Gogi Grant. Take a moment and read the chain of comments to see the corrections. <br />Read her Wikipedia bio and note that Ivory Tower is not listed as one of her songs.<br />Also, go <a href="http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=3056430" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> to see a CD recording of all her songs from the 50s. If she had recorded Ivory Tower it would be on this compilation CD. :)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-50842176607546523312010-02-01T20:45:54.856-08:002010-02-01T20:45:54.856-08:00Gogi Grant did record Ivory Tower. You can find it...Gogi Grant did record Ivory Tower. You can find it on YouTube. I am just about to email it over to a friend of mine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803173258629040380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-15556763131842548492009-10-10T01:22:14.591-07:002009-10-10T01:22:14.591-07:00@Looking to the Stars- You're right that it do...@Looking to the Stars- You're right that it doesn't seem like nine years. Because she had followed me to Oregon after retirement her home is here in Silverton where I live. The couple we sold the house to after her death are still there. It looks very different now; they haven't maintained it well. But the drapes in the formal living room are the same ones my mom had put in. So strange to see them...<br /><br />@Buddha- I am sorry for your loss, and it's easy to tell from your loving comments that you and your mother were close. I hope your daughters were able to know your mother. Now she lives on in your memories.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-10424121117654639542009-10-09T22:25:08.330-07:002009-10-09T22:25:08.330-07:00Your post just opened up a flood gate in my heart....Your post just opened up a flood gate in my heart.<br />I lost my mother too a couple of years ago and it is still something I can't accept.<br />I have the same experiences where songs, smells or places we use to go trigger an instant memory recall.<br />I turn around and expect her to be there...<br />Such a wonderful post.<br />Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577023239841176697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-34649638284004695842009-10-09T15:10:11.413-07:002009-10-09T15:10:11.413-07:00This is such a lovely post, kiddo. What a neat way...This is such a lovely post, kiddo. What a neat way to remember your mom. I know it doesn't seem like 9 years have gone by.<br /><br />I remember Gale Storm, that's a neat pic of her.<br /><br />I'll be looking forward to reading more :)Looking to the Starshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211255507065858940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-64887401432588761762009-10-09T13:58:19.761-07:002009-10-09T13:58:19.761-07:00@svasti- After reading your comment I added a hot ...@svasti- After reading your comment I added a hot link to an aerial photo of the Lawton's property. What a beautiful setting. And those natural hot springs! Wish I had something like that nearby now! My mother was that and more ...and check out Nancy's comments: mindblowing!<br /><br />@Maggie May- Yup, weren't those suits fetching? I've seen those "boy-type" pants in some new swimsuits lately...<br /><br />@Jennifer- Thank you for capturing the essence of what October's markers have for me. It's a potent period for my brain! And this glorious autumn weather around here makes me celebrate living all the more!<br /><br />@Nancy- This is getting more amazing all the time, when all we thought we had in common was having been raised in Reno! And to discover our shared paths via blogging.....all the more unique! We must email our mother's names to one another. They would have ad to know one another; "The Club" was such a small community in itself. Also, I have remained friends with a girl whose mother also was a dealer there at that time, and went to her mom's surprise 80th birthday party a few years ago where all the old Harold's Club employees still in the area were there. Remarkable experience.<br /><br />@Darlene- You sure pegged the source of the photo. In an album full of nothing else but b&w photos, there is this one all yellowed. I did some tweaking with my Nero program but this is as good as I could get it. At least the water no longer looks like urine!<br />I'm sorry you can't hear the song too. :(Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-57115176126647824232009-10-09T12:31:00.135-07:002009-10-09T12:31:00.135-07:00I'll bet that photo was taken with a Polaroid ...I'll bet that photo was taken with a Polaroid camera that had utilized the first technology of taking colored photos. I have some old photos of that era and they have that same yellowing. Maybe you should have it restored before the color disappears. <br /><br />I thought I was familiar with all the 'oldies' but Ivory Tower is new to me. I wish I could hear it.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-7932033746312396472009-10-09T10:53:48.943-07:002009-10-09T10:53:48.943-07:00Oh my, we come from the same place in so many ways...Oh my, we come from the same place in so many ways. My mother worked for Harold's Club around the same time. In fact, when she got breast cancer, Harold Smith Sr. paid her salary, and many of her hospital bills. No such thing as insurance in those days. My mother died in 1960. I wonder if our mothers knew each other? She was also a blackjack dealer.<br /><br />We just drove through the Mayberry neighborhood the other day after attending a wedding in the California Building. I remember it being a high end place to live while growing up. It's now a nice neighborhood of very old homes. Mostly kept up, however.<br /><br />Lawton Hot Springs is just a huge building - unoccupied. I have always wondered why - because it's such a pretty spot. An investor in the late 70's put a bunch of money into it and then went bandrupt. Nothing has been done with it since. It's just a big, hulking building. They must of covered up the hot springs because there is not a pool there now.<br /><br />Your mother was beautiful. How charming that you are remembering her by the music she loved. It tells so much about a person, doesn't it?<br /><br />Ahhhh - memories!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-49821862794753855052009-10-09T06:34:00.037-07:002009-10-09T06:34:00.037-07:00There is something so powerful about music -- it r...There is something so powerful about music -- it really conjures up a person and a particular time. Listening to the song and reading your wonderful writing about that time in your life brought your mother to life. <br /><br />It's funny how mixed up a month can be, too, memories of your mother's death and marking the anniversary of your sobriety, a decision to be fully alive. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to reading and listening to more.jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07959874504681715396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-71744917465261315102009-10-08T22:10:19.199-07:002009-10-08T22:10:19.199-07:00What a lovely post! I love love that Lawson pic of...What a lovely post! I love love that Lawson pic of your mom and friend. Cute bathing suits too :)Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-17824270215016799922009-10-08T20:27:00.282-07:002009-10-08T20:27:00.282-07:00I'm trying to imagine what it must have been l...I'm trying to imagine what it must have been like - hot springs with a diving tower and that amazing old song (and I'm sure, many others just like it) playing. What a wonderful atmosphere!<br /><br />Sounds like your mother was a hardworking and caring woman.<br /><br />Love the Gale Storm photo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com