🍔 The Cheeseburger Song 🍔

     After a week of work, dealing with deadlines, anxiety, even stressful moments. Friday could not come fast enough. Tyrone, Henry, and I, we got down and worked on our format of songs we put together along with writing material. Of course we had more cover tunes than originals. Henry wrote our first song and we put it down. We decided to make a CD with nine original tunes, no cover tunes. We had a friend who was willing to helps us record and produce a CD. 

   Don't want to get ahead of myself. The title of this blog is "The Cheeseburger Song." So, I will lay some ground work up to it. Our first song written by Henry Jordan was called "No Freeride." Tyrone's mother was part of group of female vocalist and they had a gig. After the gig, she came to the house, it was between 11pm and 12am on a Friday night. That's why we decided on the name for us, "Nite Owls."

    Well, she told us what happened regarding funds handed out for the show they did and how it was distributed. It ended the ladies didn't get paid for they had hired this band and they took all the money. Right then and there, we all fell in agreement. We are not in for "no free ride, we are in it for the high tide."  So, yes, our first song put together because of a bad situation. 

    For your listening enjoyment. "No Freeride"

    Before "Traces," there were several cover tunes we started with, actually we had a format listing at least twenty-seven cover tunes. I want to share with you at least four I feel you would enjoy. Our number one song we start off with after the opening of 2001 Space Odyssey.

    A Elvis favorite:

  

      Followed by "Crocodile Rock":

    The third of our list "Hotel California":

   

   Finally the fourth song "White Room":

    Yes, we had as many as 300 to 500 people we performed to and unbelievably they enjoyed what we offered. We were asked to come to a songwriters event in Lebanon, TN at a place known at the time Legends Bar and Grill. Unknown to us this was the last night it was to be opened. We were asked if we would close out the last 30 minutes performing cover tunes or whatever. We did. I announced our last song to perform would "Empty Heart." The bar keep, who also was the owner came down with a mug and slammed it on the bar, chanting FREEBIRD. They started saying FREEBIRD.  Who are we to deprive, we played Freebird. We have not recorded any any of the cover tunes we played but when we performed Hotel California, the bar keep came to the stage and said; "I love the Eagles, but if you were to record that song just the way you performed just now, I will buy it. That was the best rendition I have ever heard on that song." Tyrone and I were elated, what a rush. But the real rush came when we were performing FreeBird and they pulled out the bic lighters. WOW!! I mean WOW!!! What a rush!!

  The final cover tune for your listening ear, my personal favorite:

      Now we come to the point of this story regarding "The Cheeseburger Song." I figure Jimmy Buffet may have come up into your mind. His song "Cheeseburger in Paradise." No, this is about a time Tyrone got together and we rehearsed over a format we put together. Then decided to take a break. It was about 9:30ish on a Friday night. It was our ritual Sonic run, we always get the number two, double stack cheeseburger, large fries, large drink, and a Oreo Sonic blast.

    When we got back we decided to eat out on the back deck, it was a beautiful night. I had started to write a song but had no words written. So, we wrote it together. All I had down was the title, "Empty Heart." It's the last song recorded on our CD. Because we wrote it over a cheeseburger, Tyrone always introduced the song as our cheeseburger song. Another analogy added in our portfolio. So, without further ad due, I give to you what is called: "(Let Me Fill Your) Empty Heart"

   I hoped you enjoyed walking with me down memory lane of "N.O.A." (Nite Owls Authentic). More segments may fellow in other post. Another Post will come out next week on a surprising subject or maybe not so surprising.

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