There's GOLD in them thar hills .... -- Area 51 Billy Hill and the Hillbillies

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Date Posted: 21:20:43 05/20/06 Sat
Author: gW
Author Host/IP: adsl-69-235-37-80.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net / 69.235.37.80
Subject: There's GOLD in them thar hills ....

and don't the Miner 49'ers know it! Papa Jed says the gold don't just jump out of the ground so after working hard, the Miners like to come down from Grizzly Peak and visit with just plain folks.

'Eureka' Eric, fiddler and sometime comedian, told Jed he discovered there are two things he can't have for breakfast -- lunch and dinner!

John-John AKA 'Yup' was along -- he don't say much, just mostly 'Yup' and play the Dobro.

Papa Jed told how he rescued Grizzly Dave from a bear trap when he was just a young'un, and how once he was grown he took to playing the bass like a red neck to a bowling shirt!

And last but not least, 'Smiley' Bob, guitarist and possessor of a sunny 'disposish', got a big welcome from the crowd who yelled out 'Howdy Bob' (Jed told them to say it). Said Bob to Jed, "I think they like me".

Then they got down to business, and played a song called "Dooley", all about a guy who got into trouble with the local constabulary. "What's that mean?" asked the Miners. "He ran from the cops", answered Jed.

They all played and sang "The Bare Necessities of Life" (not to be confused with bears) because they had no phone, no radio, no cellphone, just had Telebob which worked out fine; all they had to do was tell Bob and he would go out on the porch and tell everybody.

Golden voiced Grizzly Dave's solo was "Hey, Good Lookin'!" and then it was on to play Squatter's Rights, which according to Jed has a real life historical corrolary, but the Miners thought he said a 'hysterical coronary'. The Miners feted the winner with "Pomp and Circumstance" and he got to sing with the Miners.
All of a sudden, Chip and Dale came 'round the mountain to dance with the kids and by that time a huge crowd had gathered as the fame of the Miners had spread near and far throughout the land -- well, .... DCA Land.

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