Well, old Neil's done it. He's reworked the words to one of the most played, most sung tunes of my career .... take a listen! This is how we'll do it from now on ... probably.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/neil-diamond-sweet-caroline-coronavirus/

yea if there ever is a "From Now On"

things will change drastically if this is ever over sadly for the gigging musician..be prepared for change..good and bad.

I'm preparing for GOOD change ...

Music will prevail. People need it. We will find a way to give it to them. We MUST find a way.
My own mother couldn't tell me what job to do, and neither will MOTHER NATURE.
Boom.

I hope so Dave but in any case it will be a very long time for sure..

Hang in there

No doom and gloom here. I'm optimistic. Everyone EVERYWHERE will have to change something. I know it'll be different, but change is inevitable.
I'm a chameleon ... I'll adapt. If anyone's out there singing for their supper ...
it'll be ME.

Quite likely, but then some day someone will say "remember when that crazy virus hit all over the world?" ...
Stay contained, Be safe, God Bless, and WASH ...

My son wrote a poignant PSA, and posted it to facebook. He's my voice of reason.

"The only thing that spreads more efficiently than this virus is fear. Everyone needs to give it a rest with the over sharing of their favorite news source’s spin. Somehow people who are on lockdown in their homes have taken it upon themselves to share an unending stream of “reports” on the state of the world outside. That’s not your job. There’s plenty of information available online without your involvement. So you can all stand down and stop playing wannabe social media news correspondents. With few exceptions, it’s not your area of expertise. Maybe try being an expert in keeping your personal fears to yourself and not freaking everyone else out with information that may or may not be factual, accurate, biased, or relevant. (Also, feel free to disagree with this, but if you keep it up I’m just going to snooze you for 30 days.)"

Let's all be positive, and post helpful, uplifting things as much as possible!

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OK, me and Tony!

"What they said"!

I hope your all right .....then there is this.....

Pray for the World.

It seems every time there is a major disaster of some sort someone comes up with another Nostradamus prediction that ends up meaning nothing ...

Tony no one knows for sure right?

Right ... that's why I am going to stay positive ... this could all end as quickly as it started and I could go out and get hit by a bus ... just sayin'

Tony do you think if this is ever finally over... Will this happen everytime there is a virus event world wide...
911 changed our lives ... Now I'm afraid this too..

Yes, our lives will change - hopefully for the better with countries working together to resolve global issues of all kinds ... Whether that happens or not will totally depend on the people on this Earth ...

As for any 'global' type of virus, perhaps steps will be taken sooner to prevent such wide spread contamination ...

PS:as I've said, I prefer to think on the positive side ...

Read my son's post again. His words are very wise.

Yes, they are, Dave ...
Thank him for me ...

Me 4.

Someone warned us here yesterday, worst place to be if you’re stuck at home, is to be on Twitter , Facebook etc , reading gloom and doom. If you can’t stay away, at least try and find POSITIVE posts, obviously they do exist.

Donny, you’ll worry yourself into an early grave.

Love this song

Que Sera Sera.

“What ever will be, will be”


All we can do is pray for the best possible outcome for the world.

This will go on for many months...
My cousin in Italy was infected and just was taken off the ventilator after 5 days and is in ICU breathing on his own again...
So happy for him.
Stay home..
. Stay safe.

Someone over at one of the keyboard forums posted this, and I thought it was worth repeating.

"What this virus has brought home to me is how precarious our existence as a species is, and ultimately how insignificant our spats with each other are. I mean, a puny respiratory bug is taking us out like flies and making us soil our pants in dread. And I’m betting that there are stronger ones just waiting on their cue in future. At the very least, just hope all this instills some humility in us.".

Good advice.

chas

My eldest daughter is an Ob/Gyn and a colleague, an Epidemiologist, wrote this in his blog. Bit of a lengthy read, but well reasoned and informative.
http://blog.deonandan.com/wordpress/2020...6KwKwje199vY6SQ

Donny, sorry to hear about your cousin, but happy to hear he is recuperating ... He will be in our prayers ...

Regarding that Porn Star's offer; I can see the headlines now:

"UNLUCKY SCIENTIST FINDS CURE FOR COVID-19 BUT SUCCUMBS TO A STD"

chas

Tony thank you
when it hits home you realize how serious it really is...