Bruce Blackman

Writer/Producer at Starbuck Music - SONY/ATV

[Bruce Blackman @StarbuckBruce]

@ShortKraig Yes. We had marimba and or vibes on many songs - Fool In Line, I Got to Know, The Slower You Guy, and more.

[Bruce Blackman @StarbuckBruce]

NEW YEAR’S EVE
I’ve always liked New Year’s Eve. It’s a magic evening, a cleansing of sorts that erases the slate for the year heralding the beginning of good things to come. New Year’s Eve is the one night when everything feels possible

Tonight... https://t.co/F4duCRoHAA

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WINTER WONDERLAND
Merry Christmas to all our friends. May your hearts be filled with the love of life and the best of life be yours.

Bruce & Peggy
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I’ve gotten quite a few messages asking me to post the Christmas story about my Dad. Okay…

DAD'S CHRISTMAS SHOES
“Bruce, find your brother and let’s go. Don’t you want to see the Christmas lights?”

“No’m. I... https://t.co/7N2VHCfwrN

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RULES OF ORDER #1
1. No dress in the history of mankind has ever made a woman look fat, not even a buffalo robe or a polar bear suit.

If you are a man, memorize that fact and never stray from it, thus preventing your life from descending into the pits of hell.

Bruce

[Bruce Blackman @StarbuckBruce]

Luz de Luna 12:12
The full moon filtered through the clouds and suspended the night. Her green eyes danced at me. This was our song.

The last full moon of the year will be tonight at 12:12. I’ll be there with a martini feeling adrift on a sea of... https://t.co/Yzs0XqTeu1

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THE SEASON OF MAJESTY
Thanksgiving begins my favorite part of the year, the fresh crisp to the air with the promise of frost to come, the leaves turning the color of flame. It’s the season of bonhomie, part of... https://t.co/DdPpsaxAr7

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FRENCH
I remember back when adults would preface an intentional curse with “Pardon my French.” And I also remember the first day of French class when the teacher asked Curtis Peacock if he knew any French.

Curtis got a one-week suspension.

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IN AMERICA
Everything looks so impossible today that it seems we’re about to enter a Mad Max world. I am astonished at the crime, cruelty, corruption, and atrocity that I see every day as I hear the inane... https://t.co/gxQNNdJVe9

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I am a member of the old fogy generation. That’s why I know the difference between your and you’re, and to and two, too. This knowledge is often useful in the construction of coherent sentences.

But that’s... https://t.co/G5cGd8JaJ4

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Have you ever noticed how many times they show the cheerleaders at NFL games? Those TV people aren’t stupid. Which would you rather see, the cheerleaders, or some player scratching and adjusting something?

That’s what I thought,
Bruce

[Bruce Blackman @StarbuckBruce]

LUCKY MAN
Thisis our 2017 live performance of “Lucky Man” at the Yacht Rock show in Piedmont Park, Atlanta. When we were touring, we used this song for our show opener, and this is the extended concert version. ---
Visit us @... https://t.co/3oGqVLkcdE

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LOOKING DOWN ON YOU
About twenty years ago, a major Christian band asked me to write a couple of songs for them. I wrote the songs and presented them to the group. Although the band wanted to record them, I passed on the deal because their record... https://t.co/Na7GDKVJ54

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We grew up in an era of fast and firm disciplinary measures, and our parents were not to be trifled with. They were in complete control, and we knew it, and would not hesitate to prove it on our hind parts.... https://t.co/7gLoA0hHD1

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A NOTE TO MY LIBERAL FRIENDS
I want to speak with you for a minute, and I do not want to create a firestorm. I am a center-right independent conservative, I always vote for the candidate I believe is the best... https://t.co/mt6pvrjRhW

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Johnny Isackson, the senator from Georgia, announced his retirement in August. To date, 535 candidates have signed up for the job. I heard that in the first debate, each candidate would be allowed three words.... https://t.co/E1gl7kEt9R

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You’re wrong if you think that we’ll have

1. Free college
2. Free health care and insurance
3. Guaranteed income even for people who don’t want to work

Not even a 100% tax on everyone would be enough to pay... https://t.co/ELA2g1VDY2

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Man, this Facebook stuff is getting rough. I’m not sure what I posted to bring it on, but I’m now getting hate messages from liberal serial killers. It’s almost as bad as watching a video of Miley Cyrus humping... https://t.co/uwLF7kKgLB

[Bruce Blackman @StarbuckBruce]

Here’s a little piece of the first song I wrote that made the Billboard chart, “Mrs. Bluebird.”. It was 1968 and our band was Eternity’s Children with my lifelong friends, Charlie Ross, Johnny Walker, Linda Lawley, and Roy Whittaker. Note the absence... https://t.co/9ux8VcjmYd