Sunday, October 22, 2023

The Bald-Headed Men (of which I am one)



Sheila, the boys and I once spent a Sunday at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. One of the performers was a perky little woman named Christine Lavin. While she's aged some since we saw her live, she's still funny and odd even with white hair. One of my favorite of her songs is a tribute to men without hair and as a man who is losing his hair with startling rapidity, I find myself quite fond of this song. She also did a version some years ago with five other women who called themselves "Six Bitchin' Babes", a nom de plume somewhat at odds with their collective feminism.

Great song, though. Christine can be forgiven for her politics if she keeps writing funny songs.

Tom

Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees

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