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May 5, 2004
Blue Team
Well, since Bill has started his blog, the Blue Team references have come out in full force. However, most of the visitiors to this blog are from the Cincinnati era of my life, not the WKU days. So, many of you are not familiar with Blue Team. Blue team was my second band, but it was my first band that had songs and groupies, so it has an important place in my heart. We had a one year run, then broke up when I left to start seminary. About half of our songs were originals and half were covers (maybe a few more covers than originals.) Our covers included: Sweet Home Alabama, Brown Eyed Girl, Heart of Gold, Home Grown Tomatoes, and some others. Our originals included a song based on the Dr. Suess classic, "Green Eggs and Ham", Rover, Molly, and our most popular song, Bad Day. We never played a gig, we almost had one as part of a program in a dorm, but it never materialized. Our groupies often came to practice, however. Our biggest fan was Leanna Walker. Why did she have to marry Travis. Anyway, I mention all of this because Bill in yesterdays blog told the story behind the song, Molly. You should read it. It's touching. It is a story that needs to be told. By the same token, I think the story behind Rover needs to be told. So: Song Stories:Rover Back in my younger days I had a dog named Rover. Rover was a golden retriever. He was a really good dog, the kind you could take for a walk without a leash. We would go for walks, go play in the creek, or go to the softball field across the street and play fetch. At night he would sleep at the foot of my bed. Well, one night the summer before I left for college, we were out for a walk. As we were going up the street, I noticed a lot of smoke. As we got down the street, we saw a burning house. I ran to a nearby payphone to call 911, then ran back to the house. I looked for Rover, and I saw him running toward the house. As I began to yell, I heard a child yelling for help. I looked through a second story window, and saw the child. I knew Rover was going to help him. I ran to the door, but it looked like it was going to be impossible to get through the blaze. Because of the heat, I had to step off the porch. For what seemed like hours, but really was only a few minutes, I waited. Then, I saw Rover dragging the child out of the house to safety. I picked up the child and carried him to safety, but when I looked around, I saw Rover trapped under a burning beam. When I got the beam off of him, it was too late. Rover was gone. I was pretty sad about the whole thing. But, at least I know that Rover died as a hero. And now he is immortalized in a song. Read the story of Molly posted
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