{"id":4796,"date":"2012-05-24T11:31:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T11:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2012-05-24T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T11:31:27","slug":"jack-blanchard-home-is-a-place-in-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/24\/jack-blanchard-home-is-a-place-in-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Blanchard Home Is A Place In My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HOME IS A PLACE IN MY MIND<\/strong>: I wasn’t raised around Country music, but I chose it as my life’s work because I like it, because it fits my voice and writing style, and because I’m too nervous to steal. I grew up in a city and was exposed to very little Country music. When I first heard Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, and Lefty Frizzell, I was fascinated! Maybe you were brought up on Country music, but to me it was a whole new thing! The imagery in the lyrics held extra drama for me because I’d never been to those places. Distant places hold a magic. Our family took Sunday drives through the countryside. We loved it, and I even envied the folks who lived there, even though I knew it wasn’t for me. I can only take so much peace and quiet. But I DO have a country home. It’s in my songs.<\/p>\n

A PLACE IN MY MIND.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home – a place in my mind with summertime snow\u2026
\nHome – a place in my mind where wintertime flowers grow\u2026
\nI can go home in the springtime and see the leaves turn gold,
\nOr just drop in and say hello to my folks,
\nIn a place where they’ll never grow old<\/p>\n

Home – a feeling of love that the family gives\u2026
\nHome – a place in my mind where Grandpa and Grandma still live\u2026
\nDad’s gonna shake my hand,
\nI’ll get a kiss from Mom, I know.
\nHome – a place in my mind where I sometimes go.<\/p>\n

Home – a place in my mind where dandelions blow\u2026
\nHome – a tree I can climb and look at the world below\u2026
\nI can sit out on the front porch in that squeaky swing,
\nOr just drop in to my yesterday house,
\nWhere little sisters often sing.<\/p>\n

Home – a place in my mind with a kitchen that’s warm\u2026
\nHome – by the fireside glow, I’m lookin’ out at the storm\u2026
\nAnd when this lonesome traveler’s feeling kinda low,
\nHome – is a place in my mind where I sometimes go.<\/p>\n

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\nYou can hear the song at this website:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7834c8s<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Jack Blanchard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Used with kind permission from Jack Blanchard and Lonnie Ratliff \u00a0nashvilleshowcase@comcast.net<\/a><\/div>\n
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HOME IS A PLACE IN MY MIND: I wasn’t raised around Country music, but I chose it as my life’s work because I like it, because it fits my voice and writing style, and because I’m too nervous to steal. I grew up in a city and was exposed to very little Country music. When I first heard Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, and Lefty Frizzell, I was fascinated! Maybe you were brought up on Country music, but to me it was a whole new thing! The imagery in the lyrics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}