FLOYD CRAMER, DIED DECEMBER 31, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 64. "GOOGLE"
HIM FOR HIS LIFE AS A FAMOUS, BUSY, NASHVILLE MUSICIAN. ON
THE KMAQ-TRAVEL TRIP TO NASHVILLE LAST WEEK, WE TOOK A GREAT
TOUR OF "STUDIO B" ON MUSIC ROW, AND THIS PIANO WAS THE ONE USED TO
RECORD FLOYD'S MEGA HIT "LAST DATE" IN 1960. COULD NOT RESIST SITTING
AT IT FOR THIS PHOTO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE PLAYED
THAT SONG ON KMAQ. NASHVILLE WAS GREAT....YOU HAVE TO VISIT
IT SOMETIME AND VISIT DOWNTOWN (WITH ALL THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS-
MOST WITH "LIVE" MUSIC) AND 20-MINUTES AWAY, THE HUGE OPRYLAND
COMPLEX. SOME PEOPLE GO TO NASHVILLE AND SPEND THEIR ENTIRE
TIME AT OPRYLAND, BUT YOU SHOULD SEE MUSIC ROW (BROADWAY STREET)
TOO, HOME OF THE FAMOUS RESTORED "RYMAN AUDITORIUM" WHERE
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE GRAND OLE OPRY SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW,
BROADCAST TO 38 STATES ON RADIO STATION WSM. I'LL HAVE A COUPLE
OTHER PHOTOS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
DON'T FORGET TO READ BELOW TODAY'S BIG STORY ON THE INCIDENT
EARLY THIS MORNING JUST NORTH OF MONMOUTH.
DENNIS VOY