Burton Cummings
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | WRITER, SINGER, MUSICIAN |
| Location | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Introduction | I GUESS MY EARLIEST INFUENCES WERE ALL PRE ROCK AND ROLL. MY MOTHER HAD 78'S, AND WE HAD A WIND UP RECORD PLAYER THAT I COULD OPERATE. WHEN I WAS A TINY LAD I WAS HEARING HER RECORDS OF PERRY COMO, BING CROSBY, TERESA BREWER, FRANKIE CARLE AND HIS HONKY TONOK PIANO, EDDIE FISHER, DINAH SHORE AND DOZENS OF OTHERS. PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT I DON'T SOUND LIKE ANYBODY ELSE...I GUESS THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENTS ANY SINGER CAN BE GIVEN. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ALL ABOUT RECORDING. I KNEW EARLY THAT IT FREEZES TIME. AND A MAJOR SLICE OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN FROZEN IN TIME...IS THAT LUCKY OR UNLUCKY...WHO KNOWS... SURE LIKE RECORDINGS, THOUGH...STILL MAKING THEM...THEY DO INDEED FREEZE TIME...I CAN PLAY "ROCKIN' " AND "GET YOUR RIBBONS ON" KICKS IN AND I'M BACK ON CHEVRIER WITH KURT, HAVIN' A LAUGH AT HOW MY SILLY VERSES FIT WITH HIS SILLY CHORUS...SAME WITH "HANG ON TO YOUR LIFE"...ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SING SOMETHING...THE GUYS WERE ALREADY ROCKIN' ON THOSE GREAT RIFFS. AND NOW, A HUNDRED LIFETIMES LATER COMES "ABOVE THE GROUND"...HERE'S A TOAST TO "ABOVE THE GROUND"... LIVE IN THE MOMENT... |
| Interests | COLLECTING...JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, WELL MAYBE NOT REALLY...COMICS AND CD'S MOSTLY, WITH A FEW NICE SPORTS CARDS THROWN IN FROM TIME TO TIME...AND CERTAIN CLASSIC TELEVISION SHOWS AND MOVIES...REALLY LIKE DVD'S...JUST COMPLETED MY COLLECTION OF BASIL RATHBONE SHERLOCK HOLMES MOVIES, AND THE REPROS ARE TREMEND...GOTTA LOVE IT... |
| Favorite Movies | THE DEER HUNTER, DARBY O'GILL & THE LITTLE PEOPLE, THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, 20, 000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, KING SOLOMON'S MINES, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, PRIVILEGE, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE, THE SHOUT |
| Favorite Music | BEATLES FIRST, THEN THE OTHERS...CHET BAKER, DOORS, YOUNGBLOODS, BYRDS, BOBBY ZIMMERMAN, FATS DOMINO, FIFTH AVENUE BAND, TRAFFIC, HENRY MANCINI, DION DIMUCCI, JOHNNY & THE HURRICANES, ROBERTO RIDARELLI, WALDEN CASSOTTO, BEACH BOYS, PROCOL HARUM, FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS, JOHN SEBASTIAN, JOHNNY HORTON, BILL EVANS, ASYLUM CHOIR, HENDRIX BAND OF GYPSIES, LAMBERT HENDRICKS & ROSS, MARVIN GAYE, THELONIOUS MONK, AND ON AND ON AND ON... |
| Favorite Books | THE END OF THE ROAD-JOHN BARTH, THE NAKED APE-DESMOND MORRIS ONE, TWO, THREE...INFINITY-GEORGE GAMOW |