Never had Acapulco Gold, but I’m told it’s a decent toke… someday perhaps.  I’m headed somewhere with this… you’ll see.  Check back tomorrow for why Bud’s dressed as he is.  There’s actually a clue right here on the site if you’ve gone beyond the comic pages.  Hmmm… now where could they be?

Growing up on farms here and there in Illinois, I did ride horses from time to time.  I’m no expert by a long shot, but I had my fun.  In this amazing shot from like 1965 or so, if we had video recorders back then, you would have seen me thrown from the horse as she darted for a fence.  Seems she was pregnant and no one bothered to tell the sweet little child on her so when I nudged her with my heels, I got tossed by good.  Note I’m not wearing a shirt too.  Screaming followed shortly thereafter as I’m a total wuss when it comes to pain.  I was knocked off one other horse, this time in high school on a quarter horse as he decided it was time to eat and darted for the barn door, which was not tall enough for us both.  He even raised his back as he went in to complete the knock down.  I was getting ready to jump anyway, but still felt the siding of the barn completely.  I stuck with cars after that.

Stud on a horse

Stud on a horse

“Back in the Saddle” is from Aerosmith’s 1976 album “Rocks” The follow up to “Toys in the Attic” was not quite the huge hit they were hoping for and “Saddle” is one of the better tunes off the album. I like it’s grungy sound and of course the rockin’ bass line. Any song featuring a horse whiney and cracking whips is cool with me. Apparently the group tried to use real whips to create the whip crack sounds. They only cut themselves and ended up using mic cables and cap guns to simulate the sound. A leather belt folded in half and snapped together will also make a great whip crack sound. Silly them…
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