Sunday, February 23, 2014

Ranger Rick and the Singing Beagles

This was the show that almost didn't happen as we tried to get up a collection for $100 US plus a case of Mad Dog wine to get Ted Nugent to play in the barn this week-end.  It turned out that no-one thought he was worth it.  We did get $50 US and we called to try to make the deal but were told that Nugent only feeds off politicians these days.  So be it, we called Ranger Rick.

Fifty years ago, "Stranglehold" was cool but what's cool today is Ranger Rick with his Singing Beagles.  No matter how much you love music, hearing these singing Beagles will make you love it even more, particularly when they do "Oh my Darling, Clementine."  This was the opening number and the Beagles owned the crowd from the start.

What makes it even better is that Ranger Rick has trained the dogs to do tricks.  During the performance he will ask if any kid has a birthday.  Sure enough, there was one on Saturday night and Ranger Rick wanted the dogs to make it special.  The dogs went over to the kid and then one after the other stood on the back of the dog below it.  When they were all in position, the dogs sang "Happy Birthday" to the great delight of everyone.

After the gig, Ranger Rick asked if we might like to do it again and, sure, of course we do.  He suggested asking Miley Cyrus to play first as it's always cool following her show with the dogs because their tongues hang out of their mouths the same way as hers.

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