The Day We Moved Charlie Rich's Piano

"Who is the coolest guy, what is, what am?

That's fast-talkin', slow-walkin', good-lookin' Mohair Sam"

In '79, my girlfriend's family visited her older brother in Nashville, TN and I - on college spring break - tagged along.  Big bro' Casey Kelly, an accomplished singer and songwriter, took me to Randy Wood's Ol' Time Pickin' Parlor (combo custom instrument shop & bluegrass nightclub) and other points of interest.  Then Casey asked me to join his gang to move a piano (from one room to another in the same house).  Turned out to be Charlie Rich's house!

The Silver Fox was not home, and once we got behind closed doors we quickly did our job and then went on with our charmed lives.

Sample a rare, early (Elvis-era Sun session) Charlie Rich tune:
Courtesy of PowerPop: Key Changes of the Gods: "From 1959, please enjoy the great Charlie Rich -- one of the most unjustly underrated figures of American popular music in the second half of the 20th century -- with his infectious minor regional hit "Whirlwind"...