Comments on: Repost: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 2

By: Betty Rocker

Betty Rocker — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:14:57 +0000

Remember when I asked who Paul Davis was? All you had to say is that he sang 65 Love Affair and Cool Night…the lightbulb would have gone off. Had no idea he was the mastermind behind all three mellow golds!

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:58:50 +0000

Lebanon, TN … I had no idea there were so many towns named Lebanon in this country until I moved from Atlanta to Chicago in 2003. I think I passed through three Lebanons — in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana — on my way to Chicago. The woman at AAA pronounced the Indiana town as "Luh-bear-ee-on" when I was trying to find a hotel where we could stay after the first day of driving; when I asked her to spell the town’s name for me, she condescendingly sighed, then said "L-E-B-A-N-O-N." I looked at what I’d written down: "You mean Lebanon?" She paused for a few seconds, then said, "Oh, I guess you’re right." Put on your glasses, lady! That "n" isn’t an "r" followed by an "i"!

By: Spence

Spence — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:08:51 +0000

Man, where do you find this stuff….
Totally agree with that incredible key change though - thanks for the warning!!! ;)

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:40:35 +0000

And he has a cool true story about the Allman brothers being choir boys.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:44:42 +0000

Post Script: My father was actually good friends with Gregg and Duane (more so with the latter) at Castle Heights Military School in Lebanon, TN way back when they were boys (4th or 5th grade). Was even in choir with them; hence why he likes to say he sang back up for the Allman Brothers.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:39:18 +0000

Shit, I’m in Mississippi all summer. Why is it I seem to be dangerously close in proximity to 80% of Mellow Golders? Is god telling me I need to write a book?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:45:48 +0000

Next week I’m going to steal some songs from my mom’s “Classic Soft Rock Collection” CDs while I’m visiting her and my dad, and I hope all three of these Paul Davis songs are on them. My parents got married in 1965, so I think they’ve always liked “‘65 Love Affair” for that reason. I remember rollerskating to that song in kindergarten, and although it’s corny, I still like it.

I’m from Macon, GA, and so are the Allman Brothers. In the late ’70s Cher was occasionally spotted at the Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Macon, shopping for her and Gregg and maybe even li’l Elijah Blue. I remember Tom Hanks saying on the very last “Late Night With David Letterman” in ‘93 that when he was a bellhop in his early 20s, he took Gregg and Cher’s bags downstairs for them one time and really liked how Gregg called Cher “toots,” as in “tootsie,” so Hanks started calling his girlfriend that.

By: Viru

Viru — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:09:00 +0000

AMAZING! Just this morning I was thinking and singinf 64 love affair going to work, I check your blog, and there you are, talking about Paul Davis!!! Great post.

By: Malchus

Malchus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:38:28 +0000

So, I was looking over the Mellow Gold archives the other day, checking out past posts that I missed before I began reading the sit and I remember thinking, “Damn, I missed the Paul Davis tracks.” And lo and behind… you just made my Wednesday so much better…. and mellower.

Thanks, Jason.

Rock on, brother…. or should I say, Sail on….

By: Tony Billoni

Tony Billoni — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:06:50 +0000

I gotta say: "’65 Love Affair" reminds me of a stripped-down, sensible "Rosanna." And I’ll take ‘65 Love Affair any day. I don’t hear "Boy From New York City" in it, though.

Also, "Cool Night" is mellow as mellow should be. And if a lady couldn’t bed her some Gregg Allman back in the day, (perhaps you had to be Cher quality), then she could settle for Paul Davis. Probably less risk of herpes!