{"id":17952,"date":"2016-12-14T12:08:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=17952"},"modified":"2016-12-14T12:08:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T17:08:36","slug":"a-special-meetin-we-get-back-to-hahira-shriners-convention-by-ray-stevens-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/a-special-meetin-we-get-back-to-hahira-shriners-convention-by-ray-stevens-1980.html","title":{"rendered":"a special meetin&#8217;, we get back to Hahira &#8211;Shriner&#8217;s Convention by Ray Stevens, 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pO_tXzeiZAQ\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pO_tXzeiZAQ\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nWritten from the perspective of the Hahira, Georgia conclave\r\nin the big city of Hot &#8216;Lanta,\r\nthis song off Ray Stevens&#8217; 1980 LP Shriner&#8217;s Convention,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicvf.com\/Ray+Stevens.art\">\r\nran up the charts briefly in 1980<\/a>, and still apparently causes\r\ncontroversy among Shriners.\r\n<p>\r\nI wonder who those pillars of the community,\r\n&#8216;Lustrious Potentate Bubba and Noble Lumpkin Coy, really were?\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\n&#8220;I just hope Charlene don&#8217;t find out about this, Coy!\r\n<br>\r\nWhat? Well, how&#8217;d you get that big motorcycle\r\n<br>\r\nUp there on the high dive, Coy?\r\n<br>\r\nNow Coy, Dad blame it, that ain&#8217;t no way to act&#8221;\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pO_tXzeiZAQ\">\r\nthe video:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pO_tXzeiZAQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>a special meetin&#8217;, we get back to Hahira &#8211;Shriner&#8217;s Convention by Ray Stevens, 1980\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nPS: Ray Stevens is from north Georgia, so that&#8217;s not a Hahira accent, but it doesn&#8217;t matter in this song.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Written from the perspective of the Hahira, Georgia conclave in the big city of Hot &#8216;Lanta, this song off Ray Stevens&#8217; 1980 LP Shriner&#8217;s Convention, ran up the charts briefly in 1980, and still apparently causes controversy among Shriners. 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