“The Future, Conan?”
May 19th, 2009 by benpatton
Dear Uncle Sam,
I was introduced yesterday to an elderly filipina who is greatly renowned for her gifts of perception into the future, and unseen aspects of the present. I found her to be a charming, kind woman, with an undeniably magic aura and very cute grandchildren. Putting my innate skepticism temporarily aside, I asked her, among other things, if she could tell me anything about the future of my work. Would I be able to entertain a much larger audience someday? A stream of words spilled from her mouth, in a Filipino dialect called Bisayan. When she was done, the translator said to me “Yes, okay.”
Here is another peek at the upcoming concert DVD “Live Double Feature”. This is from the unplugged show in Burlington, Vermont, featuring two other Pattons, my sister Anna on clarinet, and my father Will on double bass.
The song we are playing is one I wrote about ten years ago. (Yikes.) It’s a sort of homage to Cole Porter, and it has become, arguably, my most popular song.
Will I someday write something that will dramatically exceed the appreciation this early song has received?
“Yes, okay.”
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“Yes, Okay.”
Second only to “Sure, of course.”
It’s a pretty excellent song–hard to top! But you will do it. I know you will!