Mr. Smooth

3 hours ago, Krapow said:

I knew exactly what this post was about after reading the first paragraph of 3 lines.

Been there 3 times. First couple of times was my own fault, falling asleep on long haul from Thailand, and luckily enough the clot developed when i could get seen, diagnosed and sorted within a few hours in our wonderful NHS, and not on arrival in Thailand.

So the first 2 times it was 'reactive', there was a reason why, same place and probably same clot, behind the knee, and i resisted going on continual blood thinning medication. I stopped once advised the clot would either be gone or small enough to not bother me. I just asked for the 2 injections to be prescribed a week or so before going on any long haul, after i explained my wife was Thai, and not flying to Thailand was not an option. They worked fine, i injected them once onboard in the toilet, one going, one coming back, little sting into the stomach. 

But then i was hitting the gym hard, and got the same pain you described and i knew, but told myself couldn't be, hadn't been on a flight or anything that would have brought it on, must be from the gym. It got progressively worse till the point of i was hanging onto things, couldn't walk, red hot pain. So off to A&E i went. It was the time of covid, hospital was empty, seen, blood taken, ultrasound, diagnosed, medication given, injection then tablets, all in an afternoon. 

The Consultant said to me this was the 3rd time, and no 'reason' for it like the past 2 times, sometimes there is no reason. He said i think it's time you go on continual medication, as this will happen again, if it travels to your lungs, heart etc, you could be f***d. So reluctantly i agreed. This clot was in my thigh, not behind my knee as before. 

The clot could have came from covid, i had it for the first time a couple of months before, i had a test via my work that showed antibodies, and said i had it at some time recently. It was before vaccines, in November of 2020, i posted about it on here. But i didn't know then, or now, just know there's evidence covid causes clots. They offered to do lots of blood tests if i wanted to try and find out why it happened, which i agreed to. They took absolutely loads of blood vials from me. Rang a couple of months later, saying they didn't find any reason what it happened, but in all likelihood it would again, so stay on the tablets.

What tablets are you prescribed? 

The first 2 times i was given warfarin, which was a nightmare as in i had to go for regular blood tests to check my blood was at the right level. 

But this third time, and what i'm on now, is Apixaban, 5mls twice a day. Only get my blood checked once a year. 

You probably could still go with the injections, but not a wise thing to do when a Doctor says don't, and you couldn't get insured, going against a Doctors advice. But like me, you'll still be able to fly wherever the Doc says, with whatever medication, and insured no problem as well, albeit a bit more expensive. 

I don't notice anything since i started the Apixaban, you're be fine as well Smoothie, batting away libs like flies as per usual 

Was prescribed Rivaroxaban, might be the same deal as your Apixaban, currently taking a 15 mg pill twice a day, and when they are finished, I continue on with a single 20 mg pill per day, which was has already been renewed beyond the 30 day supply I have. My primary care doctor also wrote up a consultation, which will happen in December, with a blood specialist, I assume to set up a plan for prevention in the future. I'm not opposed to taking a low dosage blood thinning tablet on a daily basis if it will help to prevent clotting in the future.

I'd be lying if I said the thought didn't go through my mind about the possibility of the Pfizer shot having something to do with the clot forming, as I have read way too many instances of that happening to people as a result of the jab. And not just someone in my age group, late 50's, but of younger people, athletes, in much better physical conditioning than myself. I only took the two initial shots, no boosters at all, but in thinking back, I wish I had waited and not gone through with getting them, as I only did because I was figuring it would be mandated for international travel. Silly me...being patient and waiting it out as the Covid mandates went by the wayside, would have been the right move. But hindsight is always 20-20, so no use bitching about it now.

Patience now is a virtue as I take things day by day and optimistic on a little improvement each week. Besides, we still gotta meet up for a beer over there. Yet another motivating factor to get back in the saddle.

I've had a bit of a rough go lately, completely out of the blue. A couple weeks back, I had a pretty severe pain in my right leg, going from the calf up to the back of my thigh. Started feeling it on a Wednesday afternoon and by Thursday night, couldn't sleep a wink.

Called my VA help nurse (Veteran's Administration for military vets) on that Friday morning and after answering some questions, advised me to go the the ER at the VA hospital. 5 hrs later, having had xrays and an ultrasound, I was diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis, as I had a blood clot.

Was placed on blood thinning medication and Tylenol for the pain to be used as necessary, and for which there was considerable for the next several days, but now after 2 weeks, the blood thinning pills seem to be working as the leg pain has lessened considerably, as well as my taking Tylenol going from 2 tablets 3x per day, to twice per day at the same time I take a blood thinner pill.

The doctor seems to think the long flight home from Kenya in late Sept, three flights over 22-23 hrs, was the trigger that set the clot in motion to expand. I was advised in no uncertain terms, no long flights or road trips in a vehicle for a 3-6 month time period. What sucks is that only a week earlier, I had booked my flights and accommodations for a Thailand-Kenya return from Dec 28- Feb 5, and will only receive a partial refund on the whole lot. Was very much looking forward to getting back to Patts, seeing some of my old friends and mates from previous years travels and whatever else struck my fancy, but will listen to the doctors orders, take my meds, keep my leg elevated when sitting on the sofa or easy chair, and slowly increase my exercise by walking around the mobile home park where I live. It's about a 3/4ths mile distance, and have been doing 1 lap around twice a day at a modest pace. I'm slowly building up to a quicker pace and next week will extend my walks to 2x around two times each day.

Have had my medication refilled into January, as I'll go from 2 15 mg pills per day to a single 20mg pill once per day. On a good note, since June, when I departed for the summer, until my most recent doctor's appt this past Monday, have dropped 14 lbs, I guess roughly 6.5 kilos, and am looking to drop more by next June, (270 lbs is the goal, was 302 at the doc's office) which is when I'm shooting for a return to LOS.

Oh, though it will affect the pocketbook, from here on out, all trans-continental flights for me will be in business class which will allow for much more room to stretch, to walk around, to sleep....etc. But each trip, maybe 2 per year, will be several weeks to a few months, so to mitigate the cost.

Fortunately, it appears I'm on the road to recovery.

3 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

 

Always saw the guy for what he is, a disrespectful low life. But he crossed a line with a video he put up complaining about being overcharged for parking in Vietnam (link to a reddit post with the video).

With the extremely vile comments he made to the parking attendant he showed the world that he is the walking definition of a sick low life.

He's also a coward as I doubt very much he would have said what he did if there was any chance someone around him understood English. For sure they would have cleaned his clock on the spot if they understood the horrible words coming out of his mouth.

It's a damn shame that the people of these tropical countries where so many of us have visited for years, or now have made our homes there, have to be subjected to the absolute worst displays of vile, ugly and disgusting behavior by Westerners.

Watching that video was enough for this guy to show what an abject bottom feeder of a man he is.

His mouth will get him in some real trouble one day.

9 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

Don't know how true, but I've read elsewhere the YT guy has no financial interest in the bar. Think the YT guy makes his coin from charging newbies for bar hops and from his YT channel.

I was told similar when there in January. Buzz shows up for the, at least at the time, twice a week pub crawls, and as with other YT personalities like Nick, promote their "brand" to help the bar financially, though with Nick, he has an actual financial stake with his bars as well as that hotel on Soi 7 directly across from his Pick Up Corner Bar, or Hook Up Corner, whatever the name is.

Then of course, all the YT'ers eventually get around to promote everybody else's business on their own channels, like some little clique.

These guys are all canibalizing off each other, way too much of the same content, same yada yada yada. I used to watch fairly regular, especially in high season, but now, there just isn't a whole lot of content worth watching. And these Sunday streams....who da fcuk can watch that crap for 90 minutes or 2 hours, or longer, unless they're an invalid?

Everybody who has a YT channel all think they are unique in what they do and how they go about presenting their content, when in truth, they are all just trying to reinvent the wheel, while making some coin to help pay their bar tab.

Make sure to like, subscribe and share. 

One of my favorites! Great show and very rare for a central figure, Shelly Long's character, Diane, to leave and be replaced with Kirstie Alley's, Rebecca, and the chemistry between Sam and both of them stayed the same, if not even better with Kirstie.

I'm not a morning tv guy, had no idea that Harry Smith was with NBC. He was on CBS for a long time and was the host of their morning show for years.

A nice remembrance, Glass.

On 4/9/2023 at 3:00 AM, Glasseye said:

 

I never get tired of this song. Or, any of their songs for that matter.

 

 

That opening riff is still, to me, the greatest pre-game introduction music in team sports. When the Chicago Bulls arena went dark and the laser lights started fanning throughout the crowd accompanied by this riff just before the Bulls players were introduced, you couldn't help but get hyped, even sitting at home, for the opening tip off between the Bulls and whoever, especially a playoff game during the Jordan era.

On 2/28/2023 at 11:17 PM, Nightcrawler said:

I often enjoy a glass or two of Hoegaarden wheat beer in UK, but I have never come across it in Thailand and imagined that it would be quite expensive. I wonder if any bars stock it ?. 

I have never actively looked for it. 

I enjoyed a nice, large glass of Hoegaarden at the Beer Hubb in front of Tree Town. I think it was 269 baht, but the size of the mug was huge, only had one.

But it was maybe the single best beer over the 3 weeks I was over there this past Dec-Jan.

I have a Canadian friend there now and he sent me a couple of pics of the madness from his seat at the Zero Bar on Soi Buokow. He said traffic was practically at a dead stop, then just very slowly would get moving again. I'm sure a few of you are familiar with the location. Great for people watching, but like others, I'd rather not be around for any of the cluster fcuk going on.

Just hope any potential motorbike accidents caused by the water being fired at passing riders are few and far between.

I find it strange that due to Covid protocols these past few years where the government canceled Songkran altogether, why can't they, along with the local BIB course, then limit the festivities to say, 3 days, when it's back to being celebrated again?

Isn't that a closer time frame to what the spirit of the celebration was in the first place?

16 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

Still able to get my morning ride and/or walk in, so there is that. Pretty quiet on the water front this morning. Only a couple of places scattered around central Pattaya that had a few squirt guns out. Not much traffic so easy enough to divert into the oncoming lane to avoid those places.

Did see one old, shirtless, tatted up westerner with his Thai lady in tow on Buakhao trying to start fights by squirting into businesses as he walked by. Could hear his Thai lady asking him stop and his reply was "they can come out and make me". Nicely sums up the attitude of some towards others they share this world with.

The utter disrespect of some foreigners, and I include a huge number, sadly so, of my fellow Americans, with the above example, just pisses me off to no end. Some of these brain-dead idiots really need to be forcibly sent back on a plane to their home country and continue with their classless behavior there.

There are just some people who, by their actions and/or imbecilic behavior, as guests of another country, should have their passport revoked!

17 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

No water to be seen into and out of Khaos Corner last night. A few wandered into Nikom with wet shirts from elsewhere.

Traffic is definitely on the increase though. Soi Lengkee at times was backed up from Buakhao back to 3rd Rd.

The traffic situation wasn't helped by some selfish Thai guy double parking in front of the corner food stand on Lengkee. He must have stopped for food as he was there for about 10 minutes. Really added to the grid lock at Khaos Corner, but amazing Thailand, no one honked their horn.

 

Is that the unofficial name for that confluence of Buakhao, Diana and Lengkee....Khaos Corner?

If so, very appropriate. I've sat at Nikom many times with a large Tiger and watched in amazement how the traffic all merges together in different directions, as if there was some invisible turning circle with everyone yielding to the oncoming vehicles on their left.

Watching it all unfold, along with the occasional sexy lady on a motorbike passing through, does make for some entertaining scenery!

1 hour ago, CalEden said:

Sorry maybe a little off topic. I had been flying EVA for over 20 years prior to COVID restrictions/shutdown transits in Taipei. EVA used to consistently have the lowest fares to LOS. Since the emergence from Covid EVA's Premium Economy/Biz fares (US West Coast) have been awfully expensive. Since post Covid have purchased Biz fares on Qatar, Asiana, and JAL for far less than EVA's Biz Fares.   

As had I, probably 80% of my trips from either SF or LAX, were with Eva, and was checking them out first on my upcoming return in late June. But FFS! Their economy fares now are what their prem econ fares were in 2019!

But not just them as I have found on Kayak, that overall, fares across the board to SEA have gotten so much higher than what they were, no doubt the price of jet fuel in this day and age having gone up so much, the cost being passed on to the consumer.

I finally settled on Korean Air in their standard econ, which according to Seat guru, their 777's offer up a 33-34" seat pitch, which is more than the 32" Eva offers, for the trans-Pacific flight into Seoul. And the connection into BKK is the same.

I flew them in 2019 and couldn't believe the space I had in economy when seated upright, as my knees were at least a good 3-4" from the seat back in front of me. Was about the most comfortable flight in economy I've ever had for an international flight.

That and the fact that they fly from Vegas and that saves me at minimum, several hundred dollars by not needing to book a separate return flight to a west coast airport.

17 hours ago, Yessongs said:

Eric, coming from Sacto, you should be OK as a general rule right? High temps, no humidity, piece of cake huh? I will say though, Vegas at 100 degrees always feels alot hotter then that. it is tough here right now, even in the burbs in Minburi, it was 37C Sunday. Walking out into the car park after the gym, I cannot believe these Security guys who work parking are STILL required to wear a jacket in there. Unbelievable. 

July 2017 in Las Vegas out at Hoover Dam it was 113 degrees. It was brutal, we lasted 30 minutes and had to leave. 

Seen Elvis around lately? 

Yeah, I'll be fine. Saw the dam back in late January, I'm about a 35 minute drive away. It was about 55 degrees cooler when I was there then from when you were!

Stayed about an hour and a half.

14 hours ago, lazarus said:

When I lived in Thailand normally I'd travel back the the US in September & October...the monsoon months.

That's when the weather is the best in the western US (although still hot in the desert).

October was always my favorite month of the year when living in the Sacramento area, as it was still plenty warm enough during the day, but not overbearing, while the evenings were quite comfy with maybe a hint of crispness to the night air in the second half of the month.

Same with SF and the Bay Area in general. I once read that before deciding to move the NY Giants baseball team to SF, to go along with the Dodgers move from Brooklyn to LA, Horace Stoneham, the Giants owner, took a look at where the Giants would eventually be playing at if they made the move. The trouble was, he was there during October, when the weather was picture-postcard gorgeous. Unfortunately, as Giants fans would come to find out, as well as the owner, attending a night game in July was a different matter. Thank God now for that gorgeous ballpark, the finest sporting cathedral in America, after several decades playing off of Candlestick Point. What a miserable place to watch a baseball game that place was. The wind must have kept Willie Mays from breaking Babe Ruth's HR record before Aaron got it.

As Mark Twain once famously said, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco".

I'm still outta Vegas and escaping that desert heat, dry or not, come end of June for a long spell, off to Thailand for a couple weeks then East Africa, where it's surprisingly cool, in July and August. About low 80's daytime, low 70s at night. Back in Sin City by end of September.

Perfect!

3 minutes ago, forcebwithu said:

I've never considered leaving during the hot months, other than during the madness of Songkran. I just adjust my exercise routine to early morning to take advantage of the cooler temps.

After acclimating to the higher temps here, I'm adding layers when it gets down to what we used to refer to as room temp (72F). If Pattaya ever go down to the 50F - 55F range I'd be paying the food cart vendor just to huddle around his charcoal grill for warmth. And this coming from a guy that used to winter camp in sub-zero temps.

For what it's worth, as I write this from Las Vegas, a few days away from April, it is currently 56 degrees, that's Fahrenheit for our non-American friends, and I had the heater on last night set at 72. I know it's going get hot as we get deeper into the year and closer to summer, but for right now, I've put off buying a Weber grill for outdoors cooking because of the very unseasonably colder temps. It's about 12-14 degrees cooler than normal, and we're getting the aftermath of all the storms that have ravaged California over the winter.

But...I know that Southwest desert heat is coming.

Since the March-May time of the year is the hottest, do any of you full time expats ever make plans to return home to America or Canada, England, Germany, Australia, etc....to escape those brutal temperatures in Thailand?

I can only imagine when the temperatures reach 35-40 degrees Celcius, which is roughly 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit, how refreshing it would be to experience a rainy, overcast day with temps in the lower teens (around 50-55 F), even if it was only temporary.

Do you guys miss that type of weather at all or are you satisfied with the trade off in higher, uncomfortably hot temperatures at this time of year in living in LOS?

12 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

Were you still at Ft. Myers airport and was that TSA or an IO? I've found IO's very professional, TSA personel I think of as out of work Walmart greeters looking for any job they can get.

I've often thought of them as mall cop rejects, so we're pretty close to having the same dismissive attitude toward them.

I think the entire airport security apparatus needs to be given an overhaul and since it's the airlines who are in the business providing their services to the flying public, then I think it should be them deciding on what security measures to be put in place instead of the federal government.

It shouldn't matter much on the air fare because the taxes paid on those tickets goes to help pay for all those TSA personnel anyway.

But, TSA are here to stay.

For years I had put off applying for the TSA pre-check classification, which, if successful, would allow me to go through the security check at a US airport without needing to take off my shoes, belt, etc...and also not have to wait in those long ass lines with everybody else impatient and grumbling to get through. As an overseas traveler, departing from a major hub like San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles or Dallas-Ft Worth, among others, has been a pain in the ass with lines that stretched and snaked around and through the roped off security entrance for over 100 yards or more.

Well, I finally applied for the pre-check status, received my appointment time and it wound up taking all of 5 minutes to be finger printed, photographed, being asked a few questions, then having my cc charged the $78 USD fee for the new classification, which is good for 5 years. I was told to check my email, click the link provided, and my new redress number would be there in 2-5 working days. Well, the guy was right as 2 days later, I received that email and got my number. Now, when booking a flight online, just fill that number out in the redress box and on the day of travel, with boarding pass in hand, I would be directed by TSA personnel at the airport security entrance, to head over to the pre-check express line.

So, I now have it and for the next 5 years, and beyond, as I'll pay the fee to renew it, there will be no more excessive waiting in security lines to get through into the terminal, no more taking my tray to a bench to put on my shoes again, belt and so on. To me, beyond that inconvenience, the amount of time saved makes it worth it to me. Gliding right on through with the flight crews, grabbing your carry on off the conveyor belt and moving on in a matter of maybe 2-3 minutes, just enhances the whole airport experience and removes a lot of the unnecessary hassle, especially at the major hubs which are always so busy with passengers departing for wherever in the world they are going.

Any of my fellow Americans bm's travel with that status, or have thought about it? Is there an equivalent in European countries that will allow you to avoid the long lines and enjoy a small level of "VIP" status when heading out on an overseas trip?

Next for me is the Global Entry, which is similar except it's for when returning from a foreign country and being allowed to go through the "express" lane for your passport check at immigration, but was informed that there is at minimum, a 4-6 month time frame for getting an interview appointment, and possibly up to a year.

That's fine, I'll wait.

16 hours ago, Yessongs said:

Yeah some of the shows in America are just way overpriced. So any idea how much that ticket in the area you wanted to sit the day they went on sale, with out having to buy from a ticket "broker" was going for?  My last 2 concerts that I went to, Mc Cartney in Oakland and Aerosmith in Las Vegas were the 2 most expensive shows I have ever paid for. As long as people pay it, the promoters are going to get it......that simple. 

Just a side note here, Livenation here in Bangkok  was the promoter for the Bryan Adams show right? Thaiticket major sold the tickets. There are no secondary markets here ( that I am aware of)  checked Craigslist here too. No one sells tickets here as a secondary provider. Why is that? When you buy your tickets online here, you pay for them, they send you a PDF file to your e-mail right? That ticket has your name on it and your wife/gf etc. They say that the person entering the venue has to show ID to make sure that the name on the ticket, matches the ID. At least that is a somewhat of a  good way of having big shows, and thousands of scalpers buying them, then re-selling at much higher prices.  

Spot on assessment...

I become aware of who is playing when and where based upon when I see the announcement come across my FB feed. When I click on for more information, it shows whats available and where in the venue they are. Not all are going for outrageous prices, but the big names pretty much are. 

Bill Burr, I think who is on par with Dave Chappelle, coming in May and the cheapest for him was $65 plus all fees, for the back of the venue. On the floor, well into triple figures. Taylor Swift has two stadium shows, Friday and Saturday night, meaning she will have sold about 110,000 tickets, and I can't even find out how much any of the remaining tickets cost as you have to sign in online and wait. But.....to just park your car at the stadium costs a whopping $50 USD!

TO PARK THE DAMN CAR!!!! 

Shortly after moving here, I read that Adele, who had a residency here, was having trouble filling the venue she was performing at, I think it was Caesars Palace, but not sure, and people were being able to buy unsold tix for as little as $100 to fill the seats, sitting nearby people who had paid exorbitantly more money for their seats. 

I guess I view such things through the lens of what that amount of money spent would get me on an overseas location, even Pattaya, and would it be worth it to me. I say no, I'd rather have that cash to spend when I take off. I'm sure many of our bm's, if they live in or near London for example, would question an act coming to the Royal Albert or O2 with whether to pay the huge sum of pounds for a ticket to see them or save up that money for that flight to BKK.

But, as has been said, somebody, actually a lot of somebodies, are paying these prices so the market dictates the cost.

I'll settle for a premium economy seat with ample leg room, thank you very much.

Everyone I know who has seen Bryan Adams has said he puts on a terrific show and makes sure to play the "hits" that the audience wants to hear. Unlike somebody like Van Morrison. Glad you and the wife had a great time.

Sorry to say, since the move to Vegas, I haven't made it to any concerts. The prices on the secondary markets, such as Stub Hub, for some of these acts is just outrageous. Where you two sat for this show, a similar seat for Sting, coming in a couple weeks to play as series of shows, were going for as much as $2900 USD, per ticket, 7-8 rows back.

Thats a premium economy ticket at Christmas for nearly 40 hours in the air round trip to BKK.

Sorry, but I guess I won't be standing so close to him since I can't afford that. Talk about highway robbery! Somebody should call the.....oh never mind!

Cheers Mike!

Bobby Caldwell, dead at 71. Probably his best known hit, and for nearly 40 years, I had always thought it was a black guy singing! I, and many others, were surprised he was white. Some of the reaction videos on YT show how surprised black people were to find out when listening to the song for the first time, Caldwell was white.

Great tune....RIP.

On 3/2/2023 at 8:38 PM, Toy Boy said:

I'm slowly going through the list of my all-time favourite films and rewatching them. Last night it was the turn of my favourite (Spaghetti) Western, 'Once Upon A Time In The West'. I couldn't find a 4k version, but in 2018 a remastered 1080p version was released to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary, and that's really excellent quality. It must be the fifth or sixth time I've watched this almost 3-hour long movie, and I've enjoyed it every time, especially the brilliant score by Ennio Morricone.

I first saw the film just a few years after it was released, when I was in grammar school of all places. We always had a few weeks of limbo after the exams were over but before we could be released into the wild for the summer holiday. The teachers didn't want to teach us anything and we had little interest in more study, but the LEA said that we still had to attend school so it was a case of passing the time as best you could. The staff found that showing us films was one way to pass a few hours in relative peace and quiet, and one summer in the early 1970's they got hold of a copy of this film and we watched it. I was spellbound, the evil Frank shooting dead the little boy in cold blood, and the dreadful thing that had been done to the man with a harmonica when he was just a boy. Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda and Jason Robards all at the peak of their profession, and framing it all is the unforgettable music. Although, like 'The Good, The bad And The Ugly', it revolves around three gunslingers, it portrays genuine evil, unlike the Clint Eastwood film which much less dark and quite funny in places.

For me, the greatest western ever made. I watch it about once a year. Numerous YT segments about it, including Henry Fonda telling the story on the old Dick Cavett Show around '71 where when they were about to start filming, he wore brown contacts, thinking if he was playing a bad guy, the brown eyes would look more sinister. But when he showed up on the set, Sergio Leone was beside himself, yelling in Italian, wanting his natural baby blues highlighted as there were many immediate close ups. 

It worked of course, and upon his grand entrance in the movie after the murdering of the family, when the camera pans around from the back to show Fonds's character, with those blue eyes, the effect was incredible! Has a bad guy character ever had a more dramatic entrance in a movie when matched to the ominous sounding theme music?

And what a musical score! My favorite of them all, by the legendary Ennio Morricone.

16 hours ago, Glasseye said:

Nobody (IMO) can touch the Allman Brothers of course. But, The Marshall Tucker Band came in a close second for Southern Rock music....

 

A great live version of "Can't You See"...

 

*** That lead singer has got some friggen pipes. Their vocals were always great.

 

 

 

Then there was Pure Prairie League. "Amie"         Harmonic masterpiece.

 

 

Unfortunately, the Marshall Tucker Band would lose brothers Tommy and Toy Caldwell, Tommy in 1980 from an auto accident in Spartanburg, SC and Toy from cocaine in '93. Toy is the guy with those great vocals singing "Can't You See" in that video.