** Reply to message from "Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney" <festuca at olywa.net> on Sat, 27 Jul 2002 17:02:08 -0700


> Lydia Wrote:
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 16:45:22 EDT
>
> "My songwriter friend Pete Tomack needs some bird help. He's writing a
> blues song that features a sad and lonely bird that sings at night.
> 'Nightingale' has been an overused bird. He wants to use the bird's name in
> his lyrics. Varied Thrushes sound rather haunting and perhaps lonely, but
> "varied thrush" doesn't meld well into a lyric. Any help here? Thanks,
> Lydia Gaebe Bishop"
> **************************
> Hi Lydia -
>
> Perhaps toning it down from the "AOU" name to the old Northwesterner's
> common name for the bird:
> 'Alaska Robin'
> Just a thought....

Since this is a blues song, another former name for Varied Thrush seems more appropriate for its bayou connotations: Swamp Robin.

jb

Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto: jbinpg at shaw.ca