TED Ferrell

Say act2 my goodness you did good. Now all we need to do is put a little Memphis soul music to those lyrics and we might have a winner.

Well folks it is so nice to see so many of you wishing Kathy A Happy Birthday. I wrote a line or two in her Birthday song how I believed her to be clever and witty. As some of you may know Kathy and I are writing tunes together. She is great with words and ideas and not too long ago she did a thread on Where Did My Other Sock Go and we all had fun putting our two cents worth in. Shortly thereafter we started sending lines back and forth mostly Kathy's and before you knew it we had the lyrics done. I added the music later and now we have a sock song, ha ha sorry you can't hear the music. I asked Kathy if it would be ok to share this with you and she thought it would be ok after I told her she was supposed to share something with others on her Birthday. So now gs'ers enjoy the clever wit and humor of our very own Chatty Kathy. Where Did My Other Sock Go verse one In this world of problems worries and cares Talk of wars and rumors of here and there Right now I only have one question on my mind Need the answer for something I have to find chorus Now where oh where did my other sock go Must find that lonely little sock that I love so Seems like it's mate just vanished into thin air I've looked high and low but that sock ain't there I even stuck my head deep inside that dryer door It just can't join those others piled in my drawer Have to find it so I can put on my shoes and go Where did my other sock go I just have to know verse two Others told me how to solve this dilemma of mine Buy only socks of the same color and same kind There's another thought I believe might be true A sock gremlin in my house stealing one from two repeat chorus Words and Music by Kathy and Ted © 2003 Kathanna Productions

The Day You Were Born When I first stared posting here and there on gs Not much did I add to threads read more or less Than I came across a picture of a smiley little baby Cute thought she was and clever was Chatty Kathy Few days later while checking new threads to see Chatty Kathy had grown up to a little girl of three I posted in thread told her your picture is sweet to see And now I could prove an angel you are Chatty Kathy Since that time we have become the best of friends Writing songs together partners we are till the end Not only by me but many love her heart at this gs cafe Thankful we are she was born down Memphis way Chorus The day she was born most did not know This child would grow up to steal the show A friend to all treating others kind and lovingly The world is a better place with Chatty Kathy She is clever she is smart and so very witty Check out her posts if you would like to see Delightful she is like a rose among thorns When Kathy is here we weep not or mourn Happy Happy Birthday from all on the forum Kathy we thank God for the day you were born A Birthday Tribute To Our Chatty Kathy Thanks For Being You A Chatty Kathy Fan Ted Ferrell

Let The Beat Go On Hi everbody looks as if this thread has seen better days and as of late I have not been posting much. My time does not allow me to do so since I have too many irons in the fire . It is time for me to head on down the highway for the next gig but before I leave I would like to thank you all for letting me share some of my life with you and for all of who have done the same. Kathy thank you for starting this thread you have been a wonderful hostess and all of us do love you as for me you will always be an angel ha! ha! I will leave my email addy on profile for a while if any of you would like to write me. Time to close up shop now and sing my closing song Goodbyes Are Never Easy So I'll Just Say So Long The Time Has Come For Me To Sing My Farewell Song Perhaps We Wiil Meet Again Somwhere Someday You And I So Long Everbody It's Too Hard To Say Goodbye God Bless You and Love To All Ted Ferrell [This message was edited by TED Ferrell on March 03, 2003 at 18:36.]

Thanks Kathy for posting song.I have done this song in clubs and if you put it in the right spot of a program you can hear a pin drop as you are singing it. Love Ya! Ted F.

And The Beat Goes On Yeah Socks not a whole lot of tunes that catch my ears anymore outside of country but some of the pop singers I do enjoy. One thing that still holds true to country music they have no fear of doing songs that have a positive message concerning God or Jesus Christ. There is one song I really like of Garth Brooks called Wolves. This song makes you stop and listen. Kathy maybe you could find and post the words for us. I have them but too lazy to type them. Be back soon. Ted F.

Hope yes Dean and Larry did co write along with Stevie The Price He Paid but slips my mind about Daddy's Hand's. Will ask Larry when I see him. Larry and Connie have a sweet fellowship in Columbus and I plan on going to see them later on. Hope I will be calling Stevie this week and will give her your love. She will be happy to hear you and John are doing well.

Oh The Price He Paid I spent most of my life without a dime to my name While friends all around me made fortune and fame I felt my life wasn?t worth the pain of my birth But oh the price He paid for me When my ships were coming in they went down off the coast My friends all ran out when I needed them most I felt my life was nothing till God made it something And oh the price He paid for me In my eyes I was nothing to no one But in His eyes I reigned as king Then I found I was worth all the treasures on earth To God I?m worth everything Now I?m standing today where all the winners have lost I?m counting God?s blessings they?re counting the cost I finally won but it cost God His son Oh the price He paid for me Now there?s a lot to be spent and so much to be heard But what?s worth believing is in God?s holy Word You?re life may be nothing but He?ll make it something But oh price He paid for you In your eyes you may be nothing to no one In His eyes you reign as king Then you?ll find that your worth all the treasures on earth With God your worth everything Now you?re standing today where all the winners have lost You?re counting God?s blessings they?re counting the cost You finally won but it cost God His son Oh the price He paid for you Oh the price He paid for you Stevie Kay is one of my dearest friends and her songs and singing helped many a weary traveler find peace and comfort on their journey through life. Stevie will not read this but I will tell all of you here on gs she was one of the best that ever came down the pike in Way Prod and I value and treasure her friendship to this day. Thank you Stevie for recording and singing Oh The Price He Paid on your most wonderful album Love Child. Love Ya! Ted F.

Hey Oakspear; Never got the chance to meet ya and say hi. I have always enjoyed your honest up front posts on other threads. Lincoln NE is a good town and for awhile I booked jobs out of an agency there. The last road trip I did was in a hotel lounge up the road a ways from ya! Omaha is a pretty good town too but I like Lincoln better. Not only blues men and women settle down in Lincoln but jazz players as well. Hope you have a fun time here at Kathy's Club, it's an easy laid back hangout for a lot of us. Take care my friend Ted F.

29 Years Ago Today Just received a phone call from my dear friend and brother Mark Gluckin. He called me to wish me Happy Anniversary. Twenty-nine years ago on Jan. 13, 1974 at the Crescent Theater in Minster Ohio a group of musicians took their places behind the stage curtain. And as the curtain came up and the house lights were dimmed I stepped to the front of the stage and into the spotlight and said "God Bless You and Welcome to Joyful Noise". And we did our first opening song This Could Be The Beginning, and that was the real beginning of Way Prod. Many talented musicians, singers, actors and dancers would come and go in the years ahead reaching out and touching people's heart's from every walk of life and do so with the love of God in their hearts. On this night of remembrance and being a little sentimental I would like to say to any and all who gave of your time and talent I salute you and from the bottom of my heart thank you. God Bless each and every one of you. Happy Anniversary (Socks) John and Janet Ruiz. Love To All Ted

Hope; Later on this week I wiil call you to talk more about this issue.Do not think it best to post anymore and give folks down on the farm any ideas. Tell John hello and that I think he is one super guy LOL Ted

Hi Hope; Unless you signed a legal document stating you were giving away all rights to I love The Lord you are still the legal writer and owner of that song. Twi does not have any legal rights to my songs I wrote while there as I did not sign over anything to them. As in most cases of Way Prod writers. Yes I know some have been told twi holds the rights to all Way Prod songs. But it ain't so, and should that issue ever go to court twi would be in a bind because that would put them in the commercial music bizz. And I do not believe they would want that because of tax exempt status. How I now do music copyrights is by volume. Say like twelve songs at a time on a CD or tape. I fill out forms and send in the volume copy of CD or tape to be copyrighted, and all songs in that volume are included. It is a lot cheaper doing it that way than sending in each song separately. Kathy and I are turning out some pretty good commercial mostly country tunes and in the not to distant future will be pitching several to some publisher's and AnR contacts I have in Nashville. Song writing is a tough road to travel and unless you can take a lot of rejection best to stay out of the fray. Love To All Ted F. [This message was edited by TED Ferrell on January 13, 2003 at 5:47.]

Kathy; All here will miss you til your return. You my dear one by starting this thread with your cheerful and kind ways have inspired many of us to share our hearts about music and song You are a gracious hostess. Thank you Kathy for being you. As for me (and others here I'm sure) I will continue to pray and believe that your hubby will get well soon. God Bless You Kathy Your Song Writing Partner Ted LOL [This message was edited by TED Ferrell on January 09, 2003 at 12:26.]

Buck; No kids but would have loved to have had a dozen because I dearly love children and think I might have been a pretty good Dad too.

And The Beat Goes On Socks I recall reading the book you just posted about and my first thought back then was hogwash. As I posted in my earlier posts on this thread, since the beginning of popular songs and music in the USA there has always been the headed for hell in a hand basket critics. Even Steven Foster was reported to be a 'darkie lover'. I have always loved Bob Dylan and his music and compositions. Bob is a musical poet and I used to read his songs like I would poetry. He is a musical genius and his way of writing lyrics was copied by The Beatles and many others. Yes, I believe Dylan's conversion to Christianity was for real, too many of his songs from that time reflected his beliefs at that time. However he did return to his roots Judaism and far as I know he still is there. I used to do one his songs You Gotta Serve Somebody. In the folk music era there was an attempt by the coomies to gain a foothold in the folk music heyday. During the sixties and early seventies I subscribed to two folk music trade publications Sing Out and Broadside (which I still have copies of). Sing Out had articles about folk music and printed words and music in the magazine, but as time went on their articles became more anti American government and our capitalistic society. Broadside was even worse they urged college students to demonstrate against The Viet Nam War. After a few years of subscribing I grew disgusted with the far left issues and never renewed my subscription. The commies did make a dent within the folk music scene but faded away and went Blowing In The Wind. Yes, as back then so it is today, critics clamor and wring their hands crying the music of today is causing my kid to commit all kinds of unthinkable things. Let's ban it from the face of the earth. So sorry folks it ain't coming down that way. The youth of today are going to have THEIR music. Love To All Ted

And The Beat Goes On Thirty years have come and gone since 1973 but so many of the songs from that year are with us yet today. A good song is always a good song. In 1973 I felt insulted when Carly Simon told me Your So Vain but it all worked out when Diana Ross invited me to Touch Me In The Morning. oh! yeah. The only problem I had with that was Maureen McGovern kept reminding me about The Morning After from the movie Poseidon Adventure. Jim Croce reported about a bad cat named Bad Bad LeRoy Brown who Croce said had too much Time In A Bottle. There was a lot of Superstition going around so Stevie Wonder said and he had a Photograph by Ringo Starr to prove it. Even Frankenstein got in the act as presented by Edgar Winter Group and another crime took place that year when Roberta Flack said some musician was Killing Her Softly With His Song gee! That was a cruel thing to do. And thought I'd heard it all about who was rocking till I heard Elton John sing Crocodile Rock now the reptiles were rocking what next? Rolling Stones brought Angie on stage and Charlie Rich thought she was The Most Beautiful Girl. Cher was a Half Breed and The Carpenters were on Top Of The World. Well that's the story for 73 so right now I will have Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree as Gladys Night and I depart on The Midnight Train To Georgia. And that's a few tunes from 1973. See you Later, Ted F.

Had to go back and read where I left off about music from the seventies and it seems we ended with 1971 so let's look at 1972 and beyond. In 1972 we were served Don McCleans American Pie as we drove our Chevy?s to the levee but the levee was dry. Neil Young shared his Heart Of Gold as America rode in on A Horse With No Name. Neil Diamond made us blue with Song Sung Blue and that made Gilbert O'Sullivan feel like he was Alone Again Naturally. Our vision was getting a little weak but Johnny Nash cleared it up with I Can See Clearly Now also we were in need to have someone to lean on so Bill Withers sang Lean On Me. Roberta Flack a Washington DC jazz pianist and singer melted our hearts with one of the great love songs of all time The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face while at the same time Billy Paul was having an affair with Me And Mrs. Jones. Looking Glass had a romance going on too with Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) but Mac Davis told his lady Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me. Helen Reddy stood up and was counted with I Am Woman while The Temptations told us that their Papa Was A Rolling Stone. Chuck Berry gave us some laughs when he exposed My Ding A Ling and all were invited to sing along, Three Dog Night took us out of the gray area with Black And White. Sammy Davis Jr. was The Candy Man of 72 and Ben was Michael Jackson's friend. I felt sorry for Nilsson who had to go it alone Without You but Al Green had his act together as he insisted Let's Stay Together. This is just a few of the top hits from 1972 some good songs came from that year wouldn't you say. Next we will take a peek at some music from thirty years ago 1973 my oh my! it seems like only yesterday I shall return. Love To All, Ted F.

For Hope Dear Hope; Just thought I should tell you once again how much I always loved to hear you sing your wonderful songs and that I believe you were and still are one of the best.My only regret is that I did not get to work with you more closely.What I am saying is with Buck and others who are your fans please include me on that list. Love you Hope R.and give my love to John he is one fine man. Ted F.

Hi moreyt; Welcome to Kathy's Club and please come by more often cause Kathy needs all the help she can get ha! ha! That ought to make her take off her earphones from listening to The Dixie Chicks and post a reply Only joshing Kath well maybe ha!ha! Ted F.

Hi you all; Made it through another New Year's Eve and yesterday did not have a honky tonk hangover ha! ha! Hope thanks for posting Highest Of The High and no I do not have revised lyrics and even if I did would not post because never did like anyone messing with another's inspired and heart felt words. Tonight I will restart posting more of And The Beat Goes On cause we need to cover the rest of the seventies so we can move on to eighties music.If we don't we could well be talking about this til 2020 and then we would have another music generation to cover ha! ha! See you tonight Love To All Ted F. [This message was edited by TED Ferrell on January 02, 2003 at 9:25.]

Happy To Be Home Again Happy to be home again Where the daystar shines in all your hearts So happy to be home again Singing hearts and melodies They do bless the valleys with love, peace and joy So happy to be home again While I was away I learned to stand alone Looking unto Him prayin' lead me home My tears began to fall, then He heard my cry God my God, His Son in me Kept me very free while I was away So happy to be home again Ted F "Happy To Be Home Again" Words And Music By Barry McCoy © 1973.

Was going to type in Highest Of The High but saw Hope was getting from Paul so I will pass on adding that one. I am not the best or even fair typist in the world so thanks Hope for taking care of the chores. Taking a little break now and as I read some of your posts it seems we are bringing up some names of a few old Way Prod folks that came and left their mark. So here are a couple more to add for honorable mention. Barry McCoy circa 1972-1973, Barry had played with Garry Puckett and The Union Gap. Barry was a very talented singer musician. While he was part of Way Prod he added his mellow song Happy To Be Home Again and who can forget his rendition of The Trilogy with Claudette at the 1973 ROA. After this post will post words to Barry's Happy To Be Home Again. Couple of other pro people who came through Way Prods doors were Jim Burgett and Marlene Ricci. They were Vegas entertainers that VP had invited to come in and help me with production work and I was thrilled to have their help. But Marlene was not to happy being there so after a few months they left to return to Vegas. Marlene was a dynamic performer with a voice as good as Barbra Streisand and was young and beautiful with a body that would turn any mans head. I happened to be in Vegas as a guest of Jim and Marlene's the night Frank Sinatra came to hear Marlene. I was in the lounge of the casino where she and Jim were playing and there was a real scurry of activity going on as the help cleared the way for a VIP that was coming in. The VIP was Frank Sinatra and after listening and seeing Marlene perform Frank invited her over to his table and hired her on the spot to be his opening act for all of his road concerts which he was doing a lot of back then. She worked with him for a few years and I still see her name on the roster of main show room coming attractions or now appearing at The MGM. Yes there was some fine talent who for a time were part of the Way Prod family. That's all for now. Ted F PS Buck I enjoy all you have added to Kathy?s Club Hey! this joint is rocking so Buck turn up the volume and all the rest of you keep adding beats to Kathy?s Family Jam. [This message was edited by TED Ferrell on December 28, 2002 at 19:40.]

Yes it was Kristina Linder (now Perez) who wrote Highest Of The High and one that I dearly love Silently. What a bell of a voice she had and still has. A few months ago I did a believers gig in LA and I knew Paul Dionisio was going to be there so we were talking by phone about Kristina and I told him how much I loved her voice and talent. Paul told me she lived about ten minutes from him in San Jose and they have lunch together real often and that he would tell her what I said. I was standing in the lobby of the hotel in LA where the weekend meeting was being held and Paul walks in and we hugged and cried a little. Then he said I brought someone with me you might like to see. And there she was beautiful Kristina I had not seen her in many a year and it was so wonderful to see her again. Since I was in charge of the music for the weekend right away I asked her to sing and sing as many songs as she would like. On Sunday morning I gave her an intro and she sets down at the piano and starts to sing with that crystal clear voice as good or better than ever. I was standing off to the side but I became so blessed by her being there that the tears began to flow like water. I moved over by the piano and got down on my knees in front of her to listen as closely as I could. She smiled and said oh my Ted I knew how much you always loved me and that's why I came. She did seven or eight tunes that morning and to me that was the highlight of my trip to LA. Kristina is married to a very nice man and they have children in fact her teen daughter was with her. So guess you could say I am a Kristina Linder (Perez) fan. You betcha. If no one has all of the words to Highest Of The High I do and will post when I have more time. Right now I am a little swamped in putting music to Kathy's lyrics and I can tell you this she has some very good ones. See you later my friends Ted F. [This message was edited by TED Ferrell on December 28, 2002 at 18:36.]

Linda thank you for your kind words not sure I deserve them. You are a sweetie. The name of that club was Anntinos. The place had real good Italian food and was a favorite in the area. The Lounge I played in was downstairs and on weekends in was wait in line to be seated. Had a great time playing there and did so five nights a week for over a year till I moved to a club in Lima. Talk with you soon Ted F. [This message was edited by TED Ferrell on December 26, 2002 at 14:49.]

Hey! bro so you love the blues and man so do I. You mentioned Terry and McGee not many folks know about that duo or have heard their down home blues sound. I still have a couple of their old albums and if you do not have be glad to burn you a CD of what I have. Outside of Linda Z don't think anyone on gs has ever seen or heard me perform in clubs. In many of my sets I program several blues tunes. I will use an old jazz standard take out the extended chords and replace with all flatted major and minor sevenths and drive the tunes with a heavy kick drum with bass to match. Some that always gets to rocking is a couple of old standard's I have arranged in the blues style Somewhere Over The Rainbow also do a version of Summertime plus the old rock and roll song Kansas City that I do as a slow laid back Memphis Beale Street dirty version something like Stormy Monday guess you could say I ain't no stranger to the blues. I do not have or do I like having a full band but like doing my thing as a single or with a good all around female singer that is able to sing most anything. With the high tech music programs that I use plus sound modules I can produce most any sound or style of music including the blues. Buck if you lived close by bet we could have some kick a** jams with you on cross harp. No sir there ain't nuttin' like the blues Ted F. PS And Kathy I will be putting some blues chords with the blues beat to some of your lyrics. [This message was edited by TED Ferrell on December 26, 2002 at 12:37.]