If George did say something he shouldn’t (and as a human most of us have at one time or another) was that as bad or worse to repeating it. The old saying a about ‘glass houses’ comes to mind.

I guess I was under the impression that this site is all about opinions, speculation and hearsay. Believe me, I wouldn’t have written what I did if a VERY reliable source hadn’t told me that, but again, I DO apologize.

I have sent you an e-mail so we can continue this privately. I am posting this so others will know I have followed up with you.

Please email me at

jlparks@yourinter.net

Thanks. Looking forward to hearing from you.

This past week I have been listening to a live recording of the Cats from the 70s when Roy Tremble was the tenor. I have been singing along with the recording. I am a second tenor and can hit most of the notes he hits. He had a high tone to his voice but did not sing extremely high. If Kurt had followed someone like Roy he would have been able to fit in very well. Danny was such a powerful tenor. Even Ernie does not have the power that Danny possesses. However, I do feel that Danny sang too hard. I heard the Cats at an outdoor singing in Southeast Mississippi around 1989 and was concerned then about Danny singing so hard.

It seems that Kurt was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I hate that he seems to have been defined by his Dove Awards moment. If the sound man had mixed the sound a little better Kurt’s mistake would not have been quite so noticeable. The sound man had him turned up far above the other singers. On the other hand, Kurt did a great job of blending on the Depths of the Sea song.

As for what George did or did not say to Kurt, I wasn’t there, I don’t know. I was around George a lot in their earlier years and one thing I do know is he was human. He was a fine man make no mistake about it. But he was also human, so in the heat of the moment, he may have said something in haste, but then most of us have done that I’m afraid.

If he did, is that any worse than posting something you ‘heard’ in an open forum for folks to take as fact whether it is or not?

Bill Buckner was a fantastic baseball player (in the outfield and at 1st base) for over 20 years. But most people remember him for one error in the bottom of the tenth inning in game six of the 1986 World Series. I just think it is a shame for a man’s career to be defined by a mistake. That’s all.