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By Regina Barnes

As we have discussed in this article previously, there are many types of art other than putting paint on a canvas. While for me this is great fun for others art is appreciated in different forms.

The “good ole” Webster dictionary defines music as, any art over which the muses presided, esp. music, lyric, poetry set and sung to music. Also the science and the art of tones, or musical sounds. i.e.Sound of higher or lower pitch.

Another more modern version of this definition of music is : An art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony and color.

Many poems are written to try to express the meaning of music as this poem by John Keefe, Soft Music:

Soft music floating through the air, now ‘tis lost and gone forever. Where does it Go? What does it Seek?

Winging. Winding like and everlasting creek. Full of life, bringing pleasure, full of death and the buried treasure. Going onward, upward, finding home, soft music floating thought the air.

Now for just plain country folks like me, music is a good fiddle, guitar, banjo, piano or saxophone playing good bluegrass or rhythm and blues. Which takes me to this month’s artist of the month, Jerry Galbraith.

Mr. Galbraith is a resident of Nicholas County and can play a MEAN tenor sax. The tunes range from the old stardard to our favorite shows tunes.

He starting playing the saxophone in the 1960’s at 11 years old. He went to school at Headquarters where his band director and mentor Carroll Hall encouraged his talent. Jerry’s attributes his musical abilities coming from his mother’s side of the family. They had fiddles and the band was pickers and grinners. His mother and Dad, Harry and Martha Galbraith were always encouraging him to do the music he loved.

In 1966 he was in a sockhop band “The Vibrations”. “We wore light blue shirts and paisley vest!” Said Mr.Galbraith light heartedly, “Sixteen years old and playing in a band around Owingsville and Carlisle, it was fun!”

In the early 1980 the fancy keyboards that can make sounds of different musical instruments became all the rage, and this interrupted his music, but his passion for his art never ceased. He continued to play at different functions with different bands. He plays the tenor sax, soprano sax, alto sax, flute and clarinet. Some songs sound better in certain instruments, for example, some of Kenny Gee songs sound much better with a certain type of saxophone.

On July 28th he played dinner Music at Blue Licks State Resort Park. “I was really proud,” he states “The people at the park said it was one of the largest numbers that they had dine on a Monday night. He also plays with the group, Kenny Whalen and the Travelers in Paris Kentucky every Saturday night at Music Land from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm.

There are about four other bands he plays with in Lexington, West Liberty and Richmond KY. He also plays for any special events including weddings and birthday parties.

Mr. Galbraith has a CD called Sax-sensational Moments with Jerry. Some of the selections on it are Green, green grass of Home, Night Train, and My favorite Last Date (made famous by Floyd Kramer) are only a few. They can be purchased at Blue Licks or in many places he plays, or simply call him!

His wife Donna, daughter Andrea and granddaughter Sidney are all special fans of his music and rightfully so.

Get out and enjoy the sounds of and sights with your family this fall. There are a lot of exciting events happening around the area. And remember ARTS NOT A THING, IT’S A WAY!

TRIVIA ANSWERS: The two leading roles for the classic movie Casablanca is Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

(2) Humphrey Bogart won an Oscar for this performance.

TRIVIA: Lets continue on with trivia questions about Boggie and McCall (1) What were the pet names they called each other? These names were used by the characters in the wonderful movie “To Have and Have Not?” (2) Their real-life love continued to grow on and off the camera. One of the most famous lines in movie history was from Lauren Bacall. “You know how to whistle, don’t you Steve? You just put your lips together…. And blow.” Name the move that line came from.