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Ancient Silver Birds by Nels Winkless III and Jeff Winkless (ASCAP)
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16 tracks | 63 minutes
Released Jan 2005
on Nels Winkless III and Jeff Winkless (ASCAP)
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:39 Introduction FREE 01:39 Introduction "GIFT MP3" 01:39 Introduction
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:24 Training as a Purser BUY MP3 07:24 Training as a Purser "GIFT MP3" 07:24 Training as a Purser
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:28 No Coffee BUY MP3 01:28 No Coffee "GIFT MP3" 01:28 No Coffee
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:40 Swaying and Lurching BUY MP3 04:40 Swaying and Lurching "GIFT MP3" 04:40 Swaying and Lurching
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:40 Hot Weather BUY MP3 00:40 Hot Weather "GIFT MP3" 00:40 Hot Weather
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:44 Aussie in the Andes BUY MP3 01:44 Aussie in the Andes "GIFT MP3" 01:44 Aussie in the Andes
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:30 Trailing Smoke BUY MP3 02:30 Trailing Smoke "GIFT MP3" 02:30 Trailing Smoke
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:51 The Printing Plate BUY MP3 02:51 The Printing Plate "GIFT MP3" 02:51 The Printing Plate
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:21 How Many Stops/Turbulence BUY MP3 03:21 How Many Stops/Turbulence "GIFT MP3" 03:21 How Many Stops/Turbulence
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Dogs and Ladybugs BUY MP3 04:45 Dogs and Ladybugs "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Dogs and Ladybugs
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:50 Reservations BUY MP3 01:50 Reservations "GIFT MP3" 01:50 Reservations
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:04 Repairs BUY MP3 03:04 Repairs "GIFT MP3" 03:04 Repairs
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 10:01 Hundred and a Half BUY MP3 10:01 Hundred and a Half "GIFT MP3" 10:01 Hundred and a Half
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:27 Taxiing BUY MP3 01:27 Taxiing "GIFT MP3" 01:27 Taxiing
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:05 Medford Lady BUY MP3 02:05 Medford Lady "GIFT MP3" 02:05 Medford Lady
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 13:59 Battered Knights, Tears and Triumphs, Epilog/Finale BUY MP3 13:59 Battered Knights, Tears and Triumphs, Epilog/Finale "GIFT MP3" 13:59 Battered Knights, Tears and Triumphs, Epilog/Finale
A warm recollection, with original music, of the feeder airline business in the 1950's; for those who remember, it's hilarious nostalgia, and for those who don't, it's a revelation.
Bio / Background
Ancient Silver Birds is a warm, funny recollection of the feeder airline business in the 1950's, when the Douglas DC-3 was Queen of the Skies, carrying people, critters, and goods from smaller cities to the major hubs and their connections with the wide world.
For those who remember, it's hilarious nostalgia, and for those who don't, it's a revelation of a bouncier, hotter, colder, more challenging time in air travel, when flying through thin air often meant breathing really thin air. The times are gone, thank goodness, but the memories are fun to recall.
The tales were written, and are told by Nels Winkless, who, desperate for a job in 1956, signed on as a combination cargo handler, passenger herder, and flight attendant with a struggling airline which had to sell one of its airplanes to make payroll during his first week of employment, and taught him more about the airline biz than he ever wanted to know.
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