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Hello all of you Quantum Leap-aholics out there! Yes, I know… it’s late in the month for this Rodette to come out… but real life prevails… and when one has work up to one’s eyeballs (I know a few of you can relate)… you just want to throw all of it in the air and hope that Sam Beckett will leap into your life and take you away from it all! I don’t want Calgon. Sam Beckett will be good enough. Let him take the job that I have, the lists that I have to do and be the mother, teacher, writer and wife for at least a week. Then, I can have a relaxing week of just laying around in the Waiting Room, talking to Ziggy, Al and Verbena and give them what I can remember of what’s going on here in the real world.

Wouldn’t that be a kick in the butt?!

I have a small Quantum Leap-ism that befell me the other day… and I was totally caught off guard by it. It shocked me and I enjoyed it tremendously!

Has anyone ever heard of the music called: Rockabilly?

You have heard of it… whether you actually know what the word means or not.

Basically… Rockabilly is a mixture of Rock and Roll Music combined with Hillbilly Music. Here are some clues for you before I completely spell it out for you:

• If you like the stuff that you’ve heard in Quantum Leap… then you like Rockabilly.
• If you have heard of the King of Rock and Roll music – Elvis Presley… and you like his early works - then… you like Rockabilly.
• If you have heard the songs (and you like them):
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky
• Blue Suede Shoes
• Be-Bop-A-Lulu
• Ooby Dooby
• Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
• Everyday

Then you like ROCKABILLY!

Let me tell you why I just told you this. My husband and I were in the car driving to Tyler, Texas when he says that he had a CD called Rockabilly that he wanted to listen to. I plugged that puppy in and he said, "I’m surprised that you haven’t listened to this one yet. I know that you’ll like these songs."

I just looked at him like he was nuts. Then the music began.

The first two songs were: "That’s All Right Mama" and "Blue Suede Shoes" and I thought, ‘Well, yeah… I like this music. It’s Elvis Presley songs… I love him.’ That’s when I listened to the third song and it wasn’t as good as the others two.

Then this song – Ooby Dooby came on. Right in the middle of driving down the road, my mind’s eye saw Sam throwing baseball to Mikey at a picnic as they cooked steaks and hotdogs then watched the another aircraft fly overhead doing a fancy maneuver that Sam didn’t know the name of.

Then Blue Moon Of Kentucky came on. And I found myself singing along, seeing Sam in a recording studio singing with a band… as Elvis Presley!

Then… Be Bop A LuLa came on. Al’s favorite song.

Then… Everyday…

Talk about being bombarded with Quantum Leap thoughts as you are driving down the road. I just smiled and even remarked that I LOVED these songs…

It was amazing how Donald Bellasario touched us all with the music that he put in Quantum Leap!

So… what other songs bring you back to special moments… (and no, I’m not talking about the ones on the CD… but just the songs in the background!)… and make you think about Quantum Leap? Hmmmm?

Until next time…

Love and hugs,

MJ

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