The Trilogy, More then just a hobby
Created | Updated Oct 4, 2004
The Trilogy, More then just a hobby.
There has been a lot of questions thrown at me about the ‘Trilogy’, hopefully this will explain it all to you and all others.
How did it all start;
The great singer and song writer; ‘Mickey Newbury’ was performing at one of his many gigs in America, during a break in the performance, he came upon the idea of a song to commemorate the anniversary of the ‘Battle of Gettysburg’, for this he needed to put together three sombre songs, this he did so with; The ‘Dixie, ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ and the ‘All My Trials Lord‘. After combining all three songs together, he came up with one great song and the title; ‘An American Trilogy’.
Terminology.
‘An American Trilogy’; When you speak of the song, singer or band that sings/plays the song An American Trilogy.
‘The Trilogy; When you speak of the performance of the prearranged movements being performed by a Trilogy Team.
From Song to Trilogy.
The song became a hit, not for Mickey Newbury, but for Elvis, although it was a hit for Elvis, Mickey Newbury became a legend in his own right over here in the country and western world of Britain because of the song. The song was performed at many country and western clubs and gigs, during some of the performances of the song, some of the audiences waved flags, this then became the birth of the ‘Trilogy’, from then on it developed to members of the audience standing in a group, the men then took off their hats at certain points of the song, then it developed unto dipping a flag, the Ladies then started raising their hands to their hearts at certain points, then going down on one knee.
It was not long after when the first ‘Trilogy’ was performed, though sadly there is no record of who or where the first ‘Trilogy’ was performed, all that is known that is it was in the mid 70’s. From then on and to now it has exploded into teams all over Britain, and some parts of Western Europe, Over the past few years it has gone even further, you have other types like; ‘The Indian Trilogy, ’Mexican Trilogy’ and the list goes on, to complicate it even more, each type of ’Trilogy’ is split up, for example; the original ’Trilogy’ there are three different ’Trilogies’, Western(Cowboy/girl), Military(American Civil War), and the American Revolution ’Trilogy‘.
Rules.
There are NO rule books to how you perform the Trilogy, however, there are traditional movements that most Trilogists try to keep to, also there are personal rules for each *Master Trilogist. There is one golden traditional rule (unwritten) that 99.99% of all country and western fans keep to and that is; RESPECT of the Trilogy.
Here are some of my own personal rules for when the Trilogy is being performed;
When using Flags it is expected by all persons to respect that flag or flags.
Never bring in politics of any war or conflict you are doing the Trilogy for.
Never swear.
Never be racist of any sort or other.
Never show disrespect to any Trilogy.
Never disrespect any persons religion.
Never refuse a person because of his/she disability to join your Trilogy.
Never force any person to perform a Trilogy.
Always enjoy the Trilogy you perform.
Always respect other Trilogists rules.
When writing the word Trilogy, always spell it with a capital ‘T’.
Never dance whilst the song or Trilogy is being performed.
If at a country and western, and the song or Trilogy is being performed, always stand and be silent out of respect for the song, and Trilogy team (unless your unable to do so).
These are only a few of my many rules, these may not be the opinion of other Master Trilogists.
Flags;
Depending on the type of Trilogy you design, depends on the flags you use, I always use the authentic flags of that era, all the flags I use only go up to the date of the end of the American civil war, 1865.
There is a small argument in the Trilogy world, whether or not a Lady should carry a flag, my personal thoughts on this is; Why shouldn’t they, in all wars and conflicts, Ladies from all walks of life have laid down their lives for their country, so I say they have every right to carry one. This is only my opinion.
How to perform the ‘Trilogy’
As above there are no rules, and there are many types of Trilogies, this Trilogy I have wrote down is one of the many Military Trilogies that I have designed;
There are three stages;
1st stage, The march on;
This needs a sombre piece of music of that era, I sometimes use a piece of music by Randy Edelman, it is the soundtrack from the film ‘Gettysburg’.
Here a Lady dressed in a crinoline dress carrying the British Union Flag, marches to the top centre of the Trilogy floor, then a Confederate and Union soldier, Confederate soldier is carrying either the Southern Cross or 1st National Stars And Bars Flag, the Union soldier carrying the Stars and Strips Flag (No more then 34 stars), both soldiers have on their right a Female partner, dressed in either a crinoline dress or a Nurses uniform of that era (In the time of the American civil war ,they were known as the Sanitary Corp, not as Nurses)., the two pairs march to both sides of the British Union Flag. Then approx five more soldiers of both sides , carrying either a State or Regimental Flag of that era, each soldier has a Female partner at their right-hand side, dressed the same as the other Ladies. Then the Officers march on with their Female partners, both officers stand opposite each other, the officers have swords not flags.
The first stage can start , with a short famous speech , poem or event of that era, and to make the audience to get the feel of the occasion, you can put in the sound of cannon fire of that era.
2nd Stage, The Trilogy.
After the first stage has finished, the march on music fads out slowly, by then everybody in the team are at their prospective positions and still, it is then at this point that the song The American Trilogy Starts;
The first words of the song starts as; “Oh I wish I was born in the land of cotton”, on the word ‘cotton’ all the soldiers bring their flags straight and parallel to their sides, at the same time both the Confederate and Union Officers draw their swords, and standing to attention with the swords pointing up, and being held in their right hands that is parallel to the ground, also at the same time, all ladies clasp their own hands together in front, and bows their heads.
All remain like this until the song reaches the first “Glory Glory Alleluia”, from this both officers dip their swords to the ground then sweeps the sword to the right about six inches, without touching the Trilogy floor, at the same time all flag barriers raise the flags, then dip the flags towards the floor, the State or Regimental flags go the full dip, the Confederate and Union national flags only half dip and the British Union National flag stays raised, it does not dip through the whole Trilogy. also at this point the Ladies raise their right hand to their hearts. All remain like this until the last “Glory” is sung, where all persons return to the original positions at the start of the Trilogy.
The following words of the song are; “So hush little baby, don’t you cry”, from that point, both officers reverse their swords and place the tips to the ground slowly, then place both hands on top of the sword butts, then their right foot is placed behind their lefty foot, then they bow their heads, at the same time the flag barriers (except the British Union flag) push the flags slightly forward, then do the same with their feet and heads as the Officers, also at that point all ladies (except the British flag barer) go down on one knee (left or right), then raise their hands to their hearts again, then bow their heads once more. Once this part of the song has finished, all return to the original positions again.
It is then that the song goes into a instrumental version of the second verse, at this point, both officers turn to face the British flag, then all flag barriers take one step forward(without their partners), then both officers go down on their right knee, then all flag barriers (including the British Union flag)raise their flags as high as possible, then both officers lay their swords on the floor in a cross(Union sword on top), as this happens the Ladies go down on one knee again, then the officers take hold of their hats then slowly put them to the ground each side of the swords, at the same time each flag barer in turn dips and crosses the flag with the one opposite, each pair of flags do this in turn, the last pair is the Confederate and Union National flags that cross. It is at this point the ‘Song’ and ‘Trilogy’ has ended.
3rd and final stage, The march off;
At this point it changes from a sombre mood to a jolly mood. Most Trilogy masters put in a short military trumpet command, so that all can get ready for the march off, all couples link arms with their partners, the officers put their swords back in the scabbards, all flag barriers put the flag poles on their hips, then the march off music starts. I normally use ’The Yellow Rose of Texas’ to march off with, the design of the march off is as important as the Trilogy, I normally get the team to go in a figure 8, so that they cross each other in the middle, then both officers face each other and salute each flag off, then we march over to the British Union Flag and escort it of the end of the Trilogy floor out of respect to it. then my Partner and my self return to salute the audience. All the time the march off is going, the audience is slow clapping to the beat of the song, the harder they clap the more they liked the Trilogy.
END OF TRILOGY.
History of the song;
Now the history of the song, first please note; because of the records from the American history over the many years, there is some confusion of the true history of the three song's that make up the song “An American Trilogy“, so the information of the three songs may not be 100% true as to the origins, so what you read below is what I think is the true version of the songs history. As I have said the song was cleverly put together with a combination of three songs, hence the word Trilogy.
Song 1; DIXIE;
Ironically it was an army Capt Stainton from the North that was asked to write a song in 1799 for a Minstrel show in 1800, it became very popular by all, so much so in the South they adopted it for themselves, also at the end of the civil war President Lincoln asked the White House Band to play Dixie, as it was a particular favourite of his and many more pro Union’s.
Song 2; THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC;
This song has the most history of all three songs, it is believed to have been first sung by a black slave in the late 1700's, and named as GLORY, GLORY, then in 1859 the white activist by the name of John Brown was arrested by an Army Col by the name of Robert E Lee, for trying to start a revolt over slavery, John Brown was tried and hung for his crimes of treason in 1859, it was then that the song was rewrote and named "John Brown's Body", then in 1862, the great poet Juliet Ward-Howe was staying at an hotel in Washington, it was during the night that she was awoken by the sounds of Union foot Soldiers marching back from the battle of Bull Run (Manassas, as the Confederates would call it), and as they marched some of them were singing John Browns Body, she then fell back to sleep hearing and thinking of this song, then awoke a few hours latter and then (according to the American history book's) sat down and rewrote the words to the song, it was from then that the song is up to this day known as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Song 3; ALL MY TRIALS LORD:
This is the song that has eluded me for many years, but what I have found out is that it is a song for Jamaican Slaves, but in the country and western world it is commonly known as "Hush Little Children" (although this is not the correct name for the song).
Words of the song;
“AN AMERICAN TRILOGY”.
(AS SONG BY “MICKEY NEWBURY”). Please note; The grammar of this song, is not mine, it is the way the song is portrayed.
1st VERSE;
OH I WISH I WAS IN THE LAND OF COTTON,
OLD TIMES THERE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN,
LOOK AWAY,
LOOK AWAY,
LOOK AWAY,
IN DIXIE LAND,
OH I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE,
AWAY,
AWAY,
IN DIXIE LAND I’LL TAKE MY STAND,
TO LIVE AND DIE IN DIXIE,
CAUSE DIXIE LAND IS THE PLACE I WAS BORN,
EARLY LORD ONE FROSTY MORN,
LOOK AWAY,
LOOK AWAY,
LOOK AWAY,
IN DIXIE LAND.
2nd VERSE;
GLORY, GLORY, ALLELUIA,
GLORY, GLORY, ALLELUIA,
GLORY, GLORY, ALLELUIA,
HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON.
3rd VERSE;
SO HUSH LITTLE BABY DON’T YOU CRY,
YOU KNOW YOUR DADDY IS BOUND TO DIE,
BUT ALL MY TRIAL’S LORD,
WILL SOON BE OVER.
LAST VERSE;
IT IS AT THIS POINT THAT THE ORIGINAL LAST VERSE IS FINISHED BY AN INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE SECOND VERSE.
There has been many changes to the last verse over the years, by many artist singing this song, but overall there has not been much change to the song. as for the reason for the song only Mickey Newbury can answer that question. What was going through his mind at the time is any bodies question.
Reasons for the Trilogy;
The original reason for Mickey Newbury to write this song was to commemorate the anniversary of the great Battle of Gettysburg (1st-3rd July 1963), of the American Civil War, 12th April 1961 to 9th April 1965. Now the British fan has added more reasons for it, the main Reason (apart from Mickey Newbury’s) is to honour all that has lost their lives for their country, no mater what country. there are many other reasons like Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries and even Funerals, I personally would never do a Trilogy at a funeral, as it is to much to bare for the bereaved, so I wait until a few weeks after, then dedicate it at a country and western in that persons name.
The greatest honour at a country and western, is to have a Trilogy named and dedicated in your name.
Summon up;
To any Trilogist the Trilogy is more then a hobby, it is an escape from everyday life, once a month (more or less) he or she can practise or perform the Trilogy, it is there that we leave behind, politics, religion, wars, racism, class, and all the other problems on this Planet of ours, we all become friends, before and after.
The Trilogy is only one aspect in the country and western world, sometimes they clash, but there is always friendship there. I’m no lover of ‘Line Dancing’, but that does not give me the right to stop others from doing it, nor other aspects to do with country and western, I love to see people enjoying themselves, so what gives me or any other person the right to stop them. You will find most Trilogist feel the same way as I do to the Trilogy.
Since the first Trilogy I saw, I have been teaching myself the history of the American civil war, Vexiolligy (flags), and all other aspects connected to the Trilogy, just to give me a better understanding of my own and others Trilogy.
This does not mean I’m a qualified historian of the American civil war and other aspects, it just means that I know just enough for the Trilogy.
I do not think Mickey Newbury realised how much of an impact he would make in Britain with this song, nor would he ever have thought that a person would one day, write a book about one of his songs.
My Reasons;
All my life I have done one thing or another, I have travelled half the world, done many hobbies, but it is the Trilogy that has given me something more then anything (apart from my wife and family).
For the first time in my life I can turn around and say; "I'm good at something".
Nobody will ever take this from me, this is me,I love the TRILOGY.
There has been a lot of questions thrown at me about the ‘Trilogy’, hopefully this will explain it all to you and all others.
How did it all start;
The great singer and song writer; ‘Mickey Newbury’ was performing at one of his many gigs in America, during a break in the performance, he came upon the idea of a song to commemorate the anniversary of the ‘Battle of Gettysburg’, for this he needed to put together three sombre songs, this he did so with; The ‘Dixie, ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ and the ‘All My Trials Lord‘. After combining all three songs together, he came up with one great song and the title; ‘An American Trilogy’.
Terminology.
‘An American Trilogy’; When you speak of the song, singer or band that sings/plays the song An American Trilogy.
‘The Trilogy; When you speak of the performance of the prearranged movements being performed by a Trilogy Team.
From Song to Trilogy.
The song became a hit, not for Mickey Newbury, but for Elvis, although it was a hit for Elvis, Mickey Newbury became a legend in his own right over here in the country and western world of Britain because of the song. The song was performed at many country and western clubs and gigs, during some of the performances of the song, some of the audiences waved flags, this then became the birth of the ‘Trilogy’, from then on it developed to members of the audience standing in a group, the men then took off their hats at certain points of the song, then it developed unto dipping a flag, the Ladies then started raising their hands to their hearts at certain points, then going down on one knee.
It was not long after when the first ‘Trilogy’ was performed, though sadly there is no record of who or where the first ‘Trilogy’ was performed, all that is known that is it was in the mid 70’s. From then on and to now it has exploded into teams all over Britain, and some parts of Western Europe, Over the past few years it has gone even further, you have other types like; ‘The Indian Trilogy, ’Mexican Trilogy’ and the list goes on, to complicate it even more, each type of ’Trilogy’ is split up, for example; the original ’Trilogy’ there are three different ’Trilogies’, Western(Cowboy/girl), Military(American Civil War), and the American Revolution ’Trilogy‘.
Rules.
There are NO rule books to how you perform the Trilogy, however, there are traditional movements that most Trilogists try to keep to, also there are personal rules for each *Master Trilogist. There is one golden traditional rule (unwritten) that 99.99% of all country and western fans keep to and that is; RESPECT of the Trilogy.
Here are some of my own personal rules for when the Trilogy is being performed;
When using Flags it is expected by all persons to respect that flag or flags.
Never bring in politics of any war or conflict you are doing the Trilogy for.
Never swear.
Never be racist of any sort or other.
Never show disrespect to any Trilogy.
Never disrespect any persons religion.
Never refuse a person because of his/she disability to join your Trilogy.
Never force any person to perform a Trilogy.
Always enjoy the Trilogy you perform.
Always respect other Trilogists rules.
When writing the word Trilogy, always spell it with a capital ‘T’.
Never dance whilst the song or Trilogy is being performed.
If at a country and western, and the song or Trilogy is being performed, always stand and be silent out of respect for the song, and Trilogy team (unless your unable to do so).
These are only a few of my many rules, these may not be the opinion of other Master Trilogists.
Flags;
Depending on the type of Trilogy you design, depends on the flags you use, I always use the authentic flags of that era, all the flags I use only go up to the date of the end of the American civil war, 1865.
There is a small argument in the Trilogy world, whether or not a Lady should carry a flag, my personal thoughts on this is; Why shouldn’t they, in all wars and conflicts, Ladies from all walks of life have laid down their lives for their country, so I say they have every right to carry one. This is only my opinion.
How to perform the ‘Trilogy’
As above there are no rules, and there are many types of Trilogies, this Trilogy I have wrote down is one of the many Military Trilogies that I have designed;
There are three stages;
1st stage, The march on;
This needs a sombre piece of music of that era, I sometimes use a piece of music by Randy Edelman, it is the soundtrack from the film ‘Gettysburg’.
Here a Lady dressed in a crinoline dress carrying the British Union Flag, marches to the top centre of the Trilogy floor, then a Confederate and Union soldier, Confederate soldier is carrying either the Southern Cross or 1st National Stars And Bars Flag, the Union soldier carrying the Stars and Strips Flag (No more then 34 stars), both soldiers have on their right a Female partner, dressed in either a crinoline dress or a Nurses uniform of that era (In the time of the American civil war ,they were known as the Sanitary Corp, not as Nurses)., the two pairs march to both sides of the British Union Flag. Then approx five more soldiers of both sides , carrying either a State or Regimental Flag of that era, each soldier has a Female partner at their right-hand side, dressed the same as the other Ladies. Then the Officers march on with their Female partners, both officers stand opposite each other, the officers have swords not flags.
The first stage can start , with a short famous speech , poem or event of that era, and to make the audience to get the feel of the occasion, you can put in the sound of cannon fire of that era.
2nd Stage, The Trilogy.
After the first stage has finished, the march on music fads out slowly, by then everybody in the team are at their prospective positions and still, it is then at this point that the song The American Trilogy Starts;
The first words of the song starts as; “Oh I wish I was born in the land of cotton”, on the word ‘cotton’ all the soldiers bring their flags straight and parallel to their sides, at the same time both the Confederate and Union Officers draw their swords, and standing to attention with the swords pointing up, and being held in their right hands that is parallel to the ground, also at the same time, all ladies clasp their own hands together in front, and bows their heads.
All remain like this until the song reaches the first “Glory Glory Alleluia”, from this both officers dip their swords to the ground then sweeps the sword to the right about six inches, without touching the Trilogy floor, at the same time all flag barriers raise the flags, then dip the flags towards the floor, the State or Regimental flags go the full dip, the Confederate and Union national flags only half dip and the British Union National flag stays raised, it does not dip through the whole Trilogy. also at this point the Ladies raise their right hand to their hearts. All remain like this until the last “Glory” is sung, where all persons return to the original positions at the start of the Trilogy.
The following words of the song are; “So hush little baby, don’t you cry”, from that point, both officers reverse their swords and place the tips to the ground slowly, then place both hands on top of the sword butts, then their right foot is placed behind their lefty foot, then they bow their heads, at the same time the flag barriers (except the British Union flag) push the flags slightly forward, then do the same with their feet and heads as the Officers, also at that point all ladies (except the British flag barer) go down on one knee (left or right), then raise their hands to their hearts again, then bow their heads once more. Once this part of the song has finished, all return to the original positions again.
It is then that the song goes into a instrumental version of the second verse, at this point, both officers turn to face the British flag, then all flag barriers take one step forward(without their partners), then both officers go down on their right knee, then all flag barriers (including the British Union flag)raise their flags as high as possible, then both officers lay their swords on the floor in a cross(Union sword on top), as this happens the Ladies go down on one knee again, then the officers take hold of their hats then slowly put them to the ground each side of the swords, at the same time each flag barer in turn dips and crosses the flag with the one opposite, each pair of flags do this in turn, the last pair is the Confederate and Union National flags that cross. It is at this point the ‘Song’ and ‘Trilogy’ has ended.
3rd and final stage, The march off;
At this point it changes from a sombre mood to a jolly mood. Most Trilogy masters put in a short military trumpet command, so that all can get ready for the march off, all couples link arms with their partners, the officers put their swords back in the scabbards, all flag barriers put the flag poles on their hips, then the march off music starts. I normally use ’The Yellow Rose of Texas’ to march off with, the design of the march off is as important as the Trilogy, I normally get the team to go in a figure 8, so that they cross each other in the middle, then both officers face each other and salute each flag off, then we march over to the British Union Flag and escort it of the end of the Trilogy floor out of respect to it. then my Partner and my self return to salute the audience. All the time the march off is going, the audience is slow clapping to the beat of the song, the harder they clap the more they liked the Trilogy.
END OF TRILOGY.
History of the song;
Now the history of the song, first please note; because of the records from the American history over the many years, there is some confusion of the true history of the three song's that make up the song “An American Trilogy“, so the information of the three songs may not be 100% true as to the origins, so what you read below is what I think is the true version of the songs history. As I have said the song was cleverly put together with a combination of three songs, hence the word Trilogy.
Song 1; DIXIE;
Ironically it was an army Capt Stainton from the North that was asked to write a song in 1799 for a Minstrel show in 1800, it became very popular by all, so much so in the South they adopted it for themselves, also at the end of the civil war President Lincoln asked the White House Band to play Dixie, as it was a particular favourite of his and many more pro Union’s.
Song 2; THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC;
This song has the most history of all three songs, it is believed to have been first sung by a black slave in the late 1700's, and named as GLORY, GLORY, then in 1859 the white activist by the name of John Brown was arrested by an Army Col by the name of Robert E Lee, for trying to start a revolt over slavery, John Brown was tried and hung for his crimes of treason in 1859, it was then that the song was rewrote and named "John Brown's Body", then in 1862, the great poet Juliet Ward-Howe was staying at an hotel in Washington, it was during the night that she was awoken by the sounds of Union foot Soldiers marching back from the battle of Bull Run (Manassas, as the Confederates would call it), and as they marched some of them were singing John Browns Body, she then fell back to sleep hearing and thinking of this song, then awoke a few hours latter and then (according to the American history book's) sat down and rewrote the words to the song, it was from then that the song is up to this day known as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Song 3; ALL MY TRIALS LORD:
This is the song that has eluded me for many years, but what I have found out is that it is a song for Jamaican Slaves, but in the country and western world it is commonly known as "Hush Little Children" (although this is not the correct name for the song).
Words of the song;
“AN AMERICAN TRILOGY”.
(AS SONG BY “MICKEY NEWBURY”). Please note; The grammar of this song, is not mine, it is the way the song is portrayed.
1st VERSE;
OH I WISH I WAS IN THE LAND OF COTTON,
OLD TIMES THERE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN,
LOOK AWAY,
LOOK AWAY,
LOOK AWAY,
IN DIXIE LAND,
OH I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE,
AWAY,
AWAY,
IN DIXIE LAND I’LL TAKE MY STAND,
TO LIVE AND DIE IN DIXIE,
CAUSE DIXIE LAND IS THE PLACE I WAS BORN,
EARLY LORD ONE FROSTY MORN,
LOOK AWAY,
LOOK AWAY,
LOOK AWAY,
IN DIXIE LAND.
2nd VERSE;
GLORY, GLORY, ALLELUIA,
GLORY, GLORY, ALLELUIA,
GLORY, GLORY, ALLELUIA,
HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON.
3rd VERSE;
SO HUSH LITTLE BABY DON’T YOU CRY,
YOU KNOW YOUR DADDY IS BOUND TO DIE,
BUT ALL MY TRIAL’S LORD,
WILL SOON BE OVER.
LAST VERSE;
IT IS AT THIS POINT THAT THE ORIGINAL LAST VERSE IS FINISHED BY AN INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE SECOND VERSE.
There has been many changes to the last verse over the years, by many artist singing this song, but overall there has not been much change to the song. as for the reason for the song only Mickey Newbury can answer that question. What was going through his mind at the time is any bodies question.
Reasons for the Trilogy;
The original reason for Mickey Newbury to write this song was to commemorate the anniversary of the great Battle of Gettysburg (1st-3rd July 1963), of the American Civil War, 12th April 1961 to 9th April 1965. Now the British fan has added more reasons for it, the main Reason (apart from Mickey Newbury’s) is to honour all that has lost their lives for their country, no mater what country. there are many other reasons like Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries and even Funerals, I personally would never do a Trilogy at a funeral, as it is to much to bare for the bereaved, so I wait until a few weeks after, then dedicate it at a country and western in that persons name.
The greatest honour at a country and western, is to have a Trilogy named and dedicated in your name.
Summon up;
To any Trilogist the Trilogy is more then a hobby, it is an escape from everyday life, once a month (more or less) he or she can practise or perform the Trilogy, it is there that we leave behind, politics, religion, wars, racism, class, and all the other problems on this Planet of ours, we all become friends, before and after.
The Trilogy is only one aspect in the country and western world, sometimes they clash, but there is always friendship there. I’m no lover of ‘Line Dancing’, but that does not give me the right to stop others from doing it, nor other aspects to do with country and western, I love to see people enjoying themselves, so what gives me or any other person the right to stop them. You will find most Trilogist feel the same way as I do to the Trilogy.
Since the first Trilogy I saw, I have been teaching myself the history of the American civil war, Vexiolligy (flags), and all other aspects connected to the Trilogy, just to give me a better understanding of my own and others Trilogy.
This does not mean I’m a qualified historian of the American civil war and other aspects, it just means that I know just enough for the Trilogy.
I do not think Mickey Newbury realised how much of an impact he would make in Britain with this song, nor would he ever have thought that a person would one day, write a book about one of his songs.
My Reasons;
All my life I have done one thing or another, I have travelled half the world, done many hobbies, but it is the Trilogy that has given me something more then anything (apart from my wife and family).
For the first time in my life I can turn around and say; "I'm good at something".
Nobody will ever take this from me, this is me,I love the TRILOGY.
