Something In The Air

Morning kids...I took a day off to go hit the links...geez, I was almost a golfer again...83...anyway, I was thinking about this song, "Something In The Air", by Thunderclap Newman...which got me going...who was that?...it was a group thrown together by Peter Townshend of the Who...and...Thunderclap was one of the bloke's member....actually Andy...ha ha...

Which made me wonder about other "stars" or musicians who changed their names to protect something...or sound better...or hide  their heritage...something...in the air...

Check these out...some that you already know...well, maybe not...

Conway Twitter ... Harold Jenkins...Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas...ha ha...really...
Axl Rose ... Bill Bailey...please come home...
Gene Simmons ... Chaim Weitz...aw, come on...
Bono ... Paul Hewson...say what?...
Katy Perry ... Katy Hudson...we already had a Kate Hudson...she started as a religious singster...
Shania Twain ... Eileen Edwards....doesn't sound Native...
Faith Hill ... Audrey Perry...hmmm...
Patsy Cline ... Virginia Hensley...I fall to pieces...
Meg Ryan ... Margaret Hyra...had to change that...
Natalie Wood...Natalia Zakharenko...let me entertain you...
Woody Allen ... Allen Konigsberg...no one would know he's Jewish...
Dianne Keaton...Dianne Hall...thus Annie Hall...see the line above...
Joaquin Phoenix ... Joaquin Bottom...could have been as--------....
Whoopi Goldberg ... Caryn Johnson...reversal, wanted to be....

Saw a ridiculously great bit by the one and only Breanne Martin...I predict stardom...check it out on You Tube...or, find it on Facebook....she married up and now is a Wahl...keep the new name...it works...Breanne Wahl...

Lots of sports stuff to talk about...
The golfing world has it's eyes on Maryland...as Tiger tees it off this am...does he still have it?...
USA plays Germany in the World Cup at 9 am...lots of possibilities for advancement...but a win would be nice...
The Padres have the day off...wait, they took it off yesterday, too...got no hit again...by the same bloke, The Freak...just a year ago...this, my friends, is an awful team...and are bordering on historically inept offensive marks...like, the worst of all time...really...
The NBA draft this eve...yup, no Blazer pix...what?...I like the Duke kid more than any of the others...
Who bites in soccer?...4th time?...OMG!...
The Pads have been no-hit 9 times and never no hit anyone else...
Our superstar 3B Headley is batting .199...
In the battle of the V's, Vandy beat Virginia for the College Baseball Title...who had that?...
Can you imagine Lebron in the Clip's uniform?...

And...
Hillary was in town over at the Convention Center...yesterday....and out at La Jolla signing books...you know, her book tour...when do the K Fam sisters arrive...wait, their junket is off...I digress...Ms. Clinton sure sounds like a candidate...

Finally...
If I followed Harold's lead, and picked out St. Petersburg, Florida for an inspiration for a name change, you could call me Saint Peter...nice ring to it...