Jack Blanchard’s Column
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan are an American Country music duo from Florida. Jack Blanchard (born May 8, 1942) is a guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist and his wife Misty Morgan (born May 23, 1945 is a keyboardist/vocalist. The country music duo recorded for several labels in the 1970s, including the charting albums Birds of a Feather and Two Sides of Jack and Misty. Between 1969 and 1976, the duo also released fourteen singles, including “Tennessee Bird Walk”, a Number One country hit and No. 23 pop hit in 1970.
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TRANSITIONS.
It’s a cool gray rainy day here,
a transitional day, with the remnants of Winter
and early signs of Spring.
Standing under the edge of our carport
I can see almost a mile of tan fields and lines of trees,
until the landscape gets lost in the mist.
The trees and Spanish moss are moving with the breeze,
as are the flags on our street.
These are mostly World War Two people
and that kind of patriotism doesn’t go away,
even though the nation has changed over their lifetime.
I didn’t like Florida for a long time after I landed here.
The palms annoyed me.
They were foreign and reminded me that I wasn’t home;
that this was all temporary and I didn’t belong here.
I could go to almost anywhere up north and not feel like an outsider,
but Florida felt unreal… like a movie.
As I stood just out of the rain today and took in the palms,
the giant oaks in rainy-day colors,
and the Spanish Moss like graceful fringe on a gown,
it occurred to me that I like it.
When did that happen?
I still love Buffalo with it’s four seasons
and the energy in the air,
but it’s mostly the Buffalo in my memory.
The last time we visited there,
I enjoyed it, but I had a sense of being outside looking in.
The world has changed so much
that maybe we all feel a little like strangers at times,
but this subtropical place has sneaked up on me
and it’s started to look right.
Maybe I’m home…
or as close as I’ll ever get.
Jack Blanchard.
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan…
Grammy & CMA Award Finalists.
Billboard Duet of the Year.
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