G-Men



It's a birthday today for musician Kenny G

Along with a few others who're in their fifties

Including Spalding Gray and Fred Stone

Who, with Sly ... provided some rich tone



As well as Bill Moyers, newsman of tv

And a few singers who do some Country

Including Gail Davies and the Statlers' Don Reid 

And then there's Floyd Butler, who does R & B



And rockers Laurie Anderson and Nicko McBrain

And also Richard Butler of Psychedelic Furs' fame

Then there's blues singer Brian McKnight

Whose soulful ballads hit just about right



Then there's actors Karen Sillas and Chad Allen

And tv personality Mark Wahlberg's chillin'

After rapping, and hosting a talk series ...

It probably won't be long before his theories



Wind up in a book ... for everyone who has a tv show

Will - sooner or later, be asked to make with the wordflow

Something that really should be left to those who write

Because not everyone can turn words into lights ...



But, so said ... it's all of these folks' birthdays

And so we will now take the time to say ...

We wish each and every one of them the very best 

And may they always be so very well blessed ...



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

4:30pm Sat. June 5th, 1999



Birthdays:



The G-Men 



Spalding Gray - 58

Kenny G - 43



Others:



Bill Moyers' 65th

Floyd Butler's 58th

Don Reid's 54th

Fred Stone's 53rd

Laurie Anderson's 52nd

Gail Davies' 51st

Nicko McBrain's 45th

Richard Butler's 43rd

Karen Sillas's 34th

Brian McKnight's 30th

Mark Wahlberg's 28th

Chad Allen's 25th





Late-Breaking News:

Mel Torme (The Velvet Fog) died today at 73