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I\'m not a huge PTF or Music fan.  That doesn\'t mean I dislike either.  But I know several on here are Really into music and horses so I post it for all of you.  Of course, the paragraph below resonated with me regardless.  

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And then came the best part. “Horseplayers are a group of people who exist outside the mainstream of normal society, and as a musician who grew up in the 60s and 70s, I know what that feels like,” he continued. “We were mocked, we were oddballs, but we reveled in it because we didn’t want to be like the squares. The people at the racetrack, they are just the same as us. They don’t want to lead a normal life.”


http://www.brisnet.com/content/2019/08/southside-johnny-resonates-the-horseplayers-rock-n-roll-link/

I’ve met Fornatale and I’m old enough to have listened to his dad on WNEW, back when I was at Ragozin’s, and Born To Run had just come out. I’ve also seen South Side a couple of times, and he’s not playing with a full deck.

One of the more insightful insights I\'ve read. Thanks for posting

Fairmount1 Wrote:
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> I\'m not a huge PTF or Music fan.  That doesn\'t
> mean I dislike either.  But I know several on here
> are Really into music and horses so I post it for
> all of you.  Of course, the paragraph below
> resonated with me regardless.  
>
> _____________________________
>
> And then came the best part. “Horseplayers are a
> group of people who exist outside the mainstream
> of normal society, and as a musician who grew up
> in the 60s and 70s, I know what that feels
> like,” he continued. “We were mocked, we were
> oddballs, but we reveled in it because we didn’t
> want to be like the squares. The people at the
> racetrack, they are just the same as us. They
> don’t want to lead a normal life.”
>

Pretty much sums it up for me, always related to musicians/artists for just that reason. Great little story of SJ\'s dad at the track together with Count Basie  -- to this day, that Sinatra-Basie team-up on “It Might as Well Be Swing” remains one of my favorite albums.

Likely heading up to Spa a day or two early this week. I’ve learned to avoid that Saturday morning end-of-meet Travers rush like the plague -- highways jammed with broke horseplayers on a last chance power drive…