Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Porch Whittling Dept. - Tab Hunter

 


As we test our patience and good will to the limit waiting for Soft Machine ... For Girls! to appear, here's somethin' to tap yer callused feets to as you set on th' porch whittlin'! Yeppers, it's H'wood dreamboat Tab Hunter's country-style waxing from 1962, RFD!

What does RFD mean? What does "Tab" mean? What does "mean" mean" Why is I axin' meself dese dumb qweshuns?



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  1. Rural Free Delivery (RFD):
    A historical program of the United States Postal Service that began in 1896 to deliver mail directly to rural farm families.
    :o)

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  2. free government delivery of mail? or Rate of Force Development? or Release the File, Dummy!

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  3. Thank 'ee both! It's a great title, or name for a country rock band (when spelled out). Shame it's such a feeble piss-drip of an album. It's this type of pretty-boy crap that got Rick(y) Nelson a bad rap. And made the Beatles sound so great.

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  4. Maybe it's an early critique of certain American President or any world leaders. It could stand for "Really Fucking Dumb". Though I know it's to do with the mail service, you never know. Where I come from, Manchester, UK, a Tab Hunter is someone who searches for half smoked cigarettes dropped on the floor. Though there is a chap in some towns that fine you for dropping such things.

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  5. remembering tab's story RFD probably meant remove frilly drawers
    ....woody

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  6. the picture on the back with Grady Martin is pretty great

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  7. Back in the day the local lasses swooned over my old man's resemblance to Tab, or so I'm told.

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  8. I image Grady Martin (whoever he is (no i'm not going to look it up)) is quite thrilled to be babysitting pretty-boy Tab.

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    1. Ejumacate yerself, why doncha huh? Grady Martin was the geetar man. Major, major talent.

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