"Cher Amour, I beg of you please endure my taking a brief detour with somebody new. It's just that when in Rome I do as the Romans do."

"When In Rome" Bill Evans/Tony Bennett (my favorite song)

https://youtu.be/fj2S-Fr7P6Y

This is another article from our old friend and hero Noel Coppage in the same year (1970) that he wrote "The Vanishing Art of Whistling." It's not directly about whistling, but it's an interesting tangent. I hope you don't mind.

The Article:

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-HiFI-Stereo/70s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1970-02.pdf

pages 78-80

Here's some other links of interest:

Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling

https://youtu.be/PgZY5iDQxKY

Oscar George Theodore Sonneck's Book: "The Star Spangled Banner."

https://archive.org/details/thestarspangledb00sonn

Colin Kaepernick

https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2016/08/colin_kaepernicks_stand_shows.html

Aretha Franklin

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/16/aretha-franklin-controversial-national-anthem-219364/

Jose' Feliciano

https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/04/12/jose-feliciano-susan-tigers-world-series

Racism

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/13/more-proof-the-u-s-national-anthem-has-always-been-tainted-with-racism/

Episode 27: Dao De JIng Part II

The Whistling PodcastBy Frederick DarnabyJun 06, 2023