Now to the 81st video. This was another request, and it’s “Afternoons and coffee spoons” by “The crash test dummies”. I thought I’d have a little fun with the video. You see many people singing behind locked doors, using whatever is available as a mic. Well, I thought I’d expand on that 
See what you think of my version of “Afternoons and coffee spoons”. There’s a role call of objects in the video description, but I think you’d have to go to Youtube and view it to see that
Jeffstunes - Afternoons and coffee spoons
Now for the continuation of some of the events of my father’s life.
My Dad. Part 3.
My Nan lived a majority of her life in “Cowgate road” in the outskirts of of London in a town called Greenford. That place has reminders for a number of people, as I will expand upon later. It wasn’t long before my father became involved in criminal activities. He became involved in a west london gang, and became quite an influential member. Dad couldn’t keep his paws off of other people’s possesions, and at some point during his association with the gang, guns and knives came into play, though there were never any reports of him using any.
I’ve got a couple of interesting tales to tell about this time. One was a robbery that he was a part of. It was an art robbery in Chelsea. He told me that he was running away from the scene with his hands full, across Chelsea bridge, and had to lighten the load. So one of the artworks was tossed into the river thames. If the authorities ever wondered where one of the missing paintings went to. The answer to that question is “At the bottom of the thames”. He hid the rest of his stash in his mother’s attic without her knowledge. So she was quite surprised when the police raided her house and discovered a collection of paintings. They eventually captured him and he paid the price in prison.
One thing that you could never underestimate about him was his silver tongue. He was once arrested for a crime, and was sure to be convicted and imprisoned, but somehow he managed to talk his way out of trouble. He engaged one of the officers in conversation about music. There weren’t many people that weren’t fascinated by music in those times. Anyway, this policeman revealed to my father that he had an old violin. My father enthusiastically suggested he bring it in for him to examine. He managed to convince him that he was an expert in old musical instruments (which he wasn’t). Very soon the officer brought the violin into the station and allowed my father to examine it. My father got very excited about it and he convinced the policeman that this violin was rare and worth money, and he offered him a few hundred pounds to purchase it from him. Now that was an awful lot of money then. The policeman quickly accepted, and my father obtained the funds through contacts, and the result was one happy policeman. As far as the crime my father was arrested for, well he didn’t get charged. Oh yes. The violin. It was totally worthless. I don’t know where my father got the money, but one thing I can be sure about. It wasn’t his own money.
To be continued……
More news about the album. I’ve been getting used to the control panel on CDBaby. It’s pretty good, because it tells me how many people visit my page on a daily basis. Also which companies the album has been sent to for distribution. I think it’s probably reached all of them now. So it’s listed on the likes of Amazon, Itunes, Napster etc.
Check out some clips of songs from my album at:
Here’s the Youtube stuff.
Subscriptions to my channel are now up to 920.
Channel viewings are 21,490.
Total video views are 358,999.
The next one up will be the last cover for a while. It’s going to be “Run” by “Snow patrol”.