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♫♫ ♫♫ "ABLE TO RAISE."

I´M YOUR HOST OF THE DISABILITIES RIGHTS CENTER, VIRGIN ISLAND.

I´M PLEASED TO WELCOME TWO CULTURAL AMBASSADORS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

STANLEY JACOBS AND ELDRED CHRISTIAN.

GOOD DAY, GENTLEMEN.

>> GOOD DAY.

>> I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU BOTH.

AND SO EXCITED THAT YOU AGREED TO APPEAR FOR US TODAY.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF YOU IN RESPONSE TO THIS QUESTION.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC?

STANLEY, THEN MR. ELDREDGE.

>> I LOVED MUSIC FROM THE TIME I KNOW MYSELF.

I ALWAYS LIKED MUSIC.

I ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, LIKING IT.

AND THE FIRST INSTRUMENT THAT I EVER PLAYED OR LEARNED TO PLAY WAS THE UKULELE.

WHICH MY BROTHERS USED, MY OLDER BROTHER USED TO PLAY.

THOSE INSTRUMENTS, DONE BY THE KEY.

I GREW UP IN GALLOWS BAY, WHICH IS NEAR THE KEY.

SO I USED TO GO OVER THERE AND PLAY IT, PLAY THE BANJO, AND SING.

AND THE TOURISTS THREW COINS FOR THEM.

AND THAT´S HOW I USED TO MAKE MONEY THEN.

THAT´S HOW I GET INTO -- THAT´S HOW I LEARN, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST INSTRUMENT I LEARNED TO PLAY.

THEN AFTER, THE GUITAR.

I BEEN INTO MUSIC FROM THEN.

I MUST HAVE BEEN 6 YEARS OLD.

THEN I WAS -- I ALWAYS BEEN LIKING MUSIC AND PLAYING IT.

>> AND MR. CHRISTIAN, I AM TOLD THAT YOUR ALIAS IS EDGY?

>> THAT´S RIGHT.

>> HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC?

>> WELL, I GREW UP IN POLYBROOKS, I HAD AN UNCLE JOE.

HE AND HIS FRIENDS WOULD GET IN THE YARD EVERY WEEKEND.

HE WOULD PLAY THE BANJO.

THE FRIENDS WOULD PLAY THE SQUASH AND THE STEEL.

IT USED TO BE IN MY GRANDFATHER´S YARD EVERY WEEKEND, DRINKING AND PLAYING MUSIC AND SINGING.

BUT IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN YOU ARE A CHILD, THEY HAD A THING THEY USED TO SAY, PEOPLE MOVE AWAY.

SO I WANDER, I LOVE TO PLAY MUSIC, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, LEARN IT.

AND I GREW UP WITH MY UNCLE, HE SAID BOY, GO PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

>> GO AHEAD, I´M SORRY.

>> SO IT BEEN WITH ME -- I USED TO -- USED TO PLAY A STICK.

I USED TO LAY UNDER THE HOUSE.

WHEN THEY TELL ME MOVE, I GO UNDER THE HOUSE, I SIT UNDER THE HOUSE, I STAY UNDER THE HOUSE AND MARK THEM, YOU KNOW.

THIN IT GO INTO ME.

I BEEN PLAYING MUSIC NOW FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS.

>> WOW.

>> DIFFERENT MUSIC.

>> SINCE YOU WERE A CHILD, JUST LIKE STANLEY, RIGHT?

>> OH, YES.

IT´S INSTILLED IN ME.

>> WHEN DID YOU START THE BAND, STANLEY ELLIS?

LET ME ASK YOU THAT QUESTION, WHEN DID IT START?

>> BECAUSE OF THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION, WE PUT IT AT 1970.

BECAUSE THAT -- I GUESS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WAS TOGETHER.

WE GOT A GIG TO PLAY.

BUT WE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER WAY BEFORE THAT.

ALL THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE BAND HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN THE OTHER BANDS FROM BEFORE.

BUT THESE PARTICULAR MEMBERS, ALL OF US WAS GOOD FRIENDS.

WE USED TO COME OUT, WE USED TO BE THERE JUST HANGING OUT, DRINKING, PLAYING.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

EVERY TIME WE´D GET TOGETHER, WE PLAYING SOMETHING, SOME KIND OF MUSIC.

SO WE HAVE INSTRUMENTS WE USED TO BE PLAYING.

WE USED TO JUST BE DOING THAT ALL THE TIME.

SO THE EASTER HOLIDAY WHAT IS REALLY GELLED THE BAND.

BECAUSE EVERYBODY USED TO GO UP TO, YOU KNOW, TO EASTER.

WE USED TO GO UP THERE, WE CARRY OUR INSTRUMENTS, WE SET UP THERE, WE PLAY.

WE USED TO BE PLAYING THERE ALL THE TIME.

ONE TIME, I THINK THAT WAS IN 1972, THAT´S WHY I SAY 1970 THAT WE START -- WHEN A MAN, A PROMOTER NAMED MR. DANCE, HE HEAR ABOUT IT.

EVERYBODY USED TO TELL HIM ABOUT US.

SO HE HEAR ABOUT WE.

SO HE HIRE US TO PLAY IN THE MARKET.

THE SATURDAY.

SO WE WENT UP THERE, WE PLAY, WE COME BACK.

AND THAT -- YOU KNOW, WE STICK TO EVERYTHING FROM THEN.

AFTER THAT, PEOPLE START TO SAY, MAN, COME AND PLAY FOR US.

WE USED TO GO TO PLAY JUST LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW.

SOMEBODY SAY, MAN, I GOT A LITTLE PARTY, COME PLAY.

AND WE GO ON AND PLAY, JUST LIKE THAT.

>> HOW DID YOU COME UPON THE NAME?

TEN SLEEPLESS NIGHTS?

I WAS TRYING TO ASSOCIATE IT WITH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, BUT I DON´T THINK THAT´S THE CASE, RIGHT?

>> NO, NO.

OUR GUITAR MAN WAS THE GREATEST, YOU KNOW, HE WAS THAT MUCH OLDER THAN US.

HIS SON USED TO BE AROUND US TOO.

HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST -- WELL, EVERYBODY IN THE BAND IS SOME KIND OF COMEDIAN.

BUT HE WAS MORE TALENTED THAN THE REST OF US.

WE USED TO TEASE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS OLDER THAN WE.

EVERY TIME WE TEASE HIM -- EVERY TIME HE TEASE HIM HE USED TO SAY, YOU BETTER LEAVE ME ALONE OR I SPEND TEN SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.

AT FIRST WE DIDN´T CATCH ON.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

AFTER AWHILE, WE CATCH ON.

WHAT HAPPEN?

HE GOT TEN CHILDREN.

HE WAS SAYING THAT, IT TOOK TEN SLEEPLESS NIGHTS TO MANUFACTURE THEM.

AND HOW WE GET OUR NAME IS THAT GIGGLE, TELLING ABOUT -- PLAYING THE MARKET FOR MR. DANCE, HE ASKED US WHAT WE NAME, WE SAY, OH -- THE VIKINGS.

WE WERE NAMED THE VIKINGS.

BUT WHEN WE DONE, WENT BACK TO THE PARK, THEY STARTED SAYING, THAT NAME NO GOOD, MAN, DON´T LIKE THAT NAME.

NEXT NAME, YOU KNOW.

MAN, LET´S NAME THE BAND THAT.

STANLEY JACOBS TEN SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.

THEN PUT A "K" ON IT, KNIGHTS.

YEAH, OKAY.

SOUND GOOD.

>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

>> YEAH.

>> SO MR. CHRISTIAN, WHAT IS CORBE?

>> THAT´S CREOLE.

THAT´S THE TYPE OF MUSIC THEY USED TO PLAY.

USED TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, CREOLE LANGUAGE.

I KNOW THE MUSIC SWEET.

>> I HEARD YOU BEFORE, I THINK AN INTERVIEW WHERE YOU DID -- MBOU?

I´M SURE I´M MISPRONOUNCING IT.

MUTUMBAO?

THAT´S THE GREATEST TAUGHT ME TO PLAY THEM -- MUTUMBAO.

BAO.

THAT CAME FROM MUTUMBAO.

ALSO, I DON´T KNOW WHAT PART OF THE WORLD IT COME FROM EITHER, BUT I KNOW THAT CUERVE, THE WARD USE -- THE WORD USED TO HAVE A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION.

IT WAS DEROGATORY.

BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE BAND START UP, I START PLAYING IT, YOU KNOW.

WE PLAYING, THE BAND PLAYING.

A LOT OF MY ELDERS USED TO BE TELLING ME, MAN, THAT NO GOOD FOR YOU, MAN, YOU NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT.

YOU KNOW.

THAT MUSIC AIN´T FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW.

SO -- BUT NOW IT´S POSITIVE.

THE WHOLE THING HAS CHANGED.

>> HOW DOES THE BEAT SOUND?

THAT´S WHAT I´M TRYING TO GET AT.

>> THE BEAT?

>> YEAH.

>> WELL -- THE BEAT IS -- IS LIKE CALYPSO, YOU KNOW.

ACTUALLY, IS A -- IS SIMILAR TO CALYPSO.

BECAUSE IT HAS -- IT STARTS WITH A DRUMBEAT.

A DRUMBEAT, YOU KNOW.

CUERVE, THE PERSON BEAT SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO SANGRIA.

I DON´T KNOW -- I DON´T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN.

ANY OTHER BAND -- EVEN THOUGH EVERY ISLAND HAS ITS VERSION OF IT.

THEY´LL USE A DIFFERENT WORD.

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] THAT´S A NAME FOR IT TOO.

MINTOU, MINTAO.

IT´S THE SAME THING.

WHAT THE BEAT IS, IT CONSISTS OF THE BANJO STRUMMING AND THE SQUASH AND THE STEEL, YOU KNOW.

THOSE THINGS ARE ESSENTIAL TO CORVE.

YOU SEE?

AND THE BEAT THAT IS UNIQUE TO SANGRIA IS WHAT WE CALL THE BONDELIP.

>> THAT´S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

>> BONDELIP?

THAT, WE -- WE REFINE IT TO THAT.

THE PEOPLE THAT TEACH ME THAT THING, YOU WILL HEAR IT, THE SAME THING, BONDELIP, YOU KNOW.

YOU CALL THAT ONOMATOPOEIA.

THE WORDS MAKE THE SOUND.

THAT´S THE SOUND FOR THAT BEAT.

BON-DE-LIP, BON-DE-LIP, LIKE THAT.

YOU COULD IDENTIFY THAT SOUND.

THAT WAS THE SOUND THAT WE PLAY.

WE DON´T PLAY A LOT OF THEM, BUT SOMETIMES WE PLAY SOUNDS FROM THE STAGE SOUNDS.

THEN YOU GET OBSCURE.

>> SO THE MUSIC THAT YOU DESCRIBE THAT´S PLAYED IN ANTIGUA, JAMAICA, THE ISLANDS, IS THAT THE SAME BEAT?

OR IS BONDELIP UNIQUE TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS?

>> UNIQUE TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

THEY HAVE THEIR DIFFERENT BEATS.

BUT THE BONDELIP COME FROM WHAT THEY CALLED SKIN MUSIC.

WHERE YOU HAD A DRUM, A BAS DRUM, AND A KETTLE DRUM.

KETTLE DRUM WAS PREDECESSOR TO THE SNARE.

THEY CALLED KETTLE BECAUSE THEY USED A KETTLE.

THEN BEAT IT OR PUT A SKIN ON IT, YOU KNOW.

KNOCK IT LIKE THAT.

THEN CALL IT A KETTLE DRUM.

BUT IT´S REALLY NOWADAYS.

YOU USE A SNARE, A SNARE DRUM.

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT´S THE COMBINATION WITH THE SNARE AND THE BIG DRUM, THAT´S OUR BEAT.

YOU HAVE THAT SAME INSTRUMENTATION IN JUST ABOUT EVERY ISLAND.

I THINK EVERY ISLAND GOT THEIR VERSION OF IT.

FROM TORTOLA, BARBADOS, MARTINIQUE, VIRGIN.

YOU KNOW, FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND BASICALLY THE DRUMBEAT THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT TO OURS.

OURS BONDELIP -- >> IT´S A UNIQUE BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE THE VOICE?

YOU DO A LOT OF SINGING, RIGHT?

>> OH, YES.

>> YOU DID A WONDERFUL VERSION OF "SLY MONGOOSE."

>> OH, YEAH, I KNOW THAT FROM MY GRANDMOTHER SINGING IT.

>> OH, WOW.

>> I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 4, 5 YEARS OLD, SHE SANG THAT IN THE KITCHEN COOKING.

AND SHE SINGING THAT SONG.

AND CALLING IN THE MARKET, I HEARD MY GRANDMOTHER SINGING WHEN I WAS A LITTLE CHILD.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE ONE WHERE YOU TELL A WOMAN TO GO AWAY, WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING ME, BECAUSE I WON THE PRIZE?

OH MY GOODNESS.

>> THAT IS A GOOD ONE.

>> WHAT´S THE TITLE OF THAT ONE?

THAT TO ME IS A HOOT.

>> "WHEN YOU DIDN´T WANT ME."

THAT´S THE NAME OF THE SONG.

"WHEN YOU HAD ME, YOU DIDN´T WANT ME, WHY THE HELL YOU WANT ME NOW?"

BECAUSE I WON THE PRIZE.

DON´T BOTHER ME NOW.

>> THAT´S A GOOD ONE, THAT´S A GOOD ONE.

>> ARE YOU -- YOU HEARD IT ALREADY?

>> OH, YES, I DID.

AND YOU SANG IT WITH SUCH FEELING, IT WAS GREAT.

HOW MANY PERFORMANCES DO YOU THINK YOU´VE DONE OVER THE YEARS?

PROBABLY NOT A FAIR QUESTION.

BUT BEST GUESSTIMATE.

>> HE CAN TELL YOU, HE HAD A BOOK.

>> 50 YEARS PLAYING.

NOW 51.

OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY.

WE WERE PLANNING A WHOLE BUNCH OF ACTIVITIES AND THINGS.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT THEN THE PANDEMIC COME IN AND EVERYTHING.

>> WOW.

SO WHAT´S THE FARTHEST PLACE YOU´VE PERFORMED AT?

I KNOW YOU´VE PERFORMED -- >> FOUR TIMES, YES, FOUR TIMES.

>> OKAY, OKAY.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITE PLACES WHERE YOU´VE PERFORMED?

PLACES THAT STUCK OUT AS A REAL TERRIFIC SPOT THAT YOU´D LIKE TO GO BACK TO?

>> I LIKE TORTOLA.

>> YEAH.

WELL, ACTUALLY, I DON´T CARE WHERE I´M PLAYING.

ONCE I PLAY, I´M AT HOME.

>> TORTOLA BECAUSE THEY COOK GOOD.

I COME THERE TO EAT, NOT TO PLAY MUSIC.

I COME HERE TO EAT.

>> SO MR. CHRISTIAN, WHAT´S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT BEING IN THE UP AND DOWN?

>> FAVORITE PART?

>> YES, FAVORITE PART.

>> JUST BEING A MEMBER OF IT.

BEING WITH MY FRIENDS OVER 50 YEARS.

NOTHING COULD BE BETTER.

>> UNDERSTOOD.

AND STANLEY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> THE SAME THING.

WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FROM THE TIME WE KNOW OURSELVES.

>> WOW.

>> WHAT BETTER FEELING TO BE AROUND PEOPLE WHO YOU LOVE AND THEY LOVE YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, NOTHING.

>> YOU´RE ALSO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YEAH.

501(c)(3).

>> AND WHY DID YOU CREATE A 501(c)(3)?

>> WELL, BECAUSE WE -- WE ARE TEACHING CHILDREN, A LOT OF CHILDREN.

WE USED TO WORK AT SCHOOLS.

DESPITE THE DIFFICULTY IT IS TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS TO TEACH CHILDREN SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN THE CURRICULUM, WE WENT AHEAD, YOU KNOW.

I´M TEACHING CHILDREN.

THE DRUMMER, LARRY LARSEN, DR. LARSEN, HE IS OUR DRUMMER.

HE´S OUR RECORDER, ENGINEER.

HE DOES A LOT OF THINGS IN THE BAND.

HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA.

ESTABLISHING A SCHOLARSHIP FOR CHILDREN WHO WANT TO LEARN.

GO TO COLLEGE AND MAJOR IN MUSIC AND COME BACK AND HELP US WITH THE PRESERVATION OF THIS MUSIC.

WHICH IS OUR MISSION, YOU KNOW.

WE WANT TO -- PRESERVING IT.

SO WE -- IN THINKING THAT OUT, HE CAME UP WITH, WE SHOULD ESTABLISH A SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

AND EVERY YEAR GIVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO STUDENTS, A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO.

WE´VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENT IS GOING TO MAJOR IN MUSIC AND PROMISE TO COME BACK AND HELP US WITH THE PRESERVATION OF CORVE.

THAT´S HOW IT CAME ABOUT.

>> THAT´S GREAT.

SO HAVE YOU HAD STUDENTS INTERESTED AND INVOLVED IN RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS?

>> OH, YEAH.

>> OH, YES.

>> I DON´T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, I AIN´T GOT AN EXACT NUMBER IN MY HEAD.

BUT WE GIVE ABOUT EIGHT, TEN, 12 SCHOLARSHIP ALREADY.

STARTING FROM 2008, I THINK IT WAS.

WE GIVE OUT A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIPS, YES.

THREE OF THEM COME BACK ALREADY, WENT TO SCHOOL, COME BACK, AND TEACH MUSIC TOO.

>> ONE OF THEM TOOK OVER THE TEACHER JOB, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> FORGOT WHAT WAS HER NAME.

WHAT WAS THE TEACHER, MUSIC TEACHER?

>> BRYSON.

>> SHE CAME BACK, MISS BRYSON MOVED TO THE COLLEGE.

>> YES.

SO SHE TEACHING, YOU KNOW.

AND SHE EMPHASIZES QUITE A BIT.

YOU KNOW.

AT LEAST THAT´S SOME PROGRESS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE ONE FROM -- WHAT´S HER NAME?

>> CHRISTINE.

>> CHRISTINE.

>> THAT´S ANOTHER FLUTE.

SHE GOT -- I THINK SHE GOT SICK.

SICK, I THINK.

>> WHAT´S THE LEGACY OF CORVE?

DO YOU SEE THIS AS A CONTINUING ART FORM HERE IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS?

>> I AM HOPING THAT IT KEEPS UP, YOU KNOW.

BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, CORVE -- I DON´T KNOW.

I DON´T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY THIS.

CORVE IS LIKE A MINORITY.

YOU KNOW.

YOU ARE OVERWHELMED BY EVERYTHING THAT COMES FROM SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN ST. CROIX.

YOU KNOW, IT´S AN UPHILL BATTLE TO KEEP IT IN THE FOREFRONT.

>> RIGHT.

>> I BELIEVE, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAVE RECORDED ABOUT -- WE HAVE DONE ABOUT 15 RECORDINGS OF CORVE MUSIC, THAT IT WILL STICK AROUND.

IT WILL BE AROUND FOR A WHILE.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES -- IF IT DOES DIE OUT, SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE, SOMEBODY, SOME STUDENT WILL HEAR AND IT SAY, MAN, I LIKE THIS, I´M GOING TO START IT UP.

AND IT WILL COME BACK.

I BELIEVE THAT.

>> THAT´S GREAT.

WHAT´S YOUR SCHEDULE LOOKING LIKE FOR THE HOLIDAYS?

>> FULL.

>> GOOD.

>> YEP.

>> OKAY.

ANYTHING YOU COULD SHARE WITH US, ANY NEW PROJECTS COMING UP FOR NEXT YEAR?

>> WELL, WE PLANNING A GOSPEL CONCERT.

WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS PLANNED FOR THE 50th ANNIVERSARY.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO, YOU KNOW.

WE JUST -- THEY´RE ALL WAITING TO SEE.

QUADRILLE DANCES.

QUADRILLE COIVE FESTS WHERE WE HAVE BANDS FROM OTHER ISLANDS COME AND PLAY.

A BIG SHOW WITH THE BANDS -- WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.

A BIG ONE LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEN ALSO THE QUADRILLE DANCES FROM THE DIFFERENT ISLANDS.

>> RIGHT.

>> EVERY ISLAND -- YOU KNOW, WHAT WE GOT HERE WHAT WE´RE DOING HERE, YOU KNOW -- EVERY YEAR I HAVE THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW.

SIMILAR -- NOT EXACTLY THE SAME.

BUT BASICALLY IT COMES FROM THE SAME PLACE, YOU KNOW.

>> RIGHT.

>> THE MUSIC AND DANCE COME FROM AFRICA AND EUROPE, YOU KNOW.

OR AMERICA, YOU KNOW.

SOME OF THE TUNES AND SO ON.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> WE´RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE.

>> SO WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOUR ALBUM?

WHERE CAN THEY FIND YOUR MUSIC?

>> WELL, PEOPLE HAVE COME, BUY THEM FROM ME.

GET THEM FROM GALWAY AND REDDING´S, THEY SELL THEM.

>> OKAY.

>> AND WHEN I HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW -- SOMEBODY COME, YOU KNOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HOW WOULD THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU?

>> EVERYBODY KNOW MY PHONE NUMBER.

EVERYBODY KNOW.

EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE I LIVE.

PEOPLE COME TO ME, YOU KNOW.

EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE I LIVE.

>> OKAY.

>> PEOPLE KNOW.

MY NUMBER, YOU KNOW.

>> OKAY, OKAY.

SO HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROCK STAR?

>> A WHAT?

.

>> A ROCK STAR.

>> I AM A ROCK?

>> A ROCK STAR.

>> IT FEELS GOOD.

>> YOU GUYS ARE ROCK STARS.

>> GENTLEMEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR -- REALLY, YOUR STELLAR WORK, YOUR MUSICIANSHIP, YOUR EXPERTISE, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY THE WORK THAT YOU´VE DONE, THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, AND THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PLAYING YEARS LEFT, I KNOW THAT.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> I CAN SEE THAT.

>> NOT DONE YET.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR "ABLE TO RAISE."

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.

BE SAFE, BE WELL, AND TAKE CARE.

BYE-BYE.

>>> THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF WTJX, ITS BOARD, STAFF, OR UNDERWRITERS.