"The Ghost of Mrs. Adler" genre: Traditional Country
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	A straight-ahead country tune about a small folk music venue in Libertyville, Illinois called The David Adler Cultural Center featuring a great 12-string guitar solo by Frank "Finger" Curtis, pedal steel by Jim Schiller and mandolin by "Mando" Dave Bagdade.a
	CD: Chicago Mike   Label: Big Ugly Credits: by Mike Beck
	Story Behind the Song The David Adler Cultural Center is a small folk-music venue, music school and cultural arts center located in Libertyville, Illinos which resides in the former home of renowned architect David Adler and his wife Katherine Keith. Local mythology suggests that her ghost still roams the halls of the Adler home, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Though she died in Europe, her remains are buried on the grounds of the Adler estate in Libertyville. I was responsible for booking and hosting folk concerts at the David Adler Cultural Center in the years 2000 through 2002. Despite its twenty-six year legacy as a fantastic venue for acoustic folk music, the director of the Adler Center has been successful in alienating the entire folk music community of Northern Illinois. This song was written in response to her careless and irresponsible abuse of the people that created a wonderful legacy of folk music in the historic David Adler home.Ş Lyrics twice a month i dim the lights i raise em once i dim them twice puttin' on a show for the ghost of mrs adler comin' in from all aroun' some drive for miles to our small town and put on a show for the ghost of mrs adler seventy-one years ago she took a step off this mortal coil and walked into our town’s mythology her husband he built most of this house 23 rooms north to south a place to put on shows for all to see a time it comes time it goes where and how just can't be known we're just puttin' on a show for the ghost of mrs adler dressed up in our sunday best we learn the lesson we take the test puttin' on a show for the ghost of mrs adler the song its call is far and wide we choose the lives that we decide puttin' on a show for the ghost of mrs adler people come and people go, the boards they creak, house covered with snow how long will we go on, puttin' on shows for the ghost of mrs adler we can shout and we can sing, we can beat the drum and pick the strings, tap out a tune on the old piano if music can't bring harmony, the worst that befalls you and me no more shows for the ghost of mrs adler one of these days, if we don't get along, she'll be there, we'll be long gone silence will fill the home of mrs adler but that ain't how it's got to be, it all depends on you and me, let’s fill her home, make some noise, clap your hands girls and boys, we're puttin' on a show for the ghost of mrs adlerr

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