Nashville

statfreak · 11-30-2005, 01:24 PM

I need a mascot and logo for the Nashville team in the online league I commish.

You may view the league by following the link in my signature.

Thank you in advance for any and all help / submissions.

Eugene Church · 11-30-2005, 06:22 PM

I always thought that NASHVILLE CATS would be a good name for a team there. It is the home of Country Music and "Cats" being a term for cool musicians

The Lovin' Spoonful had a hit in 1966 called "Nashville Cats"...one line went something like "there are thirteen hunderd and fifty-two gittar pickers in Nashville"...being a country dj for many years I always liked that line.

I think Bill Parsons (aka Bobby Bare) made a song about Elvis going into the army called "All-American Boy" in 1959 and it had a line about "and them swingin' Cats are havin' a ball".

(See song lyrics below)

A cat pickin' a guitar with musical notes would be my suggestion for the logo.

I think there was a logo for the Nashville Cats produced at one time on the forum.

ARTIST: Lovin' Spoonful
TITLE: Nashville Cats
Lyrics and Chords

{Refrain}
Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
Nashville Cats, been playin' since they's babies
Nashville Cats, get work before they're two

/ CG7 C - - / / / /

Well, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two
Guitar pickers in Nashville
And they can pick more notes than the number of ants
On a Tennessee anthill
Yeah, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two
Guitar cases in Nashville
And any one that unpacks his guitar could play
Twice as better than I will

/ C - / G7 - / / C - / / F - / G7 - / C - /

Yeah, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a
Musical proverbial knee-high
When I heard a couple new-sounding tunes on the tubes
And they blasted me sky-high
And the record man said every one is a yellow Sun
Record from Nashville
And up north there ain't nobody buys them
And I said, but I will

And it was
{Refrain}

Well, there's sixteen thousand eight hundred twenty one
Mothers from Nashville
All their friends play music, and they ain't uptight
If one of the kids will
Because it's custom made for any mother's son
To be a guitar picker in Nashville
And I sure am glad I got a chance to say a word about
The music and the mothers from Nashville

{Refrain}

The All American Boy
by: Bill Parsons
Lyrics by:
1958

Chart Activity

Gather round, cats
And I'll tell you a story
About how to become
An All American Boy

Buy you a guitar
And put it in tune
You'll be rocking
And rolling soon

Impressing the girls
Picking hot licks
And all that jazz

I bought me a
Guitar a year ago
Learned how to
Play in a day or so

And all around town
It was well understood
That I was knocking em out
Like Johnny B. Goode

Hot licks, showing off
Ah, number one

Well, I'd practice all day
And up into the night
My papa's hair was turning white

Cause he didn't like
Rock and roll
He said, you can stay, boy
But that's gotta go

He's a square
He just didn't dig me at all

So I took my guitar
Picks and all
Bid farewell
To my poor ole pa

Split for Memphis
Where they say you all
And them swingin cats
Are having a ball

Sessions
Hot licks and all
They dig me

I was rocking and bopping
And I's a-getting the breaks
The girls all said that
I had what it takes

When up stepped a
Man with a big cigar
He said, come here, cat
I'm gonna make you a star

I'll put you on Bandstand
Buy you a Cadillac
Sign here, kid

I signed my name
And became a star
Having a ball with my guitar
Driving a big long Cadillac
And fighting the girls
Off of my back

They just kept a-coming
Screaming, yeah, they like it

So I'd pick my guitar
With a great big grin
And the money just
Kept on pouring in

But then one day
My Uncle Sam
He said, here I am

Uncle Sam needs you, boy
I'm gonna cut your hair
Take this rifle, kid
Gimme that guitar, yeah

Tyke · 12-01-2005, 05:38 AM

I always liked that Spoonful song, but haven't played it for years. Just dug it out on a "Greatest Hits" compilation and loved it - and all their other stuff, also. Thanks for the memory, Eugene!

f.montoya · 12-01-2005, 06:58 AM

So that's Steve Kuffrey's team? Cool. Didn't know he was in any online leagues.

pat · 12-01-2005, 07:58 AM

Just a try. Not the best, just edited a logo.

jdew · 12-01-2005, 08:21 AM

I have a Nashville Cats from one of my short-lived fictional leagues. It was a crazy theme with team names like Memphis Belles, Nashville Cats, Detroit Supremes, California Surfers, San Francisco Deadheads, Kentucky Pickers, Texas Playboys... crazy stuff like that. I don't know if its what you're looking for but as I have a Cats from Nashville, here it is...

pat · 12-01-2005, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdew

I have a Nashville Cats from one of my short-lived fictional leagues. It was a crazy theme with team names like Memphis Belles, Nashville Cats, Detroit Supremes, California Surfers, San Francisco Deadheads, Kentucky Pickers, Texas Playboys... crazy stuff like that. I don't know if its what you're looking for but as I have a Cats from Nashville, here it is...

Looks great really. Funny too.

jdew · 12-01-2005, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pat

Looks great really. Funny too.

Thanks

It is from a league I cooked up with a twist of humor in all the names and images. Some of the other teams were New Orleans Jazz, Key West Parrotheads, Seattle Experience. I think I had more fun thinking up the names and making the logos than anything else. I'm usually not much for playing fictional leagues but every once in a while I give it a try... though my Vegas Casino league has stuck around for a few seasons now so who knows.. it might "convert" me.

statfreak · 12-01-2005, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdew

I have a Nashville Cats from one of my short-lived fictional leagues. It was a crazy theme with team names like Memphis Belles, Nashville Cats, Detroit Supremes, California Surfers, San Francisco Deadheads, Kentucky Pickers, Texas Playboys... crazy stuff like that. I don't know if its what you're looking for but as I have a Cats from Nashville, here it is...

I like that. Any chance you have it as a psd or psp file?

Eugene Church · 12-01-2005, 03:03 PM

Very nicely done, jdew and pat.

I really like the way jdew used the Cat's tail for the "C" in "CATS". Extremely creative.

I will add them to my logo cache. I will need a Nashville team for OOTPBM 2006.

I have already started collecting them.

I will be ready, thanks to very talented designers like you.

jdew · 12-01-2005, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by statfreak

I like that. Any chance you have it as a psd or psp file?

Thanks!

Unfortunately, no. Since I did the logo for myself a while back, I deleted most everything intermediate or other than the end result. Sorry....

jdew · 12-01-2005, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Very nicely done, jdew and pat.

I will add them to my logo cache. I will need a Nashville team for OOTPBM 2006.

I have already started collecting them.

I will be ready, thanks to very talented designers like you.

Thanks Eugene. I always appreciate your comments, suggestions and constructive criticism.

Cuss · 12-11-2005, 08:08 PM

Interesting, I was just sitting in my archaeology class the other day, doodling and bored out of my mind as usual. And I came up with this:

http://members.shaw.ca/pyuana/catsketch.png

We were doing Egyptian art so it might have had some influence in this design.

Cuss · 12-11-2005, 08:09 PM

here are the logos in the OOTP format. The last cat is from a design I did long long time ago.

Hope this helps!

statfreak · 12-12-2005, 06:30 PM

ooohhhhh... Cuss those are outstanding.

Thank you for sharing them.

I'm torn between using #1 or #3 in your most recent post.

Thanks again!

Cuss · 12-12-2005, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by statfreak

ooohhhhh... Cuss those are outstanding.

Thank you for sharing them.

I'm torn between using #1 or #3 in your most recent post.

Thanks again!

no sweat, glad you like them.

12-01-2005, 06:58 AM	#4
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12-01-2005, 07:58 AM	#5
pat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Quezon City, Philippines Posts: 2,748	Just a try. Not the best, just edited a logo. Attached Images __________________ Co-Founder & Technical Director at ExaWeb Corporation, an SEO company in the Philippines. Previous Leagues - Time Warp Baseball / International Federation of Baseball / Professional Baseball Replay League / No Pepper Baseball League / MLB Pro Current OOTP 24 Leagues - Sim Sports Gaming - (2016-Present) Washington Nationals (2016-2022) 2017 Champions Oakland Athletics (2023-Present) Last edited by pat; 12-01-2005 at 08:15 AM.*

12-01-2005, 08:21 AM	#6
jdew All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,763	I have a Nashville Cats from one of my short-lived fictional leagues. It was a crazy theme with team names like Memphis Belles, Nashville Cats, Detroit Supremes, California Surfers, San Francisco Deadheads, Kentucky Pickers, Texas Playboys... crazy stuff like that. I don't know if its what you're looking for but as I have a Cats from Nashville, here it is... Attached Images

12-01-2005, 03:03 PM	#10
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,218	Very nicely done, jdew and pat. I really like the way jdew used the Cat's tail for the "C" in "CATS". Extremely creative. I will add them to my logo cache. I will need a Nashville team for OOTPBM 2006. I have already started collecting them. I will be ready, thanks to very talented designers like you. Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-02-2005 at 05:13 AM.

12-11-2005, 08:08 PM	#13
Cuss Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: BC Canada Posts: 464	Interesting, I was just sitting in my archaeology class the other day, doodling and bored out of my mind as usual. And I came up with this: http://members.shaw.ca/pyuana/catsketch.png We were doing Egyptian art so it might have had some influence in this design. Attached Images __________________ Last edited by Cuss; 12-11-2005 at 08:13 PM.

11-30-2005, 01:24 PM	#1
statfreak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 2,434	Nashville I need a mascot and logo for the Nashville team in the online league I commish. You may view the league by following the link in my signature. Thank you in advance for any and all help / submissions. __________________ Roll out the barrel!

11-30-2005, 06:22 PM	#2
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,218	I always thought that NASHVILLE CATS would be a good name for a team there. It is the home of Country Music and "Cats" being a term for cool musicians The Lovin' Spoonful had a hit in 1966 called "Nashville Cats"...one line went something like "there are thirteen hunderd and fifty-two gittar pickers in Nashville"...being a country dj for many years I always liked that line. I think Bill Parsons (aka Bobby Bare) made a song about Elvis going into the army called "All-American Boy" in 1959 and it had a line about "and them swingin' Cats are havin' a ball". (See song lyrics below) A cat pickin' a guitar with musical notes would be my suggestion for the logo. I think there was a logo for the Nashville Cats produced at one time on the forum. ARTIST: Lovin' Spoonful TITLE: Nashville Cats Lyrics and Chords {Refrain} Nashville Cats, play clean as country water Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew Nashville Cats, been playin' since they's babies Nashville Cats, get work before they're two / CG7 C - - / / / / Well, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two Guitar pickers in Nashville And they can pick more notes than the number of ants On a Tennessee anthill Yeah, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two Guitar cases in Nashville And any one that unpacks his guitar could play Twice as better than I will / C - / G7 - / / C - / / F - / G7 - / C - / Yeah, I was just thirteen, you might say I was a Musical proverbial knee-high When I heard a couple new-sounding tunes on the tubes And they blasted me sky-high And the record man said every one is a yellow Sun Record from Nashville And up north there ain't nobody buys them And I said, but I will And it was {Refrain} Well, there's sixteen thousand eight hundred twenty one Mothers from Nashville All their friends play music, and they ain't uptight If one of the kids will Because it's custom made for any mother's son To be a guitar picker in Nashville And I sure am glad I got a chance to say a word about The music and the mothers from Nashville {Refrain} The All American Boy by: Bill Parsons Lyrics by: 1958 Chart Activity Gather round, cats And I'll tell you a story About how to become An All American Boy Buy you a guitar And put it in tune You'll be rocking And rolling soon Impressing the girls Picking hot licks And all that jazz I bought me a Guitar a year ago Learned how to Play in a day or so And all around town It was well understood That I was knocking em out Like Johnny B. Goode Hot licks, showing off Ah, number one Well, I'd practice all day And up into the night My papa's hair was turning white Cause he didn't like Rock and roll He said, you can stay, boy But that's gotta go He's a square He just didn't dig me at all So I took my guitar Picks and all Bid farewell To my poor ole pa Split for Memphis Where they say you all And them swingin cats Are having a ball Sessions Hot licks and all They dig me I was rocking and bopping And I's a-getting the breaks The girls all said that I had what it takes When up stepped a Man with a big cigar He said, come here, cat I'm gonna make you a star I'll put you on Bandstand Buy you a Cadillac Sign here, kid I signed my name And became a star Having a ball with my guitar Driving a big long Cadillac And fighting the girls Off of my back They just kept a-coming Screaming, yeah, they like it So I'd pick my guitar With a great big grin And the money just Kept on pouring in But then one day My Uncle Sam He said, here I am Uncle Sam needs you, boy I'm gonna cut your hair Take this rifle, kid Gimme that guitar, yeah

12-01-2005, 05:38 AM	#3
Tyke All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, U.K. Posts: 1,142	I always liked that Spoonful song, but haven't played it for years. Just dug it out on a "Greatest Hits" compilation and loved it - and all their other stuff, also. Thanks for the memory, Eugene!

12-11-2005, 08:09 PM	#14
Cuss Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: BC Canada Posts: 464	here are the logos in the OOTP format. The last cat is from a design I did long long time ago. Hope this helps! Attached Images __________________

12-12-2005, 06:30 PM	#15
statfreak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 2,434	ooohhhhh... Cuss those are outstanding. Thank you for sharing them. I'm torn between using #1 or #3 in your most recent post. Thanks again! __________________ Roll out the barrel!