How cool! Jim Nabors is at Indy singing

[Ilsa]

the lively Indiana State song. Beautifully done. His voice has held up well over the years. It's still very strong.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. I don't know much about his politics, however...

The man has some serious pipes! Glad to see he's still going strong!

[Ms. Toad]

5. You might be interested in this:

Jim Nabors married Stan Cadwallader, his male partner of 38 years, on Jan. 15.

HONOLULU -- Jim Nabors, the actor best known for playing Gomer Pyle on TV in the 1960s, has married his longtime male partner.

Hawaii News Now reports Nabors, 82, and Stan Cadwallader, 64, traveled from their Honolulu home to Seattle to be married Jan. 15. Gay marriage became legal in Washington state last month.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/jim-nabors-stan-cadwallader-marry_n_2579630.html

And this:

Looking on several websites, I found many celebs and sports figures who are conservaties and/or Republicans so here are a few:

Actors

. . . Jim Nabors

http://voices.yahoo.com/not-all-celebrities-liberal-democrats-4980894.html?cat=27

[Cirque du So-What]

9. ShaZAM!

I didn't know about his political affiliation. What a shame. I'm sure the Log Cabin Republicans are familiar with the hatred directed their way from a good number of those who share their political convictions, and so is Jim Nabors.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Jim recently married his long time partner Jim Cadwaleder

and he's a good man. Well, both of them are.

[liberalmuse]

2. I saw him live once back in the 1970's.

I wasn't into his type of singing, but now that I'm older, I can appreciate his beautiful voice. I hope there's a YouTube of it. He is such a nice, kind man.

[madokie]

4. It would be hard to not love Jim Nabors

Exceptionally nice and kind Man.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I believe he's done that

every year since 1972 - except last year, which he missed due to illness. True, his voice is marvelous. I'm not an expert in such matters, but it seems plausible that he could have been a great opera singer if he had chosen to take that path.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. He missed last year and 2007

But you are correct...every other year since '72

http://www.indystar.com/article/20130509/LIFE08/305090046/Jim-Nabors-returning-sing-year-s-Indy-500?nclick_check=1

[datasuspect]

7. well GOOO-OOOO-LLLLY

!

[Arkansas Granny]

10. He has an amazing voice. I was stunned the first time I heard him sing.

[House of Roberts]

11. Tears me up every time he does it.

It wouldn't be Indy without Jim.

[bvar22]

12. If he's at Indy, he's one of the few.

Actually, the attendance today is fairly good compared to the last few years,
but radically down from the Good Old Days when Indy wasn't so boring
and the cars weren't so ugly.

I'm watching on TV, and the stands aren't near full.
My guesstimate is that between 1/3 to 1/4 of the seats are empty.
I wouldn't be watching today if it wasn't a tradition.
I've watched religiously since the late 50s.
IndyCar racing used to be much more fun
and much more exciting before all the rules and Corporate Money ruined it.

The cars look like something out of a SpeedRacer cartoon,
and Push-to-Pass??!!! Really? You gotta be kidding.

[Skittles]

13. Jim rawwwwwwks

[Elwood P Dowd]

14. Great video of Jim

[nolabear]

15. My favorite "brush with greatness" is that I knew his dog.

He and I were born in the same town, Sylacauga, AL. He went to school with my mother's older sister. I never lived in Sylacauga really but visited my mother's parents, who at one point lived across the street from his mother. He was just beginning his Gomer career so the town was gaga. But I was never there when he was. I did, however, talk to his mom a couple of times (I was really little, like six or seven) as she walked the big poodle that had been his but that she'd kept when he left. My cousins met him a time or two. I wasn't smart enough at the time to envy them, but I've come to admire him and chuckle about my brush with greatness.