Song of the Day

Song of the Day (37): Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash

It happened one day that I’m driving my middle son Jamie to preschool when he breaks into song and with great gusto belts out the lines: When I was just a baby, my mama told me, “Son Always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns” But I shot a man in Reno just […]

Song of the Day (36): Beer and Kisses – Amy Rigby

A love song that devolves as life wears the couple down but ends in hope that they can capture those simpler times and find their love and passion again. The thing we had for each other Way back when we first met Let’s put all the bad behind us Tonight when you come home Just […]

Song of the Day (35): Daddy’s Cup – Drive by Truckers

Rock music is rebellious so we get lots of father-son conflict. Here’s a song about family traditions and father-son bonds that work, in this case, passing on a love for cars and racing as well as grit and determination. YouTube: https://youtu.be/McW2NwWtR9E?si=vh8TaAJW7GAl5TWh Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5Dxq3YnXlfcDE1lrowHWf8?si=9429bb0ecfda4829

Song of the Day (34): Love in Mind – Neil Young

Neil struck it big with the album Harvest, and that freaked him out. He later wrote the it proved he could write songs in the middle of the road, but he headed for eh ditch where life was more interesting. His next album, Time Fades Away, live recordings full of feedback and desperate cries was […]

Song of the Day (33): The Message – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

I don’t listen to a lot of rap or hip hop, but when I first heard “The Message,” I couldn’t play it enough. I thought the revolution might be coming. YouTube: https://youtu.be/PobrSpMwKk4?si=3VoHIzhMnzYLeUWi Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5DuTNKFEjJIySAyJH1yNDU?si=7fab683d239c4288

Song of the Day (32): Hey Jack Kerouac – 10,000 Maniacs

Spent time this weekend thinking of Jack Kerouac, driving past the three houses he lived in during his time in Northport here on Long Island. Jack came here with some of his new found fortune to hide from fame without success. He did find some solace when he could just be Jack and not the […]

Song of the Day (31): I Contain Multitudes – Bob Dylan

Yesterday, I spent time at the Whitman Birthplace and reading Walt Whitman. In “Song of Myself,” he wrote: “Do I contradict myself?Very well then I contradict myself,(I am large, I contain multitudes.)” Bob Dylan picked up on those lines when he wrote and performed the lead off song, “I Contain Multitudes,” on his pandemic album, […]

Song of the Day (30): You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles

Always loved this song. It appears in the movie Help. John Lennon wrote the song though the songwriting credit still reads Lennon and McCartney. Both Lennon and McCartney have described this tune as coming form John’s Dyaln period. Easy to see why, YouTube: https://youtu.be/V8nLraecPRY?si=jXc_ArPMH2UAMWj8 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4F1AgKpuFRMLEgtPETVwZk?si=5d4dda16d21e43e2

Song of the Day (29): Ready or Not – Jackson Browne

Another song I first heard through Brian McShane. Lots of fun and confused bravado. That’s David Lindley sawing away on the electric fiddle and Jim Keltner keeping the song on track with his drumming, Browne used his meeting with his first wife as inspiration for this song, though the song is not factual. When she […]