So here’s where we spent Thursday first trudging up and down the stairs with all that Lizzie brought to school and then all the things that she bought at the local Target! Sure wish it had been today it would have been just a little cooler!
Today I finally put just about my whole CD collection on my hand-me up IPOD! What’s a hand me up, well, that’s something that is given from your kids to you. First it was Andrew’s IPOD that did travel downward to Lizzie but then she got an IPOD Touch and the 70 gb player went up to me! So now I get to hear some stuff that I haven’t listened to for a while. Speaking of which, while I was doing some things this afternoon I listened to a couple of vinyl LPs that I haven’t heard for a long time, The first was Affordable Art by one of the roots of my folk music listening Steve Goodman. Affordable Art was his ninth and last release before his passing in 1984. Santa Anna Winds was also released in 1984 and was the first posthumous release. In the face of his final days Steve put out this album full of music that makes you smile! Tracks include: “Vegematic” a favorite!, “Talk Backwards” “How Much Tequila(Did I Drink Last Night)” and “Watching Joey Glow”. The albums also includes touching songs like: “Old Smoothies” and “A Dying Cub Fans Last Request” From his Wikipedia page:
Four days after Goodman’s death, the Chicago Cubs clinched the Eastern Division title in the National League for the first time ever, earning them their first post-season appearance since 1945, three years before Goodman’s birth. Eight days later, on October 2, the Cubs played their first post-season game since the 1945 World Series. Goodman had been asked to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before it; Jimmy Buffett filled in, and dedicated the song to Goodman.
In April 1988, some of Goodman’s ashes were scattered at Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs.
I always loved Steve’s music and I guess I always will!
Since I listened to an instrumental Doc Watson album on Monday I thought I would listen to a more traditional Watson album today and listened to Lonesome Road, Doc And Merle’s 1977 release. The album has a lot of good tracks including the opening track “I Recall a Gypsy Woman”, “Manglewood Blues”, “My Creole Belle” and a favorite of mine “Blue Railroad Train” Like all of Doc’s albums there’s some great picking to go with his smooth vocals!
The last album that I listened to was The Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes the follow up album to The Adventures of Jimmy and Wes starring two of my favorites greats Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery. The album only has six tracks but it’s thirty minutes of good jazz. My two favorite tracks are the tracks that close both sides of the album “OGD” which closes side one and “Mellow Mood” which closes the album! Just really good jazz from these greats’
Here’s Steve Goodman’s “Talking Backwards”
and “A Dying Cub Fans Last Request”