Desert Island Disc List For This Moment In Time

It can change daily, even hourly, depending on mood and attitude. But for this evening, in this place, at this moment in time, and with the volume turned way up, my Stranded on a Desert Island song list would include .....

• Son Volt - Back Into Your World
• Neil Young - Old Man
• Blackie and The Rodeo Kings - Nickels and Dimes
• John Hiatt - Slow Turning
• Richard Buckner - Born Into Giving It Up
• Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
• Otis Redding - Sitting On the Dock of the Bay
• Jackson Browne - Walking Slow
• Bob Dylan - Shelter From the Storm
• Warren Zevon - Tenderness On the Block
• The Beatles - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
• Sun Kil Moon - Among the Leaves
• R.E.M. - The Outsiders
• Ellis Paul - The World Ain't Slowing Down
• Greensky Bluegrass - Old Barns

It's difficult to come up with a short list. Each song brings to mind two or three others. Often for no obvious reason other then it's a great song! Over a lifetime (half century-plus) of devoted listening there's certainly at least a thousand songs (a conservative estimate) that could qualify on any given day. How does one eliminate any favorites from consideration? If asked tomorrow, the list might be entirely different.

And a few honorable mentions for this evening ......

• Sonny Landreth - Love and Glory
• Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• U2 - With Or Without You
• Tom Rush - No Regrets / Joshua Gone Barbados
• The Shins - New Slang