Sunday Evening Playlist

Two days of vacation away from work coming up. In a rootsy-Americana-bluegrass-newgrass-Zydeco kinda mood. Tonight's playlist .....

• Grateful Dead - Ripple
• Greensky Bluegrass - Old Barns / Into the Rafters ..... "You keep losing pieces that I just can't carry, I wish we'd all stop spinning, cause these words weigh nothing when you're too far away."
• Dry Branch Fire Squad - Golden Ring
• The Stanley Brothers - Angel Band
• Jesse McReynolds _ Standing On the Moon ..... "Standing on the moon with nothing left to do, a lovely view of heaven but I'd rather be with you." / Deep Elem Blues
• Herb Pedersen - The Hey Boys
• Bluerunners - Made Up My Mind
• Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett (from Little Feat) - Long Black Veil
• Tony Rice Unit - Nine Pound Hammer

Dust & Grooves

I ordered this book and it's scheduled to arrive in my snail mail by the middle of next week. If the postman knocked on my door tonight at midnight with book in hand, I'd be beyond excited, possibly requiring sedation.

Tons of photos, interviews and essays with vinyl record collecting geeks and nerds. I'm a longtime member of that club. Over half a century in fact.

Vinyl collectors showing off their records. Volume two. Hardcover, limited edition first pressing. I found a hardcover copy of volume one a few years ago. It sits on my coffee table and is opened, perused and enjoyed often. I drool over the photos of the various collections.

It's my current solo goal in life to live long enough to open up and leaf through the pages of volume two and admire it from closeup and afar alongside volume one. I may have to rearrange bookcases and devote an entire shelf to these two volumes and the photo cards that were an accessory to the first volume.

Such is the level of my vinyl mania. 😊 

Flashing Back (Again) Playlist

 Just some classic songs heard today and tonight. A flashing back playlist ....

• King Harvest - Dancing In the Moonlight (1973)
• Paul McCartney & Wings - Listen to What the Man Said (1975) ..... Everyone hoping still for the Beatles to reunite. There were still great songs to be heard.
• Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Too Late to Turn Back Now (1972) ..... If only we could return to those days for a few hours, once or twice a year. That's not asking for too much is it? 
• Harry Nilsson - Coconut (1972)
• Robert Palmer - One Last Look (1976) ..... Don't look at the year. But thinking back there's just something about the style and sound. I can't explain but this kind of marks a point of change for me from early 70's and high school to the mid and later 70's, college and beyond. I didn't realize it at the time, I thought there were other markers of change back then, but this has become my modern-day difference. I now need to hear it every month or two.
• Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis (1974)
• Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (1972) 
• Stealers Wheel (Gerry Rafferty) - Stuck In the Middle With You (1973)
• The Zombies - Time of the Season (1969) ..... Flashing even farther back. Autumn feels like the time to hear this song.
• Ace - How Long (1974) ..... Hated it back when it was a hit and all over the radio. Time has brought appreciation though.