Songs

Songs that shaped chapters of my life — from the boardroom to the back porch. Heart, soul, and a little groove.

Life is Good

Livingston Taylor

What's Goin On?

Marvin Gaye

The Things I Wish I'd Done

Keywest

Glad You Came

Dalton Day

Slip Slidin' Away

Paul Simon

Downhearted; How Blue Can You Get

B.B. King

Strange Brew

Eric Clapton and Felix Pappalardi

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

Money, Love and Change

Trey Anastasio Band

Breakup With Everything

Michael Franti & Spearhead

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Santa Lost A Ho

By The Christmas Jug Band, Paul Rogers (lead vocal)

November 30, 2022

Editor’s note: My friend, Jim Sullivan, sent me this a couple years ago and I forgot to post it. If this one doesn’t make you smile and tap your feet,...

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Stuck in the Middle with You

By Stealers Wheel

October 31, 2022

Editor’s Note: On my run the other day, this song popped up which I’m sure I haven’t heard for 20 years. As I listened, it occurred to me the refrain...

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The Same Boat

By Ryan Montbleau

August 29, 2022

Editor’s note: Montbleau’s “75 and Sunny” was featured a few months ago here and I’m enjoying getting to know more of his discography. “Same Boat” is a more traditional love...

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Golden

By My Morning Jacket

July 30, 2022

Editor’s Note: I didn’t like My Morning Jacket in person (perhaps because they didn’t play any of their older stuff like this one) but I sure do love their sound. ...

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Ain’t No Sunshine

By The Neville Brothers

June 30, 2022

Editor’s note: Keeping it light and rhythmic for July with this great old tune, redone by one of my favorite acts. Enjoy sax, keyboard and guitar funk in middle. ...

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Rocket Man

By My Morning Jacket

May 30, 2022

Editor’s comment: The original Rocket Man, written and performed by Elton John, does not appeal to me nearly as much as this softer, more melodic version. Favorite lyric: “Rocket Man...

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She Wore Diamonds on the Inside

By Ben Harper

April 30, 2022

Editor’s comment: Among Alice and my favorite acts at a recent music festival we attended was Ben Harper, playing alone with a couple Fender Reverb amps, a mic and five...

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75 and Sunny

By Ryan Montbleau

March 31, 2022

Editor’s note: Thanks to Mikey Utesch for this one, a song that has it all: rhythm, energy, nice voice and meaning. Favorite lyric: “You’d better believe I’m living for the...

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July

By Noah Cyrus, Leon Bridges

February 28, 2022

Editor’s note: Once again, my daughter, Caitlin, leads my quest to find great music with meaning. Favorite lyric: I’m afraid of change I guess that’s why things stay the same

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Catching and Releasing

By Matt Simons, Deepend

January 31, 2022

Editor’s note: Another wonderful cut from my daughter, Caitlin’s, annual Christmas mix. Light, breezy with lyrics I need to hear over and over and over again. Favorite lyric: Everybody...

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Freedom Fries

By Robert Plant

December 27, 2021

Editor’s note: Beautiful voice and instruments on this, one of my son’s many original songs that I still love listening to after all these years. Favorite lyric: “Preservation only...

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Faith

By Lake Street Dive

November 30, 2021

Editor’s note: Occasionally I like a cover way more than I liked the original recording. This one, George Michael’s Faith covered by my new favorite band, Lake Street Dive is...

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Forever Young

By Bob Dylan

October 29, 2021

Editor’s note: I enjoy the extreme pleasure of playing out with my son, Kevin. Recently we were invited to his old neighborhood in Connecticut to play an outdoor family...

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Baby Don’t Leave Me Alone With My Thoughts

By Lake Street Dive

September 30, 2021

Editor’s note: Alice and I were enjoying a walk on the Deschutes River near Bend, Oregon, when a band named “Lake Street Dive” was doing a sound check for their...

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She’s Leaving Home

By John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Manuel Barrueco, David Tanenbaum

August 30, 2021

Editor’s Note: The great legacy of the Beatles is in two pillars: 1. They explored a variety of musical approaches much wider than anyone before or since and 2....

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Everybody’s Had the Blues

By Merle Haggard

July 31, 2021

Editor’s note: I ran into this obscure cover of an old Haggard song performed on 1993 Blues Summit CD by BB King and Joe Louis Walker and I could only...

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Fly Like an Eagle

By Steve Miller Band

June 30, 2021

Editor’s note: Steve Miller Blues Band was never on my primary play list but I always enjoyed his work. This was his urgent call (time keeps on slipping) to the...

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Yellow Moon

By Aaron Neville

May 30, 2021

Editor’s note: I’m not even including a favorite lyric in this note because this is a pure rhythm and blues, New Orleans rock/jazz, toe-tapper from generational musicians, performed live at...

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Fisher Road To Hollywood

By The Avett Brothers

May 1, 2021

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Pete Accorti for sending this haunting song from my favorite musicians. Seth and Scott and their bandmates always stretch melodies and lyrics, here even harmonies to...

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Multiply

By Jamie Lidell

March 29, 2021

Editor’s Note: Having never watched “Gray’s Anatomy”, I had never head this song and it caught me tapping my feet and smiling. Turns out Lidell’s been around quite a while...

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Presence of the Lord

By Blind Faith

February 27, 2021

Editor’s note: I ran into a live Clapton Winwood recording of this song and memories came flooding back. Blind Faith was one of many “supergroups” who came and went...

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