Songs

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

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Life is Good

Livingston Taylor
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What's Goin On?

Marvin Gaye
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The Things I Wish I'd Done

Keywest
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Glad You Came

Dalton Day
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Slip Slidin' Away

Paul Simon
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Downhearted; How Blue Can You Get

B.B. King
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Strange Brew

Eric Clapton and Felix Pappalardi
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Fast Car

Tracy Chapman
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Money, Love and Change

Trey Anastasio Band
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Breakup With Everything

Michael Franti & Spearhead

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Soulshine
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Soulshine

By Warren Haynes

October 18, 2019

Editor’s comment:   On my daughter’s Christmas mix this year, she wrote these words to me about this song:  This song became a favorite of mine in my late teens.  ...
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Sunshine on the Land
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Sunshine on the Land

By David Wilcox

October 18, 2019

Editor’s comment:   A friend of mine and I were praying the other day about his late wife and their adult children in her memory and this song came to...
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Stay Gold
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Stay Gold

By First Aid Kit

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment: This song is among the latest mix given to me by my daughter, Caitlin.  We enjoy together music with meaning and while this one is not a favorite...
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The Girl With the Weight of the World in her Hands
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The Girl With the Weight of the World in her Hands

By Indigo Girls

October 18, 2019

Editor’s comment: This song came back to me as I was writing my blog and book of the month columns. The “girl” the Indigos sing about are the people we...
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Live and Die
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Live and Die

By The Avett Brothers

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment:   My favorite poet musicians strike again.  In this lively tune, they sing of living like a Pharaoh and singing like a sparrow and most of all remind...
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Peace Train
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Peace Train

By Yusuf / Cat Stevens

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment: The news seems no longer the news, it’s seems more like mud-slinging.  I’m weary of it.  So when this old song came up on my ITunes, I played...
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Orange Sky
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Orange Sky

By Alexi Murdoch

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Note:  Thanks to Caitlin, my beloved daughter, this song came on my annual Christmas mix.  Alexi Murdoch is new to me and since I love poets who double as...
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None of Us Are Free
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None of Us Are Free

By Solomon Burke

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment:  Perhaps in honor of Martin Luther King day and all the immigration and human trafficking issues we face, this song came to me recently.  When I listened to...
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Maybe It's Time
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Maybe It's Time

By Bradley Cooper

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment: I haven’t seen this movie but my daughter has told me this song is sung by a man who is turning his life around. As one who has...
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The Walk
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The Walk

By Mayer Hawthorne

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Sometimes I just like to laugh. This song takes an old theme (“beauty is only skin deep”) and an old sound (doo wop) and combines into something catchy...
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Yellow Moon
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Yellow Moon

By Neville Brothers

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is one of those songs that just makes you tap your feet, especially as it’s performed live at Farm Aid concert almost twenty years ago. Favorite lyric:...
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The Once and Future Carpenter
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The Once and Future Carpenter

By The Avett Brothers

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: I think my Avett Brothers music count is getting high but this one, off their “Carpenter” album is amazing. My son, Timmy, and I have declared this song...
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Sunshine
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Sunshine

By David Wilcox

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: An obscure but long time favorite of mine, David Wilcox, wrote this song many years ago. It came back to me though while I was writing this month's...
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Soulshine
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Soulshine

By Allman Brothers Band

October 15, 2019

Editor's note: “Soulshine” by Allman Brothers is a very meaningful song to me – and perhaps to you too. Favorite verse: “Soulshine, it’s better than sunshine, it's better than moonshine,...
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Lost in my Mind
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Lost in my Mind

By The Head And The Heart

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note:  Another gift from my lovely daughter, this song is easy to listen to and also makes a good point.  It’s especially poignant for she and I who are...
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Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight,
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Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight,

By Amos Lee

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Lee has been cited on the website before since for my money, he’s as good a poet songwriter as there is on the current music scene. I enjoy...
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Forever Young
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Forever Young

By Bob Dylan

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: My talented and beloved son, Kevin, was home for one of my open mic nights and while deciding some songs to do together, he suggested this Dylan classic....
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“Dying to Live”
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“Dying to Live”

By Edgar Winter

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: Alright, picture me at 19 years old still in the college angst of “what’s the meaning of my life?” The song will make more sense that way as...
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“A Love Song”
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“A Love Song”

By Kenny Loggins

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Okay, it’s soupy, but I selected it because I played and sang it to my wife, Alice, some 37 years ago at our wedding. Through a lot of...
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A Dustland Fairytale
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A Dustland Fairytale

By The Killers

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Nostalgia. Nothing puts a lump in your throat and a pang in your heart like remembering the past, and this song’s powerful message of dreams lost and found...
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“We Shall Overcome”
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“We Shall Overcome”

By Joan Baez

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: I recently saw to my surprise that 71 year old Baez is still performing and very active in rights movements and so I dedicate this, one of her...
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