Rubber Soul

I've loved the Beatles since the summer of 1983, when I was 11 and my aunt introduced me to their records (including some rarity vinyl iirc). The first record I ever bought was the blue greatest hits double record. I played the first side of the first record (Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, Sergent Peppers, Day in the Life) over and over in 6th and 7th grade.

But it's taken me nearly 30 years to identify my favorite record. I've had lots of favorite songs, but Rubber Soul is now officially my favorite record. I realize no one but me cares, but it feels important somehow to have identified an actual studio record, rather than a greatest hits compilation, as my favorite.

File under music/ Sun Mar 20 19:53:57 CT 2011

Dave Rawlings on NPR

You can watch/listen here.

File under music/ Thu Feb 4 20:35:33 CT 2010

A Friend of a Friend

Saw David Rawlings and Gillian Welch in concert just before Christmas. Heard this interview just now. I like the record even more after hearing Dave talk about it.

File under music/ Sat Jan 9 23:29:40 CT 2010

You've Got a Friend

My sister put this little jazz quartet together a couple months ago. We played one song. Here it is.

File under music/ Sun Nov 22 22:30:09 CT 2009

The Beguine Brothers

So I've been playing in this country band for the last several years, purely for fun. Our cardinal rule as a band is "do not overprepare" which means we might practice for an hour or so ahead of a gig, but rarely more than that. The second rule is "you may not sing a song you wrote" which sounds funny till you realize that nearly everyone in the band is a songwriter. It's a fun bunch of folks and the vibe is definitely low key.

But after .... years, we finally made some recordings. Here's the first couple tunes, My Bucket's Got a Hole In It and To Love Somebody.

Thanks to Dave for the technical work.

File under music/ Sun Nov 22 22:21:55 CT 2009