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To: offduty
Have a load of Lightfoot on my playlist. If you’re in a melancholy mood and a bottle of rye nearby you can get lost in his lyrics 🎶 His “Early Morning Rain” is not as well known but one of my favourites. It was covered Peter, Paul and Mary, and also by Elvis: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_MDIYhPH0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6xBnivXp0fA
31 posted on 11/17/2017 6:30:14 PM PST by littleharbour
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To: littleharbour

One of his best is “Your Loves Return” the melody is a haunting tune and I remember playing long into the night when I was writing letters to my girlfriend. (Must have worked, we’ve been married over 40 years.)

Having spend a fair amount of time in radio, I listen to all genres of music and appreciate most of it. BUT...it seems that period of social upheaval in the 60’s that brought change to the country also brought some of the best music recorded.

Listen to an original recording from Woodstock and you’ll hear the likes of Jimi Hendrix killing it on guitar doing the National Anthem to Ravi Shankar playing the sitar. Throw in Joe Cocker and Sha Na Na for good measure. Grab your best girl, roll a doobie and get lost in the sound. Somehow I don’t see that happening today.


32 posted on 11/17/2017 6:41:59 PM PST by offduty
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