New Music - Gov't Mule

This is a GREAT band. I have always loved Warren Haynes. He is an amazing guitarist and I've always had a soft spot for a 3 piece band.

Gov't Mule - Blind Man In The Dark - 12/31/1999

Your Thoughts

‎"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent."— Bob Dylan

Here's a little Ryan for your Holliday-Fix It

Here is yet another reason why I love him. I had never heard the piano version. I was awestruck. To take an upbeat, electric song and bring it to the keys in such a soft delivery. Wow. Hope you all like these. Great song either way.

-J

Old/New Music

I don't think i have posted anything with a female singer, which is odd now that I think of it. So here is a great song from a wonderful singer brandi Carlile. I love the different tones in her voice. Couldn't find any live videos that had good quality, so this will have to do.
Enjoy.

-J

Ryan Adams - Meadowlake Street

Good Morning-

This song very well could be my favorite on Ryan Adams' epic Cold Roses album. I love the pictures it creates in my mind. I love how it touches something deep in me. I love that he is off key at the end and doesn't care. Just an amazing song. This is an example of why I consider him one of the best song writes of my generation.
Enjoy.

-J

Voices

I have wanted to write this blog for a while now. Honestly, I did not know how to say it, or where to start for that matter.

These past months have been wonderful. There are so many things that I am grateful to the Lord for doing. He is so near. It is not as if I am depressed or even sad. I just miss my Dad. I have been writing some songs about some of these things. In some ways it has helped me think about and maybe process these things.

It all started.... well, I guess walking at the farm where we live. I began to think about the last conversations we had together. They were good conversations. We were happy and he was smiling allot. But as I reminisced I began to think back to something simple yet striking to my core. His voice. It has been 3 years since I heard his voice. I had almost forgotten what it sounded like without even realizing it. How did it sound when he said my name? What did his expression of "i love you" sound like in my ears?

At first I felt very guilty. As if I had let part of him go. I knew that I hadn't. I knew that wasn't it. It is simply time. Time. It's like when you eat at a fabulous restaurant while on vacation. You love it. You relish every bite. If your like me you eat there every chance you get. But after a few weeks of being home you begin to get further from the remembrance of that taste. It is as if that memory stopped in time and you kept moving forward, taking you further and further from being in touch with it.

That is how I felt. Now, before I begin to sound too dark and poetic let me tell you that I was able to find that place in me where I still could hear his voice. It wasn't easy though. My Dad was a major part of my life, especially the last five years. He was part of every major decision in my life. We just talked. I wish we could just talk.

I know that my Dad did not always agree with the decisions I made. He was a very strong personality. He was very opinionated, I wonder where I get it.

Maybe I should compile an album with song of these songs. They might make more sense. Probably not though.

Ultimately he is so much a part of me. I cannot separate it. Sometimes I just have to go back to where he is to find it.

-J