Peter Schilling – Major Tom Coming Home
An evening pause: From American Bandstand, 1983. This is fitting because Diane and I are heading home today.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Tag: entertainment
Yenne Lee – Autumn Leaves
An evening pause: I find the precise dance of her fingers on the fretboard as she plays to be mesmerizing.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
John Hiatt – Have a little faith in me
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Celtic Woman – Westering Home
An evening pause: As Diane and I drive south from Glacier National Park, heading to Capital Reef, this travel song somehow seems appropriate.
Hat tip Tim Vogel, who adds that the hat tip should really go “to my mother who keeps playing this for my young kids.”
Silly magic act
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Eugene Godsoe – Your Hand in Mine
An evening pause: A beautiful performance on the piano of this “Explosions in the Sky” musical piece.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn – Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
An evening pause: Hat tip Carole Brabham.
Steely Dan’s Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
An evening pause: The only member of Steely Dan playing here appears to be Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, playing lead guitar. The others include Kipp Lennon on vocals, Nathan East on bass, and CJ Vanston on keys.
Hat tip Joseph Griffin.
Billy Preston & Syreeta – With you I’m born again
A evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Young Readers – We Will Become Silhouettes
An evening pause: Though this song has nothing to do with it, the lyrics to me somehow fit with today’s eclipse.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
An evening pause: From Peer Gynt, and a nice way to end the week, with a bang.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Street performer
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who correctly adds that “it is hard to believe that this is real. ” Sadly, I cannot credit the performer, as the youtube webpage provides no information.