Tag: music

Memories of Music in Youth

The first music I remember hearing would be the sounds of the Brill Building. The Shirelles. The Drifters. The Ronnettes. “Be My Baby” is a song I remember hearing in my crib. It remains one of my favorites. Something about that drum beat and the vocal harmony reaches deep within me. Once I was driving my mother somewhere and I popped in a mix-tape…

The Song of Your Life

Once upon a time Charming Billy asked me, “If you could pick one song to sum up your life, what would it be?” “I don’t know that any one song could sum up my life,” I told him. “I’d need something epic, something like Stairway without all the mystical bullshit, Free Bird without all the sentiment. What about you?” We both thought about it.…