Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,
The song this cycle is Summer Rose, written many years ago now. Sometimes, on a particular summer or early autumn day, I find a deep nostalgia for and memory of the summer after high school. My group of friends were about to head off to various adventures. The Vietnam War and the draft were weighing on us. We spent so many hours in conversation, in sorrow, in crisis - at odds with our parents, the culture we had grown up with. We haa the growing sense that our country had gone astray, had deceived us, that the "light on he hill" was an illusiion. There was such a sense of terriible loss and identity crisis.
This song comes from one of those times of remembering and seems, again, so poignant and, sadly, relevant. Joyful Trio recorded it - Kenny Pierce on guitar, Leonore Hildebrandt on percussion and vocals, and me on the keys and lead vocal.
My best to each,
Brian
I'm sending you a monthly offering from original music I've been writing over many years. I've been so bold as to add your email to my newsletter list. You can unsubscribe at any time (link at the bottom of the email).
Many songs are recorded solo, some are from different musical twinings from over the years - all are original tunes, with some occasional collaborations.
Play your favorites!
I've also added a Favorites feature so that, as the playlists grow, you can mark those songs you particularly like and just listen to those, again from using the drop down filter at the top of the playlist. Right now it's a two-step process. You have to click on the song you want to mark on the playlist and then go to the side bar (bottom on phone) and click the gray heart so select; click again to deselect.
On the technical side, the favorites function relies on you not clearing your cookies, often the default setting. Favorites will be lost if cookies are cleared. I hope to add a login feature that would allow you to keep your selections without cookies.
Finally, realizing that many people no longer have a CD player, Leonore and I made our three albums available for free here on the site in playlists. There's a tab, Albums, on the top menu. Select the album you want to hear from the dropdown and enjoy. Songs are free to download as well. We will make some CDs for those who may want that medium - if that is your desire, feel free to contact me.
