Quite possibly in response to the
death of Garth Hudson1, the radio played several songs by The Band yesterday evening. Ones that I
definitely heard were 'Lonesome Suzie', 'Whispering pines' and 'The night
they drove old Dixie down', but I'm sure that there were more. There was
also someone else's version of 'I shall be released'. Earlier in the day we
had the weekly play of Fairport's "Who knows where the time goes?"
(Unhalfbricking version); don't they know that there are other lovely songs
by Sandy Denny? I also heard 'Pink moon' by Nick Drake; this makes a change
from 'Northern sky' and 'Riverman'.
The volume on the radio was low so that it didn't interfere with the piano
playing of all my grand-daughters. The most amusing picture was that of
g-d #1 showing g-d #3 how to play! I doubt that g-d #3 absorbed very much
of this, but if she suddenly starts to play at the age of (say) 3, then
we'll know where it all started.
We were also treated to a recital by g-d #1 - she has added 'Happy
birthday' to her repertoire in honour of her mother's birthday this week.
Although g-d #2 is too young for lessons (her 6th birthday was
only a month and a half ago), she is absorbing what her older sister
is learning, and can rip off a mean version of 'Fur Alise' at a moment's
notice.
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This day in history:
| Title | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | End of an era | Computer | |
| 1196 | Frustrating day | Song writing, Multi-track | |
| 1285 | Another record @ 50 - Hot Rats | 1970 | |
| 1467 | Demoing a new song | Song writing, Home recording |
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