Just sitting down to a refreshing 1000 and 1 nights tea. Demmers do some really good fruit teas.
I watched a documentary about Johnny Cash that was made just a few months before he died. One of main songs they talked about was Hurt.
I suppose that would be his biggest song for a lot of people, but there were songs he recorded in the early days that I think compete with it. One that I will always remember is San Quentin recorded live at San Quentin.
It got me thinking about what other music influenced me through my life. One guy that changed the music I listened to was Andrea Crouch. Here is what he sounded like toward the end of his life.
Never heard of him? Well here is another song that I think is up there on a list of music of my lifetime that featured him. leading the backing group.
I’ve been struck with the changes that have occurred in my lifetime. Looking at the images in this last video can be depressing.
One person I worked with always used to say the problem is too big, our best action will have no effect. But then I look at the other images in the video of individuals that have lived at the same time as me. And through their choices to act have disrupted the evil in the world.
Maybe that is the theme for the music of my life – shine a light on injustice and pain – make a change.