a year of songs: number 27
- Thursday, July 2nd: They're getting ready for the Fourth
of July in this little Colorado town. The streets are lively and the rodeo
is set to begin tomorrow. The cafe is where I imagined the subject of this
song, where a woman serves me coffee in a ceramic mug. She's from Denver
and I wonder what brought her here, though I don't ask. She seems happy on
the bright side of this mountain. Here's Number 27, "Fourth Of July
Moon".
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- Songs 11-20
- (March 12th - May 14th)
- Songs 21-25
- (May 21st - June 25th)
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I'm on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Colorado where
the Southwest really begins. I recorded #27 in a small meadow on the mountainside,
so listen for the birds. 
It's
all guess work where to position the mics when you hang them from a branch.
The dry air has played havoc with my voice, as you might notice in the recording.
I enjoyed playing a Gibson Hummingbird guitar this week, to write this song
and just for fun. Thank you to Mark Salisbury who brought it out just for me
to see and play. It was purchased by his father for $250 in the early 1970s.
That was a splurge for a lumberjack from the Oregon woods. He was laid off
from his job a few weeks later and told Mark that if the timing had been different,
he never would've bought his beloved Hummingbird. Now it's a treasured family
heirloom.
A little celebration for some unrelated good news: the 
documentary "Paving
the Way" for which I composed most of the music, won
a "Telly
Award" for its soundtrack. Brandon
Wade, the filmmaker/author, said I can
consider this award mine. The DVD is available on Netflix and can be purchased
at Best Buy. The music is on iTunes
here:
