Sunday, October 28, 2018

Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Billy Cobham - Walkin'

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon man - Herbie Hancock — Piano Freddie Hubbard — Trumpet Dexter Gordon — Tenor Saxophone Butch Warren — Bass Billy Higgins — Drums Recorded May 28, 1962

Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Corrina - 8/14/2017 - Paste Studios, New York, NY

A Song for Sunday – No Hard Feelings by The Avett Brothers (From The Motion Picture “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”)

When I first heard this song, it had a profound affect on me. It brought me face to face with the truth that most of my years are already behind me and how many are still in front I have no clue only God knows that. This song starts by pondering the question, “When death comes will I be ready?” It asks the question “Where will I go?” The last answer is “will I run into a Savior true and shake hands laughing” Will I come to the end with no hard feelings and know that I have no enemies. “Liz Wann wrote, The Avett Brothers released their ninth album, titled True Sadness a few years ago. Many of the songs on True Sadness tell stories with similar themes: fear, disappointment, hardship and redemption. The lyrics sing truth about a perfect world gone wrong. Once, perfect peace filled our souls. Now we battle with fear and, as the Avett Brothers phrase it, "...this evil inside me. I step out my front door and I feel it surround me." When the brothers sing, "For life and its loveliness. And all of its ugliness," we are reminded that what God declared as good has been smudged with dirt. So now we have both light and dark; lovely and ugly at the same time. We are not fully what we will be yet. Because we are redeemed, but living in a world groaning in anticipation of restoration, we will experience true sadness.

Saturday, October 20, 2018

A Song for Sunday - You Just Can't Beat Jesus Christ · Billy Joe Shaver with Johnny Cash

On his 2009 track “I Feel a Change Coming On,” Bob Dylan sang, “I’m listening to Billy Joe Shaver and I’m reading James Joyce.” Dylan is one of Shaver’s many famous fans; Willie Nelson calls him “the greatest songwriter alive today” and Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley have all recorded his songs. Shaver grew up in the Waco, Texas area, moving to Nashville in the mid-Sixties. He wrote 10 out of the 11 songs on Waylon Jennings’ 1973 outlaw country breakthrough, Honky Tonk Heroes, and has remained an underground hero since then – but violence, drugs and alcohol often got in the way of his own career.

The Poison of Subjectivism by C.S. Lewis Doodle

This essay contains the essence of Lewis’ arguments in his fascinating short book ‘The Abolition of Man' This will address many of the issues we going through as a nation in our culture and why no one listens to those who disagree with them the end result is violence and hatred. This was written in 1944.

Bob Dylan - You're a Big Girl Now (Take 2) (Audio)

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus

Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Video) HD - This is for anyone struggling with addiction or for anyone who knows someone in the struggle

This song is about realizing consequence and regret. It sends a powerful message that we should all proceed through life wisely, because there is nothing worse than being stuck with a label, a pain, a sickness, or a death, that we know beforehand will leave us only wishing things had been different and that we could change the choices we made. There is help available don't suffer alone

Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down

Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

AIN'T NO GRAVE (Can Hold My Body Down) Johnny Cash

A Song for Sunday - Help Me - Johnny Cash - This song really helped me

Oh, lord, help me walk Another mile, just one more mile; I'm tired of walkin' all alone. And lord, help me to smile Another smile, just one more smile; Don't think I can do things on my own. I never thought I needed help before; Thought that I could get by - by myself. But now I know I just can't take it any more. And with a humble heart, on bended knee, I'm beggin' You please for help Oh come down from Your golden throne to me, to lowly me; I need to feel the touch of Your tender hand. Release the chains of darkness Let me see, Lord let me see; Just where I fit into your master plan. I never thought I needed help before; Thought that I could get by - by myself. Now I know I just can't take it any more. And with a humble heart, on bended knee, I'm beggin' You please for help With a humble heart, on bended knee, I'm beggin' You please for help

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) · John Mellencamp

All Along the Watchtower (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) · Neil Young

Foot of Pride (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) · Lou Reed

What Was It You Wanted (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) · Willie Nelson

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) · Eric Clapton

Seven Days (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) · Ron Wood

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Wall of Denial

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire (HD)

A Song for Sunday - Tightrope · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

This was originally recorded on Stevie's last studio recording In Step, named for the 12 step AA program. Stevie was clean and sober for the last 4 years of his life and died in a tragic helicopter accident after playing a show with Eric Clapton and others. Here are the lyrics Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath Knee deep in hot water, broke out in cold sweat Can't catch a turtle, in this rat race Feels like I'm losing, at a breakneck pace Afraid of my own shadow, in the face of grace Heart full of darkness, spotlight on my face There was love all around me, but I was looking for revenge Thank God it never found me, would have been the end Walkin' the tight rope, steppin on my friends Walkin' the tight rope, was a shame and a sin Walkin' the tight rope, between wrong and right Walkin' the tight rope, both day and night Lookin' back in front of me, in the mirror's grin Through eyes of love I see, I'm really lookin at a friend We've had all our problems, that's the way life is My heart goes out to others, who are there to make amends Trying to make it right Every day and every night Bring it all around From the lost to found Stretched around the world Save the boys and girls Let's make it right Do it, do it tonight Walkin the tightrope