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Music Show #145 –4/5/2019 – Telling Our Stories – Part 19: “The “Good Boy’s” Sacrifice”

Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “The “Good Boy’s” Sacrifice”– Sometimes our just rewards are not always what we might have hoped for.

Song #1 “Take Us to Heaven” – A congregational plea for the afterlife.

Song #2 “Could You Be My Religion” – A faithful proposal for any number of new and improved products to be the life savers that they advertised being.

Song #3 “I Hope I Turn the Right Way” – There will come a day when our love taps us on the shoulder and we’ll turn to realize that it’s what we have been searching for our whole lives.

Song #4 “We’re Looking” – We may be distracted for a long time with the pursuit of many other things, but in the end we are really trying to come to understand our love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP36-HqR6vk&index=12&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&t=0s

Song #5 “If You Believe” – (George Harrison)

Song #6 “This Little Light of Mine” – (Harry Dixon Loes)

Song #7 “Everybody Needs Something to Believe” – This song is not about everybody needing to go out and pick a religion, but more importantly it’s about holding our beliefs up to the light and examining them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7BtpqvAr48&t=8s&index=4&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf

 

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Music Show #144– 3/29/2019– Songwriters of the 1970s – Part 1 – Casey Kelly

Songs from the album “Casey Kelly.“

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Music Show #143 –3/22/19 – Songs of Life and Death

A collection of Fresh Toones that examine the subject of our own passing.

Song #1 “Before You Know It”– A song that reminds each us to appreciate the people in our lives, because “we’re gonna be here and gonna be gone before you know it.”

Song #2 “It’s the Best” – A song that celebrates our efforts when we are able to give our best.

Song #3 “Freight Train” – (Elizabeth Cotton)

Song #4 “Life It Does Surprise” – None of us can predict the surprises that will confront us in life, but we can try and be prepared so when they occur we have some sense of how we hope to react.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm-YR8qAl9I&index=5&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&t=0s

Song #5 “This Is It” – An upbeat song that gently reminds us to be aware of our everyday experience and to see the magic that exsist there. “This is it – so please don’t miss it.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWPgyJUPtXk&index=12&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&t=0s

Song #6 “Just a Matter of Time” – A preparatory song for what life may well present us in the future.

Song #7 “I Shall Be Released” – (Bob Dylan)

Song #8 “One Last Song” – A songwriter’s hopeful song about one day writing an all encompassing final song.

Song #9 “On Death” – (spoken word by Richard Harris) Selection from the book “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran

 

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Music Show #142– 3/15/2019– Music of the Dady Brothers from their CD “Music of Ireland.”

A pre-St. Patrick’s Day show.

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Music Show #141 –3/8/2019 – Inspirational Lives: Episode 7 – Nelson Mandela

A series dedicated to individuals who have lived inspirational lives.

Song #1 “May You Rest in Peace” – A memorial song for those who have lived their lives exuding love for others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPRFDhRUgzM&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp&t=7s&index=10

Song #2 “If There’s a Will, There is a Way” – We’ve faced difficult issues in the past and it’s up to us to choose to work together to address the challenges confronting us now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmM_6243HNE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=2&t=0s

Song#3 “As I Look” – “The more I look… The more I see that we can come to know our love.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYD4kSxsku0&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1_GOSwr3gbmtqFZZyjZC-h&index=3&t=0s

Song #4 “Time for an Evolution” A universal love song that reminds us that as we move ahead we should strive to evolve towards our better self. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdXvVFIoY3A&t=0s&index=2&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1_GOSwr3gbmtqFZZyjZC-h

Song #5 “Hard Travelin’” – (Woody Guthrie ) With additional words.

Song #6 “One of These Days” – A song dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Pete Seeger and the Civil Rights Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc3uu1SinsE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp&index=7&t=0s

Song #7 “The Road to the Top Isn’t Paved” – Through our sincere efforts to rise to the top we can one day obtain our greatest heights and become the love that we have always been in search of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83u-lvmB2c&index=7&t=114s&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #8 ” Hammer Song “ – (Lee Hays and Pete Seeger) Written in 1949 in support of the Progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers.

 

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Music Show #140 –3/1/2019 – Telling Our Stories – Part 18: “The Young Thespian’s Remorse”

Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “The Young Thespian’s Remorse” – You may be able to avoid your fears for awhile, but often they come hurling back at you later on a different stage.

Song #1 “Don’t Wanna Be No Superstar” – The title says it all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIbC79I8MFc&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=8&t=0s

Song #2 “Don’t You Cry Now” – A comforting song after an agonizing life experience.

Song #3 “Time Changes Everything” – (Tommy Duncan)

Song #4 “(I’m Just a Bug on the) Windshield of Life” – (Chuck Winans & Geoff   Brown)

Song #5 “I Guess School Never Ends” – A song about how our lives are simply one lifelong class taken to learn how to become our selves. Life 101.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQTuDU5nnLU&index=18&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&t=0s

Song #6 “Circle Game” – (Joni Mitchell)

Song #7 “This Land is Your Land” – (Woody Guthrie)

Song #8 “Will Grow with Love” – “When the seed grows up in the sunlight and reaches for the moonlight it will grow with love.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqSxTx-QnaY&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&index=4&t=16s

 

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Music Show #139 – 2/22/2019– Songs by Michael Scott Smith

Songs by Michael Scott Smith – performed with the Band of Brothers on the CD “Almost There.“

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Music Show #138 –2/15/19 – Romantic Fresh Toones

Post Valentine’s Day songs.

Song #1 “I’d Love to Share in Love with You”– A romantic love song that fostered a fulfilling partnership that has lasted since 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_SNt6Yk8BA&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&index=17&t=0s

Song #2 “Don’t You Know that I Love You?” – Simply a love song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b6RCi0hz4w&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0Aibrk4KOgN5MmfUZfdTuO&index=4

Song #3 “I Think I Love You” – An ambivalent start to a song that in the end declaratively states that “I love you.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LydNNjzFKts&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm28JGQgIZ12xIpFJE5KOtvf&index=2

Song #4 “Why You Do It?” – A common relationship question.

Song #5 “I’d Like to Look Into Your Eyes” – “And see all the things that hide you from me.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ2i7_YGgnU&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0Aibrk4KOgN5MmfUZfdTuO&index=3

Song #6 “I’m With You” – A musical tribute to my partner for the last 36 years, which shares some of our life experiences together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvN5dIGibZE&t=9s&index=13&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953

Song #7 “Where You Are” – A wishful song about being with someone you love.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-wO21h93Gc&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp&index=13

Song #8 “Here, There and Everywhere” – (Lennon / McCartney) A cover of the Beatle’s song.

Song #9 “I Love You (The Wedding Anniversary Song)” – A song I wrote for my parents’ 60th wedding anniversary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkEUopndwlQ&t=5s&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=5

 

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Music Show #137 –2/8/2019 – Inspirational Lives: Episode 6 – Kahlil Gibran – “The Prophet”

A series dedicated to individuals who have inspired many other people to try and excel.

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Music Show #136 –2/1/2019 – Telling Our Stories – Part 17: “The Choir Boy’s Muzzle”

This month’s story: “The Choir Boy’s Muzzle” – The lesson of this story is: Even if you try to keep a young boy’s spirit down, keeping him muzzled forever will be a difficult task.

Song #1 “I’m Still Singin’ Baby” – A celebratory song about the joys of doing what you love to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M9mcSJEovg&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&t=0s&index=9

Song #2 “It’s Not the End of the World” – There may be some days when we’re knocked down, mocked out, flipped off or laughed at, but “it’s not the end of the world.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsAhlziusE&t=0s&index=10&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #3 “O’ Jerusalem (City of Peace)” – A prayerful song for finding a path to peace in Jerusalem.

Song #4 “My Sister’s Got Perfect Pitch” – There is more to life than having perfect pitch or being the smartest person or being the most beautiful person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpTj6fmZE0&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&index=13

Song #5 “It’s Time to Sing What’s on Your Mind” – A song about the day when you realized that it was time for you “sing what’s on your mind.”

Song #6 “Gonna Sing It” – An upbeat positive song that encourages us to sing our Song with all our might. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdc6RXMVI8&index=19&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #7 “I Enjoy Singing My Songs” – A little ditty from forty five years ago.

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