Category: Music
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It Is Well With My Soul
This is a favorite Christian hymn, lyrics written by Horatio Spafford in the 1870s after his 2-yr-old son died in the Great Chicago Fire, his finances fell apart, and his four daughters drowned in a shipwreck. It has been a source of comfort for me. Chris Rice has a great version in his Hymns Project.…
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When The Ship Comes In
Congratulations to Bob Dylan who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature today. Here’s one of my favorites, written when he was 22.
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Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
A friend of mine sketched a drawing of me based on my current Facebook profile. I told him it was indescribably beautiful and requested the original by snail mail. He proposed an Art Swap: his sketch in exchange for an MP3 of me singing his favorite song by The Smiths, Please Please Please Let Me Get…
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Songs for my grandpa
Here are a few quick performances for a CD I made for my grandpa to sing along to. You Are My Sunshine – my daughters on harmonies Oh Mister Moon I’ve Been Working on the Railroad