Gregg Allman spoke at length about this song in an interview with the San Luis Obispo (California) Tribune on November 30, 2006: "I wrote that song in 1967 in a place called the Evergreen Hotel in Pensacola, Florida. By that time I got so sick of playing other people's material that I just sat down and … Continue reading The Allman Brothers Band – Melissa
We all need and deserve a little love right now. Enjoy! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of … Continue reading Elizabeth Barrett Browning – How Do I Love Thee? – A Poem
This band emerged from the "British Invasion," and has been an influence on music since making their debut in Birmingham in May of 1964, and were noticed and earned the services of manager Tony Secunda. Although they're best known today for their lush, lyrically, and musically profound (some would say bombastic) psychedelic-era albums, the Moody … Continue reading The Moody Blues – “Question”
I would like to wish each of you a Merry Christmas! This year is winding down and we will soon enter a new one. I pray 2021 will be a great year for my family and yours as well. Stay safe and may our father bless each of you beyond measure!
This is a poem my grandson and I wrote one day when he was feeling sad after the tragic loss of his aunt's puppy. He was with his mother at his grandmother's house when his uncle opened the front door to go out to get something out of his vehicle, the puppy ran out, ran … Continue reading I Found a Puppy – A Poem
"On the Road Again" is a song recorded by the American blues-rock group Canned Heat in 1967. A driving blues-rock boogie, it was adapted from earlier blues songs and includes mid-1960s psychedelic rock elements. Unlike most of Canned Heat's songs from the period which were sung by Bob Hite, second guitarist, and harmonica player Alan … Continue reading Canned Heat – On the Road Again
This bleak futuristic tale is a very unusual song, but 1969 was a very unusual year, with hippie anthems like "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" going to #1 along with bubblegum songs like "Sugar, Sugar." The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Temptations all had classic #1s, but "In the Year 2525" stayed at #1 for six … Continue reading Zager and Evans – In the Year 2525
This song is about a guy who gets a letter from his former love telling him that she wants him back, and the guy wants to fly out and see her immediately. The Nashville songwriter Wayne Carson Thompson wrote the song after his father gave him the line, "Give me a ticket for an … Continue reading The Box Tops – The Letter
I am posting this again since we are in the Holiday season of 2020 and dealing with Covid19, things have changed big time. I first posted this in 2018, when things were as one may say "Normal," but now we look back and it's a memory of a time many of us took for granted … Continue reading Managing Depression During the Holidays
As someone who really loves and appreciates Winter, I can honestly say this is poem lays the writer's vision out perfectly. Imagine standing in a forest filled with trees, blanketed by snow, and bearing witness to the snowflakes as they fall. Beautiful! An awesome scene the artist paints, expert, and deft his hand. Brushstrokes swift, … Continue reading “Winter’s Artist” by Suzanne Bates. Poets Who Inspire