Killing the Taste in My Mouth
During lunch today my girlfriend asked me to download a song from iTunes for her, "Monday Morning Church" by Alan Jackson, from What I Do. I had no Pepsi caps with which to avoid having to pay for a Country tune well out of my taste so I treated myself to buying one more suited to my palette: "Ryno's Lament" from Stealing Second by Chris Thile.
Amazing what can be done with a mandolin!
You may recognize Mr. Thile as a member of Nickel Creek, a fabulous contemporary Bluegrass band, and composer of that group's highly popular "Smoothie Song." Listening to both tunes shows the progression of his talent, though the "Lament" is rather impressive considering he wrote and released it while in his mid-teens.
I also bought another rendition of Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme," this one by Bobby McFerrin from the album The Ultimate Pink Panther. A bad cover of this classic instrumental has yet to cross my ears but this one is especially good because of Mr. McFerrin's unique talent. Each of the "instruments" in the piece is really his vocal talent or hands. Even those familiar with his most famous work, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" aren't always aware of this. Its really a treat to crank up this one.
