"Glad" I got it
How could I have missed the awesome instrumental "Glad" from Traffic? Rock and Honky Tonk do mix and this could be the perfect example. Yeah, it gets a bit too slow toward the end, but the opening 16 or so bars more than make up for that. It's my guess that musicians really like to jam with this tune, especially piano players and reed men (or women). I can picture after hours at a club and a trio or quartet just hanging out and flying with tunes like this. Then again, I noticed that only Traffic seems to have recorded the piece so maybe I'm one of the few fans.
As you can see in the picture I also picked up a few more tunes, particularly from Days of the New. The music in an advert for a CMT show has haunted me for a month or so now and I finally figured out that the track is "Touch, Peel and Stand." Fabulous raw guitar sound in this piece. Not sure I get the lyrics (or those in the other Days songs in the list) which seem to be the usual Alternative Angst variety, but I don't have to listen to them. 'The musics the thing' (apologies to the Bard), of course so I don't mind. It is great to listen to anyone put passion into their craft. "Shelf In the Room" is similarly good, though not as distinctive. No, that might not be the right word. I can't place my ear on the difference. "Touch" is more powerful than "Shelf" or "The Down Town," for sure. Maybe that's it. Who knows? I'm just "glad" I have them, too. Same goes for Soundgarden's "Spoonman," a song I picked up a couple weeks ago on the off chance that it was the music in the CMT advert. Yeah, I knew it wasn't when I bought it, but an excuse is an excuse.
Buying the Chris Rice piece "Cartoons" was a whim. It sallied between my Wish List and the Shopping Cart for a while. I'm sure its a sing-along hoot in concert and that kids love it. The premise on salvation is unique, certainly, but clear: A Hallelujah is a Hallelujah now matter how it is expressed. Aside from that, it is worth the money just for the cartoon impressions.
Shawn McDonald's "Take My Hand" just struck me as a fun way to express my frequent thought that I need God -- Very much the same message as Superchick's "Help Me Out God," with a lighter, peppier feel.
Not pictured here is yet another rendition of "Amazing Grace." Tree63's take on this standard is quite moving, even without bagpipes (usually the best way to play the song). You can find it on the album I Stand for You. When no other music invades my head this is the one I hear. Or just hearing a couple notes from anything similar sets it off. That's kind of nice, actually, though I'm sure my workmates are tired of hearing me humming it.
