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07.04.98
stars and stripes forever!
Happy Fourth of July to Americans everywhere! I've been thinking of changing my intent on keeping an online journal. I know that the focus has been on the band, yet the band isn't the only thing in my life. Yes, the band has been successful and the need to document what has happened to the band is very important. But I created this journal to document my life and my feelings. So, I feel that in future entries, there may be a shift in emphasis on what's being recorded. To keep things fresh I shouldn't just keep talking about the band. Anyone reading this journal may feel that I'm being too repetitive, always reviewing my drum solos for instance, or just talking about what has happened at each gig. Sure, that may be important, but I think I'll expand my focus a little, just for the sake of keeping things fresh and interesting. I miss my wife and the kids. Since they went to Santa Barbara to visit my wife's older sister and her family, it's been pretty empty at the house. I haven't been sleeping well and this morning I slept at about 5am and woke up at 11:30am. Weird hours, but the little trip to the train station right after I came back from Music City threw my body clock out of whack. Well, being a musician and playing nights does affect one's sleeping habits anyway.
Visited mom and dad, drove there in the new car. I let mom listen to the album I bought yesterday, Frank Sinatra's "September Of My Years". I'm really into this album now and I'm surprised I never really found out about it years ago. This is a great album! It won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1965! Well, my mom and I were impressed by the lush string orchestrations, and Frank's voice, the man really sings with passion and guts. It's a superb recording, sounds excellent and I've been playing it nonstop ever since I bought it yesterday. I can't wait to tell my wife about it and let her listen to it. My favorite song so far is "Once Upon A Time". Boy this song was driving me to tears... well, it was trying big time but I didn't break down, I kept my cool. Men aren't suposed to cry, right! Anyway, I love this song so much that I had to jot down the lyrics to the song:
Once upon a time a girl with moonlight in her eyes put her hand in mine and said she loved me so but that was once upon at time very long ago Once upon a hill we sat beneath a willow tree counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn but that was once upon a time now the tree is gone how the breeze ruffled through her hair how we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there we were young and didn't have a care where did it go? Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew everything was ours how happy we were then but somehow once upon a time never comes again Once upon a time never comes again
Albums Listened To Today:
Frank Sinatra - September Of My Years Diana Krall - Only Trust Your Heart Sarah MacLachlan - Surfacing Earl Klugh & Bob James - Two Of A Kind
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