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Albatross by Fleetwood Mac

SONG OF THE DAY “Alba­tross” by Fleet­wood Mac ([sin­gle], Blue Hori­zon Records, 1969). Com­posed by Peter Green. WHERE I HEARD IT Of course I have loved this song for a long time, just as I have loved Fleet­wood Mac for a long time, but this song was brought back into my head while watch­ing sea­son 3 of NBC’s …

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My John Denver Playlist

I thought it would be inter­est­ing to make a playlist so that I can lis­ten to one of my favorite artists chrono­log­i­cally through the four decades he had as a record­ing artist. I learned so much from lis­ten­ing to John Den­ver in order for the first time ever: he stayed so true to his voice …

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I’d Rather Go Blind by Etta James

SONG OF THE DAY “I’d Rather Go Blind” by Etta James (Tell Mama, Chess Records/ Cadet Records, 1968). Writ­ten by Elling­ton Jor­dan and co-credited to Billy Fos­ter (though actu­ally co-written by Etta James her­self). VIDEO OF THE DAY LYRICS Some­thing told me it was over When I saw you and her talkin’ Some­thing deep down in my …