Walking In The Green Corn - Grant Lee Phillips
from the album Walking In The Green Corn (2012)
For better or worse, my life runs at a blistering pace. This year, I will spend another 150+ days on the road. Multi-tasking has given way to mega-tasking. I dream that someone develops an app for me to smell the roses. This morning I am blogging from Los Angeles ... I think.
When you are moving this fast, it is almost impossible to slow down. This affects the music I listen to. I run on songs with a fast tempo. It is audio caffeine. Tempo has become a driving force in my life.
But on occasion, I manage to close my eyes, exhale, put on the noise-canceling coconut shells, and get lost in a peaceful, melodic tune. It rejuvenates me. Then its back to the rave.
Walking In The Green Corn is a song I really dig when these moments of zen strike. The song is pure and simple. Acoustic guitar, violin, and a beautiful vocal. The lyrical imagery is liberating. It is as refreshing as a swim in a cool, northern lake. Thanks to Grant Lee Phillips for helping me escape.
Click Here to view a live version recorded a few weeks ago at City Winery in NYC. This is one of my favorite music venues in America.
For better or worse, my life runs at a blistering pace. This year, I will spend another 150+ days on the road. Multi-tasking has given way to mega-tasking. I dream that someone develops an app for me to smell the roses. This morning I am blogging from Los Angeles ... I think.
When you are moving this fast, it is almost impossible to slow down. This affects the music I listen to. I run on songs with a fast tempo. It is audio caffeine. Tempo has become a driving force in my life.
But on occasion, I manage to close my eyes, exhale, put on the noise-canceling coconut shells, and get lost in a peaceful, melodic tune. It rejuvenates me. Then its back to the rave.
Walking In The Green Corn is a song I really dig when these moments of zen strike. The song is pure and simple. Acoustic guitar, violin, and a beautiful vocal. The lyrical imagery is liberating. It is as refreshing as a swim in a cool, northern lake. Thanks to Grant Lee Phillips for helping me escape.
Click Here to view a live version recorded a few weeks ago at City Winery in NYC. This is one of my favorite music venues in America.
Nice post. I enjoy the sentiment. I enjoy some of Grant Lee Phillips stuff quite a bit. Especially his old band Grant Lee Buffalo. Have you heard their disc Mighty Joe Moon? It's excellent from beginning to end. I'll drop them into the Fuzz Factory once in a while.
ReplyDeleteHey Brett, that sounds great.
ReplyDeleteEveryone should listen to The Fuzz Factory with Brett Callero at 8PM Thursday nights on www.scadatlantaradio.org . It is the best internet radio show I know.