I Got A Woman, a Ray Charles song, has it’s roots in an old Gospel tune. Funny how that works. I Got A Woman is a song that I heard first on the movie “Mr. Holland’s Opus”. I thought that it was Ray Charles singing the song when I heard […]Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Lasciatemi morire, a song by Claudio Monteverdi, could be considered, by some, to be the very first emo song as the title translates “Let me die”. Lasciatemi morire was one of the first Italian songs I ever learned in college. Jeff Nolte, my second voice teacher, taught me that when […]Read more »
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, or “Jacob’s Ladder” is a slave spiritual that saw a birth around 1825. Only 85 days left… Lyrics: We are climbing Jacob’s ladder, We are climbing Jacob’s ladder, We are climbing Jacob’s ladder, Soldiers of the cross. Every round goes higher, higher, Every round goes […]Read more »
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat, a tune from “Guys and Dolls” was first heard by me in college by my choir by a Tenor named Joe. Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat, a song with a lot of fond memories. When I first heard this, the MWSC (a University […]Read more »
Trust and Obey, a hymn that, for the longest time, I didn’t like because of a small mis-understanding. Trust and Obey was a hymn that I first heard at the height of my doubts with God. To me, the hymn sounded like you didn’t have a choice; “trust and obey, […]Read more »
I’ve Been Working On the Railroad, a performance inspired by a hologram aboard a starship in the delta quadrant. I’ve Been Working On the Railroad, sure, it’s a nursery rhyme put to music, but it was also the song the holographic (photonic) doctor (now named “Joe”) sang to the rather […]Read more »