It is official. Spring is here. I am delighted. On Saturday I cleaned the back porch. Scrubbed it down…every inch of it. Table and chairs got it too. The place looks great. We will be hosting Easter vittles this Sunday and if someone wants to sit on the back porch they can do it. Someone will. Believe me.
Billy Joel is on the stereo. I took a notion to bring an old stereo out here for the season. It was a good idea. Music on the porch. Not bad. My dear wife, Carrie, and I saw Billy Joel sing once. It was the Face to Face Tour with him and Elton John. Talk about sitting back and listening to the background music of your life. That was this concert. I have always enjoyed their music. None of it ever really stirred me, save a few obscure Elton John tunes that completely take me in. Elton’s Empty Garden, Ticking, and Breaking Hearts are a few of my favorites. Don’t ask me why I love three songs that are as sad a Elton can get.
The bass line on Billy Joel’s Say Goodbye to Hollywood is amazing. Many of his songs have strong bass tones. If I had not just finished time making in music in a studio myself, I would never notice. That is what paying attention to overall sound will do to you. It is not a bad thing. I remember on time I was recording and when I do, well, I hear everything. That night I put on The Moody Blues’ Your Wildest Dreams, a song I have listened to since I was a senior in high school. For whatever reason I heard more depth and sounds I had never heard before. I wasn’t even using headphones. It was amazing.
Did I say it was good to be back on the porch? It is.
I even came up with the idea for a project that will feature the porch as a backdrop out here. Might come to be. Might not. We shall see.
I was glad to see Sergio Garcia win The Masters. This will energize Surge and he will make some more noise for no other reason than the weight of a major is off…a Masters at that…and if things were extra gravy a week ago, the gravy just got sweeter. 1 for 75 in majors is nothing to be ashamed of. 0 for 75 in majors is nothing to be ashamed of. I would like to play in ONE major other than the Corner King Classic.
It is a little cool out here tonight. It is getting dark and cooler by the minute. Time to go in. We’ll be back though. And it will indeed be a good time.
Speaking the Rights…
Danny Johnson