The Real Me, The Who, Quadrophenia The album Quadrophenia entered my life in 1994, a couple years before I met Kevin. That was a particularly difficult year for me, for reasons that need not be included here. Alongside The Dark Side of the Moon, Quadrophenia was an album we bonded over. Who couldn’t resist a… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.9: ‘Cause it Runs In the Family
From the Beginning, ELP, Trilogy I did hear this when I was away in college, thanks to a neighbor. But then Kevin played it and said it was how he felt about me. What girl could resist such great vocals . . . and those dreamy solos? I wish I could say for sure that… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.10: But There It Is
New Frontier, Donald Fagen, The Nightfly This was the first song Kevin played for me from this album. He was obsessed with finding the video for it that he’d only seen a couple times. I think it took him until after the turn of the century to find the whole thing. For many years, he… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.7: New Frontier
Two of Us, The Beatles, Let It Be My seminal memory of this song is Kevin and I driving in his ’67 Mustang fastback, circa 1997 going to visit his Dad on a Sunday. (It might have been on the way to NAMM. Again, it was awhile back!) It was a bright day, not too… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.6: Doris gets her oats
Surf’s Up, The Beach Boys, Surf’s Up Back in the days before music was easy (and free) to obtain, if you damaged your copy of an album, you pretty much lost your ability to hear that music until you obtained a copy again. Both Kevin and I grew up listening to The Beach Boys. However,… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.5: The child is father of the man
Two Against Nature, Steely Dan, Two Against Nature Out of all the wonderful music Kevin introduced me to, Steely Dan has had the deepest impact on my soul. Their music is full of cynical sentiments set to music expressing a wide variety of emotions that I could lose myself in whenever I was feeling something… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.4: The Boys from Bard
Eggplant, Michael Franks, The Art of Tea I first became aware of Michael Franks in 1998. Kevin bought the CD A Backwards Glance as an introduction. (Probably before we got ADSL.) My life was improved the day my ears met his music for the first time. Yes, I know I said that about Metheny, but… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.3: A Love Poet
5-5-7, Pat Metheny Group, Letter From Home I will forever associate Pat Metheny with Kevin because he’s the one who would download random songs featuring this wonderful jazz guitarist and play them for me. There are so many songs I could have picked, but I chose this one because it reminds me of Kevin and… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.2: Jazz Guitar
Breakout, Swing Out Sister, It’s Better to Travel Circa 1997 (Maybe ’96? I was probably living with him, but I can’t remember for sure), we were in the Toluca Lake apartment, listening to music, when this song starts to fill the room. (Was he playing the cassette that would later play regularly in our kitchen… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8.1: Breakout
A Dirt Fam member inspired me to do something different this Season. Heck, I didn’t even write about last season. Guess therapy was an adequate substitute. 🙂 This year, I have chosen 14 songs that I associate with Kevin. This year I’ll write a little about them. It was hard to narrow it down–even now… Continue reading Widowhood Season 8: 14 Songs