Do You need to know the Words?

Some of my music won Grammies. I just downloaded one that brought back some memories. Ricky Skaggs and the Whites won a Grammy for "Salt of the Earth." It is an album with some gospel songs on it. One of them was sung continually by Grandma Nellie... Blessed Assurance. That hooked me into downloading the entire album. In it also was "the Wings of a Dove." The harmonies will please dad. Imagine a Grammy for my Grandma.

Also on the download docket were Patti Austin's Avant Gershwin,spunky renditions of some of the musical Gershwin melodies and Micheal Brecker's Pilgrimage, he died last year of a very rare cancer. This is a wonderful jazz saxophone set. Rounding out this months selections (I get 90 downloads each month) was a couple of albums from the early 80's by a group called "Firefall." They are know for their tight high pitched harmonies. Also was a live album by Marvin Gaye.

Last night I noticed that Bebel Gilberto had an ITunes exclusive Live selection. It is a short album as some of the Itunes Live exclusives are. But the 3 dollar price was right. The lead off song was "Sweet Dreams are Made of this." A great song earthy and a little unpredictable with a nice bossa nova beat.. except they haven't taught her to inhale away from the mic. I think that finally Celine Dion has discovered this requirement.. or some fancy audio editing has occurred. The other issue for some people, is that many of her Brazilian songs are not sung in English. This decreases the abilty for an audience to sing a long unless they understand Portuguese.

Have a great Wednesday. We are doing catch up stuff today you cannot do during the day when school is in session without hiring a sub.

: ) Pat