Category Archives: Music
The Sunshine and the Shadows
Full lyrics HERE.
Hey windowpane, do you remember?
Full lyrics HERE. That opening is just amazing. It almost seems like the vocals are fighting against the percussion, and losing, but then the other instruments join in…
Just For Today
George’s widow Olivia Harrison said that this song is her favorite of his. Someone on YouTube pointed out that it has two separate guitar solos, which I suppose is the sort of thing that happens when the lead guitarist writes the song. What I always enjoyed about it is that it seems like something from …
Gentle People with Flowers In Their Hair
Most of the lyrics are HERE, but he adds a few additional verses.
You Are Part of Everything
“Dear Prudence” is one of my favorite Beatles’ songs, and it turns out to have been a favorite of Jerry Garcia, too. Full lyrics HERE.
Welcome to Happy Hour
He sounds a lot like Bob Seger. doesn’t he?
I’ll be coming home soon…
The studio version is available HERE, but I really like this one apparently filmed by a fan. You can see how the man almost disappears, becoming a conduit for music and emotion to flow through. He was amazing. Full lyrics available HERE.
But I remember everything.
When he sings, “Everyone I know goes away, in the end,” he shows a photograph of his mother. That’s a detail I hadn’t noticed before. Full lyrics HERE. • As an aside, when he and June were filming this video they went outside to a nearby bus stop during one of their breaks to talk …
Everything Wasn’t All Right
Everything about this song just works: the harmonies, the drumming, the the story of heartbreak juxtaposed with the story of finding a slug. Full lyrics HERE.
