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Driving and Singing: Megadeth, “Addicted to Chaos”

5 February 2016Jim Greyaddiction, heavy metal, Megadeth, singing, songs 8 Comments

Every Friday for a while I’ll be sharing songs I love to sing and telling stories about their place in my life. Singing is cathartic for me. I can’t imagine not singing. I do most of my singing while driving, listening to my favorite songs on my car stereo. I was a metalhead in the 80s. Even […]

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Driving and Singing: Paul McCartney, “Too Much Rain”

26 February 2016Jim Greydepression, divorce, Paul McCartney, singing, songs 2 Comments

Friday mornings of late I’ve been sharing songs I love to sing and telling stories about their place in my life. I love to sing! But as every song ends, so does this series, today.  2005 might well have been the hardest year of my life. My wife was divorcing me, I got to see my […]

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Driving and singing: Carpenters, “A Song For You”

15 January 2016Jim GreyCarpenters, driving, singing, songs 13 Comments

Every Friday for a while I’ll be sharing songs I love to sing and telling stories about their place in my life. Here I tell a story about the first celebrity death that hit me hard. I wrote this before the recent deaths of David Bowie and Alan Rickman, deaths that did not hit me particularly […]

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Driving and singing: Heart, “My Crazy Head”

19 February 2016Jim GreyHeart, singing, songs 2 Comments

Every Friday for a while I’ll be sharing songs I love to sing and telling stories about their place in my life. Singing is cathartic for me. I can’t imagine not singing. I do most of my singing while driving, listening to my favorite songs on my car stereo. Kristen was my first girlfriend. We’d been friends […]

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Driving and singing: Paul Simon, “Peace Like a River”

12 February 2016Jim GreyPaul Simon, singing, songs 4 Comments

Every Friday for a while I’ll be sharing songs I love to sing and telling stories about their place in my life. Singing is cathartic for me. I can’t imagine not singing. I do most of my singing while driving, listening to my favorite songs on my car stereo. When I was a boy, even a teen, […]

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Driving and singing: Glen Campbell, “Wichita Lineman”

29 January 2016Jim Greydriving, Michigan, singing, songs 19 Comments

Every Friday for a while I’ll be sharing songs I love to sing and telling stories about their place in my life. Singing is cathartic for me. I can’t imagine not singing. I do most of my singing while driving, listening to my favorite songs on my car stereo. Grandma and Grandpa retired to a small lake, […]

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