April 24, 2020 —– Chart #12 Hello Musical Friends, Back to high school for me on today’s selection. This is an easy song to play and sing on acoustic guitar, and pretty tasty if you want to take on the lead guitar work. “Can’t You See” is a song written by Toy Caldwell of The […]
April 23, 2020 —– Chart #11 Hello Musical Friends, Its almost the weekend so we are going to rock today. I have chosen a 1969 number from Neil Young for today’s chart of the day. This one rocks and is a little dark. “Down By The River” was first released on his 1969 album with
April 22, 2020 —– Chart #10 Hello Musical Friends, Today we are going to the king of the Texas Troubadours himself, Mr. Guy Clark. Full disclosure, I first fell in love with this song listening to Jerry Jeff Walker, one of many artists to cover this song. But the tune belongs to Guy Clark and
April 21, 2020 —– Chart #9 Hello Musical Friends, Okay, today we are digging deep, all the way to 1967. A song written by the incredible song writer Jimmy Webb (more on this guy in future chart of the day emails), this tune was recorded by The Fifth Dimension and went to number 7 on
April 20, 2020 Chart #8 Hello Musical Friends, Welcome to another COVID quarantine week. If you are like me, these days are running together and I sometimes forget what day it is. Well folks, today is Monday so I though we should have a Monday song to reboot your mood. How about this gem from
April 18, 2020 —– Chart #6 Hello Musical Friends, Hope you are having an enjoyable day of quarantine. We may all be stuck at home, but it’s Saturday night and time for a house party. Today we travel back to 1964 and treat ourselves to a great hit from the Fab Four. That’s right, none
April 17, 2020 —– Chart #7 Hello Musical Friends, Today’s chart of the day (my 7th now) is from The Rolling Stones. It’s a rainy Sunday at my house and this song just seemed to fit the day. From the 1973 Goats Head Soup album, the song is “Angie”. The song is credited, as most
April 17, 2020 —– Chart #5 Musical Friends, Today we will honor a treasured American songwriter recently lost to COVID-19. Damn that virus, John Prine was too good to lose. This song is one of his most popular, first released in 1971. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine
April 16, 2020 —– Chart #4 Musical Friends, I hope you enjoy receiving the chart of the day. Some days it will be an obvious song, other days I hope it is a genuine surprise. Today’s gem comes from a singer from Wales back in 1968. She was one of the first singers to sign
April 15, 2020 —– Chart #3 Musical Friends, I don’t know about you but COVID-19 house arrest is getting to me. One benefit (and there are few) is the additional time I have to play guitar. Listening to lots of music in a wide variety of styles and adding to my song sheet collection. For