November 21, 2025 —– Chart #325 Hello Music Friends, Hey folks, welcome to another edition of Chart of the Week. Every now and then a song comes along that makes you tilt your head like a Labrador trying to understand a crossword puzzle. If I Had a Boat is that song — a perfectly Texan […]
November 14, 2025 —– Chart #324 There are those moments when a song lifts you gently and unexpectedly into a quieter space—like a soft breeze on a busy day. That’s what “Anywhere Like Heaven” does. It’s not the headline grabber from Sweet Baby James, but side two of the record holds its own kind of
November 7, 2025 —– Chart #323 Howdy Music Friends, Some songs cut through the airwaves like sunshine through water—bright, unexpected, and instantly uplifting. That’s exactly what happened when The Dirt Band (yes, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band wearing a streamlined name in the early 1980s) conjured up “Make a Little Magic.” Written by Jeff Hanna,
October 31, 2025 —– Chart #322 Howdy Music Friends, Sometimes a song comes along that feels like a private late-night conversation—sharp, honest, and just a bit bittersweet. That’s what Bob Dylan served up with “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.” A song wrapped in folk tradition, complete with a folk-picking melody, and words that feel
October 24, 2025 —– Chart #321 Howdy Music Friends, There comes a moment in a songwriter’s career when everything clicks: the right melody, the right words, the perfect woman. For Billy Joel, that moment came with “She’s Always a Woman,” where confessional piano meets timeless lyric, wrapped in the warmth of admiration… and maybe a
October 17, 2025 —– Chart #320 Howdy Music Friends, Every once in a while, a song leaps across genre lines like a well-tuned lasso and finds a home in your heart—whether it’s draped in gospel, R&B, or country-southern charm. That’s what “Stand By Me” did when Mickey Gilley made it his own in 1980: it
October 10, 2025 —– Chart #319 Hello Music Friends, Downtown blues, teenage longing, and that unmistakable Midwestern glow—“Mainstreet” has that rare power to catch you in the heart before the first chorus hits. If you didn’t grow up in the Rust Belt, Seger makes you feel like you did. And if you already did, this
October 3, 2025 —– Chart #318 Every so often a song sneaks into everybody’s soul—even if you grew up in New York City or on a sailboat—and you just know it. That’s what “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” does. The moment those opening chords hit, you’re transported to a dusty dance hall
September 26, 2025 —– Chart #317 Howdy, folks! This week we’re stepping a little outside our usual time capsule and visiting a tune from a slightly younger crowd’s playlist. Now, you all know me: I usually hang my hat somewhere between the ’50s and ’70s, where the chords are familiar and the songs are the
September 19, 2025 —– Chart #316 Howdy, music-loving friends! This week we’re boarding a flight of pure nostalgia with a song that’s taken off more times than a well-loved 747. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” is one of those tunes that just about everyone can hum along to, whether you first heard it around a