Operation 365 2... Blog 27

Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Originals – 27 “It’s Seemin’”

So the end of 2015 was not without it’s dark moments for me. After 15 and a half years, my beloved super pooch Angel, passed on and with that came some unpleasant darkness. I essentially hadn’t lived any of my adult life without her and I was reeling for a little while. I am delighted to say I am feeling way better now.

In the recovery process, I wrote a number of songs that explored a lot of the feelings I was having. I wrote some about sadness, others about loss, some about Angel and ultimately, some songs about how I came to feel better. I think it will cathartic for me to some degree to share them, so I imagine a bunch of them will be popping up in this here 365 in the days and weeks to come. Speaking of…

Sometimes in these dark moments, we must laugh as well and few love a good pun as much as I So I deliver. In other words, I’m 12. Please enjoy “It’s Seemin’.”

Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Covers – 27 “Bathtub Gin” by Phish

I love Phish and consider them a huge part of my life and my musical existence. I have enjoyed 80 or so shows and had countless amazing experiences through the band. Phish led me to jazz and other music I may never have loved without them. I am deeply grateful.

Even in the last year, seeing the Trey Anastasio Band play a great show at House of Blues was a thrill. An even bigger thrill was going to see Trey play with the Grateful Dead in Santa Clara last June. I have been seeing Phish shows since 1993. I feel I have grown with the band and the mood was just right that night for me to recognize the world as one without question. I could see it. Sometimes, I just know this in theory, but at this moment, I felt proof. I was so happy for Trey, like an old friend.

I felt his joy because I’m him and he’s me. We are all each other. We’re the table, the chairs. We are the walrus. I figured out what they meant by that there and then. I was very humble basking in the brilliant joy of this experience. Hail to all my UMASS friends with whom I enjoyed so much Phish. Hail to Mike Warrington, my friend and mentor, without whom, I highly doubt I’d have done any of this.

Hail to Bathtub Gin. In the end, pigs do fly.

Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Words – 27 “From the Annals 1”

“Sharing is caring.” Not sharting. Be careful for typos. They can be messy

Today I wasn’t feeling words so much. I’ve said a lot already it seems in 27 days of 365. So I delved into the arsenal. The silent arsenal of words I’ve gathered since 1992. Here I picked a book and read. It took me on a journey as everything does, ultimately landing in January 2002, when I was 27. On the 27^th day of the 365. Everything happens for a reason. There is no random. And that’s why a new year, Star Wars, crossroads and acknowledgements of an artist with an arsenal, me, fell into my hands on today’s 365.

Everybody has a 365. I just film and share mine.