Songs can take you on a journey. Billy Joel’s songs take you
on a journey to New York City and surrounding areas as well as anybody. Billy
was here in San Diego a week ago today. I missed that. But he’s here with me
every day. Anybody from where and when I’m from feels that way. Hope you have
incredible days.
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Words - 149 “Why Billy
Joel Matters to New York”
Here, I try to find words to describe the profound
significance of Billy Joel to folks from my home zone and era. New York. New
Jersey. Thirty, forty years ago.
No offense, Kansas
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Originals - 149 “The Train
of Destiny”
So I’m finally getting around to diving into these last
24-tunes-at-once tunes. I binge tune wrote three times a few months ago, I did
a 12-song batch that I named “Welcome.” Those 12 have all been posted here. Then I did a 24. I think
those have all been posted. One or two may have slipped through. Them, later,
I’ll get to.
Since then, I’ve improvised a bunch of tunes and “written
written” a few others. Now, these tunes’ time has come. Some of them seem
pretty cool. One or two, I have slightly forgotten. No fear. They’ll come back.
Great gig last night at Mother’s Saloon with the band. Fun
times earlier today play at the North Park Street Fair or whatever they call
it, Arts Festival or something. It was fun bantering with passer-by children on
scooter, joking about the nearby Porto Potties and remarking on how we are all
one. I made up a tune and everybody sang “Hooray.” Fun sharing the stage with
Hummingbird Hotel and M.E. Law. The Hummingbird Hotel plays in Salt Lake City
later today. That’s quite a schlep. I salute them.
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