It is my delight to play the Eagles’ first hit, “Peaceful
Easy Feeling” here for you today on the 365. I have had the pleasure of
developing a little friendship with this song’s author. Jack Tempchin. He has
played my Acoustic Evenings at The Athenaeum series a number of times and we
have chilled and talked songwriting a handful of times, all of which I truly
cherish. Jack is a great guy to talk with. It is probably one of the things
that has made him such a fabulous songwriter.
Jack once said during one of his shows at the Athenaeum,
that he used to be me. By that he meant he hosted Open Mics and events
featuring many of the talented folks of his time. Nicely for him, those folks
included the Eagles, Tom Waits, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell and a bunch of
other all-time legends.
Once or twice, Jack even came down to kick it at my old
haunt, Portugalia, We chilled and chatted and then he said let’s play. We went
on stage after the show had wound down and he started on the “Peaceful Easy
Feeling.” I was star struck the moment the song started. Jack I down to earth
as heck and that was the only moment I felt that way in his company. Someone plays
a song they wrote that you used to listen to with your Dad in his car as a
small boy. Truly surreal. I love Jack. Hopefully, we’ll hang again son. I’ll
have to hit him. Fall Acoustic Evenings Series is booking soon.
I had thought about doing this in the last week of the 365
and I kind of meant to do it as a reggae. Not sure either of those things came
to pass exactly as I’d imagined, but that’s what’s so fun about life. Things
rarely come to pass exactly like you’d imagined. It’s not ideal for the rigid
folks out there. In this world, flexibility counts for a lot.
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Originals - 167 “To Who
Knows Where”
I put on my craft-a-tune-from-scratch-cap again today here
for you. I’m getting a little warmed up at that finally. It’s a special skill.
Projects like the 365 here keep said skills as sharp as they can be and mine is
finally getting there, in my opinion.
I’ve been enjoying capos in this quest this week and this
tune is groovy. Now that Bernie Sanders’ campaign appears to have lost its
election hope, other folks are going to have to rise up if they want the
problems of this world to find solutions. People are going to have to commit
themselves to being involved as they have been during this campaign. They are
going to have to continue to care and be aware. The discussion has finally
begun. What will we, the free folks, do to keep the momentum alive, to keep the
“revolution” charging? Where are we going as a people?
This song asks that and answers it slightly. It is time for
us to converge and set about heading, as a whole, in the right direction.
Towards, freeness, liberty, kindness, and I’m throwing down.
Operation 365 2 - Jefferson Jay - Words - 167 “Be Careful,
Folks”
Folks, any instant where you’re not entirely aware can be
fatal. If not fatal, it can be costly in a variety of avoidable ways. I take a
moment here to implore folks to look where they are and where they’re going, to
listen and be alert and aware as much as you can as you wind through your daily
life. It just takes one section staring at that phone while you drive. Or one
minute without looking where you’re going to change your life in an entirely
unpleasant way. I want the opposite of this for you. I want you to be uplifted
and rise. We can lift ourselves. We do so when we pay attention and take our
time. Love is the way. Attention is love.
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