Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens – Slowly But Surely
The air in the café hung heavy with the smell of stale coffee and last night’s regret. Outside, the headlights…
Willie Nelson – 1997 – Funny How Time Slips Away
The rain-slicked asphalt outside catches the neon spill of a late-night diner sign. Inside, the booth is worn vinyl, the…
Lulu – Love Loves To Love
The needle drops. There is a perceptible breath of tape hiss, that warm, analog blanket that tells you immediately you…
The Lennon Sisters – Somethin’ Stupid
The air in my grandfather’s living room always smelled faintly of old paper and pipe tobacco. It was late, past…
Annette Funicello – “O Dio Mio”
The air in the café hung heavy with the scent of old vinyl and burnt sugar. It was one of…
Ricky Nelson – Fools Rush In
The air in the café hung thick with cigarette smoke and the scent of brewing coffee. It was late, past…
The Crests – Step By Step (1960)
The air in the 1960s was thick with transition. The raw, street-corner energy of the mid-fifties doo-wop groups, sung under…
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL by Ray Charles
The night was cold and late. The car radio, a sputtering filament of sound in the gloom of the interstate,…
Wipe Out – The Surfaris
It’s late. The car radio crackles to life, a low, orange glow illuminating the dust motes dancing in the stale…
Andy Williams – Danny Boy
The memory is a monochrome photograph: a late-autumn evening, the hiss of a turntable, and a single, flawless baritone voice…