Blessed Are... (Bonus Track Version)

Just over a hundred years after the end of the Civil War, The Band released The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Two or three years later Joan Baez's cover from the Blessed Are.... album closed in on the top ten. Also on the radio that autumn, Rod Stewarts Maggie May - Don Mcleans American Pie, both long enough to still be playing after commuting through the tunnel. Stock car races were only on the radio. Also you'd hear double-plays, two songs in a row....any more than that without interruption was rare....kinda like a 1960's convertible I might get. Had a small ragtop once, a sports car too, but this is the real deal - a great big American CONVERTIBLE with AM Radio. It's not my "dream car" at all but my mechanic wants me in this almost mint condition model * offered at a real low price. No one needs to worry about safety - the mechanic assures me I don't ever drive fast enough to turn it over. Recently joked 'bout getting a convertible, and wow...here she is..should get her, treat her right until the someone's she's really meant for comes along. Add a nice sound system and maybe Agnes will take a ride. While she's taught me to never be judgmental - to always be forgiving, to try and thinks things through, cherish my faith, always exercise humility, be at Peace, always be compassionate - never has she ever indicated she'd go Cruisin' with me in a Caddy Convertible. * or any car for that matter - Sad for me, but true. ( .. uh... if this were a Cadillac at this price, it would already be in the garage. Still this here land boat's got love boat written all over it ) - * maybe too much love for alliteration ? oh... " and isn't it just a little sad that writing this is all I could find to do on a Friday night - paraphrased from a Big Bang episode. Post Script - just added Joan Baez's duet with Ralph Stanley, Weeping Willow, from his Clinch Mountain Sweethearts Album...a great collection I enjoyed when it came out earlier this century. Last century I remember watching the DJ's when Like a Rolling Stone came out. They played side A on one turntable and would have the last half of the song, side B , cued up on the other turntable. That's where the little bump you hear in the middle comes from - at the time apparently six minutes of song didn't fit on one side of a 45 record.