A favorite of my wife, Janet, who reminds me periodically that I have not played it in a while. The timeless words to this were written in 1677 and the music did not gel until the mid 1800’s.

"Summertime" is actually a lullaby, created in 1935 for “Porgy and Bess” by Gershwin. Sometimes a short piece but it is sweet. I wonder if Gershwin knew how sweet this little gem was when he   more...wrote it.  less

Warning: If you think that songs should not be altered then don’t listen. After listening to David & the Leaches do Moondance at the last Coffee Den Open Mic I decided I wanted to learn it. While   more...learning it some how Blues Skies crept into my brain and then into the arrangement I was making.  less

In the mid 70s I would play this for my daughter in hopes that she would fall asleep. It is an 1784 Welsh folk song first published under the name of Bardd y Brenin (Edward Jones).

"Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
That calls me from a world of care, And bids me at my Father’s throne"
The music to Sweet Hour of Prayer was created by William Batchelder Bradbury   more...in 1861 to accompany the words that were written by William Walford in 1845.  less

Jimmie Cox, 1922 - Blues tune sung by Bessie Smith in 1929 became an anthem of the Great Depression