As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

#89 Al Bowlly's In Heaven -- Richard Thompson (1986)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10tyrbhB7V8

I first saw Richard Thompson at the Wolf Trap Jazz & Blues Festival, probably sometime in the 1990s – not sure whether “jazz” or “blues” was the label they used for him. This was back when they had 3 stages for the festival, so he and bassist Danny Thompson (no relation) didn’t play inside the Filene Center, but rather on a small temporary outdoors stage. There was a thunderstorm earlier in the afternoon, so I was worried that the performance might be canceled. I don’t remember much about the set list, but this is the song that made the biggest impression on me. I promptly went out and picked up two RT albums (Daring Adventures and Rumor and Sigh), and the rest is history.
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