Song of the Day

     James and our daughter, Katherine, have a special connection; they both love music, especially obscure songs from the '50s and '60s.  James has an encyclopedic knowledge of old songs and the groups that sang them.  His ability to identify bands and the titles of songs as they play on the satellite radio is uncanny. As Katherine was growing up, she would listen to albums with her dad and by the time she was three years old they could sing Aretha Franklin's "Think" word for word together.

     When Katherine came home from Madagascar last spring, James started texting her a "Song of the Day'.  (I think he was so excited to have her back on the same continent with him that he wanted an excuse to hear from her every day!)  Later he got fancy and added "One Hit Wonder Wednesday".  This has been going on for over a year now.  For Father's Day, Katherine put together a two CD package of the favorites she had downloaded. James was really touched to open his gift of "Songs of the Day's Greatest Hits" (vol. I) and S.O.D. Plays the Hits" (vol. II).  We listened to them on our way to Petit Jean, our car filled with a sweet father/daughter bond and the sounds of Archie Bell and the Drells' "Can't Stop Dancing",  Bobby Lewis's "Over and Over", Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime",  Rufus Thomas's "Funky Chicken", and Barrett Strong's "Money" just to mention a few.

           "What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life-                         to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories." ~George Eliot

Love ya'll, Shelli