Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

Lucy is looking forward to Friday because that will be the start of my 12th annual Christmas Music Marathon. Every year, beginning the Friday after Thanksgiving, I will post at least one song per day that will focus on the celebration of Christmas and the birth of our Savior. Stop by and hear some of your favorite songs of the season and I can guarantee there will be several new-to-you tunes in the mix. Lucy and I will share a playlist that is sure to put you in the Christmas mood.

Monday’s Music Moves Me.

This week at 4M the theme is things we are thankful for. Like most people, I am thankful for my family, my friends, my health. Despite all of her bumps, bruises, warts, scars, and discord, I am thankful that I live in the greatest and most blessed nation on the planet. We are far from the perfect union that Abraham Lincoln dreamed of in the Gettysburg address. Still, we enjoy the opportunity to live a life not found anywhere else in the world. I am thankful for the God of all creation and His gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. I am thankful that He has given us the gift of music to express our feelings and deliver a message to our world. Yes, I am Thankful. Have a blessed Thanksgiving.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

Recently my wife hosted a breakfast for her Bible study group, so Lucy and I headed out for an excellent adventure. I decided to go to a couple of local trail locations and see if I could get Lucy to sit still long enough to get a few good photographs of her. Here are the results.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

This week is a free choice week and I want to take the opportunity to feature a group from gospel music. The Collingsworth family has a forties big band sound with a little jazz thrown in. They have excellent harmony, but the superstar of the group is the mother, Kim, on piano. She is world class on the grand piano. Here we go.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

Friday night was the last regular season game for the two local high schools. It is a rivalry game and this year they were playing for the number two seed in the play-offs, which means that the winner will get a week off before playing again and the loser will probably have to play a road game. The team in white is the older high school while the team in blue is now about seven years old. The Wolverines have never beaten the Tigers and this year was no different. The old guard put the youngsters in their place by a score of 56-21.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

Welcome, welcome, welcome to 4M. I am your guest conductor this month, which means I get to pick the themes for the music. Later this month I will have roamed this earth for three quarters of a century. I know, it’s hard to believe that a fossil still likes music and wanders the sidelines photographing football. In honor of my upcoming birthday I would like to feature artists born in November. Let’s see who we can find. As it turns out, some of my favorite artists were born in November. In fact Duane Allman and I share the same day and year, while Joe Walsh, Dierks Bentley, and Miranda Lambert share the month of November with me. Let’s get this party started.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday -Friday Night Lights

Recently I went to a local high school football game. It was a rivalry game as these two teams have been playing each other forever and the two towns are next door neighbors. It was a wild game with a wild finish as the visitors in the white uniforms finally prevailed 56-49. Plenty of photo opportunities on this night.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

Well it’s the first Monday in November, I’m the guest host and it’s a free choice week. As you read this, we will just be getting home from vacation to Kentucky. I am sure there will be a post or two or three dedicated to our road trip, so stay tuned for further developments. In the mean time, enjoy a random selection of some of my favorite artists. Have a blessed week.