Dave Brubeck - Take Five - 1966

This was Jazz, for the 1960's, Dave was just honored for his contribution to art in this country.

Christmas gift ideas

If you browse my site you will find , George Forman grill, books, music and other ideas, including a list of childrens books for gifts for your family.  So take a few minutes to look through the posts , hopefully you will find something different for a gift this year. Don't forget my book!  List of blogs is below, so you can browse!

The Pillars of the Earth - Preview

The Chronicles Of Narnia : Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Official Trailer...

This is a worthwhile movie to see with your children, here is the preview at my blogspot.

Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven

He is getting hard to find, so grab an album for someone that likes this type of music

Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs - Sugar Shack

The Return of Swing!

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Royal Crown Revue are bringing back swing with small bands, Brian Setzer has a big band, with a guitar out front ...the only big band with a guitar out front..and the Lindy Hop is coming back with the sound!  They are moving east from Vegas, so get on to the new sound!

The Best Love Songs of the 40s

Meggie in "Secrets of the Heart ," remembers these songs of the Great War, when our able bodied men left to go to war.  It was a sad time in America!  Let's remember this forever, let's remember the culture that got behind the men that left, to keep our country safe, and  bomb free!.  They always knew we supported them, we went to work in parachute factories, our car manufacturers switched to making tanks.  Rubber, meat and other commodities were needed by the war effort, food stamps rationed us, while practice air raids scared us!   Some of you may remember wrapping bandages to send to the front!  Come with Meggie into the war years in the small town of Framingham, Mass.  Learn what children thought of the war, and how it affected them as they grew to adults.  A timeless look at a period of time in America that is lost forever in the mists of the past.

13. Stéphane Grappelli, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

This song always had Meggie, the character in my book thinking of what it was like to be young, in love , and being sent off to war, leaving behind your loved ones.  Meggie talks about emotions of World War 2, in," Secrets of the Heart,"
This is old and hard to find, so be sure to get it , if you love Stephane as I do.  He is in my car collection of music for the winter.  Looking now for some Mel Torme, remember him?

KD Lang - Constant Craving

K.D. Lang, wonderful timbre, a good comparison  to Madeleine ( see below), I hear even more of the great Ella Fitzgerald in K. D., do you?  I love her album with Tony Bennett.  Going through my albums for my car, seasonal change of favorites, brings all these albums to my attention.  Hope you enjoy them..

Madeleine Peyroux - J'ai Deux Amours

if you don't know Madeleine Peyroux
take a listen to her great timbre, a little of Ella Fitzgerald ???  What do you think?  Her song," Careless Love", is also great on this album..

Art VanDamme - Star Eyes

if you follow my blog you know I think Star Eyes is one great tune!  Here it is performed with a great accordion sound, guitar and more!

Mystic Moods Orchestra - Stormy Weekend - Lover's Lullaby

Here is the music with the train sounds, and rain, give it a chance it starts up slowly. One stormy night and Fire Island are great ....you need to get the album, One Stormy Night which I just posted, great for a sunset and your loved one.

Mystic Moods Orchestra ~ Autumn Leaves

This is a great album, I am looking for One Stormy Night single to send you next, the sounds of nature in the background and the lone whistle of a train, are part of the beauty of the album.  It is a one of a kind, long forgotten album.

(1973) Empress Gladys & The Pips "Midnight Train To Georgia"

My favorite Gladys Knight song....the battle between Wilson Picket and Gladys...is it a draw?

Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour

Battle of the Midnight hour

Dick Haymes - My Heart Stood Still (Rita Hayworth)

 you have to admit, listen to them all on You Tube...the musical arrangement and his tone, his timing...how could Rita Hayworth resist this love song? Mamas and the Papas version scroll down...it is okay!

"My Heart Stood Still" The Mamas & the Papas

two versions of My Heart Stood Still....Dick Haymes has them all beat in my book, see his version here, scroll up or down for the Mamas and the Papas

The Secret Life of Plants,

 One of my favorite books, it is eye opening and makes you think about the world in new ways. It helped me in so many ways to open my eyes to the unseen worlds.  Now that you have seen the results on water, maybe you will enjoy this book

Framingham Mass. prominent in my book Secrets of the Heart Madlyn Fafard

It was time to write a book after years of dreaming that someday, I would in fact be a college professor, and an author.  It never came to be, but now all of a sudden, one book came to me, as I learned and dreamed of the worlds we can not see.  It is a helpful look at how to handle life, and death, for those that are in despair.

It makes a great Christmas present for someone who grew up in the late 40's early 50's, a look at small town life, the emotions of war, and how children were affected are all there.  Then with the grown up view of life and death, one find's hope in what is yet to come.

My second book is on it's way, again, it will be a glimpse into the unseen world, pocketed wtih miracles, premonition and re-incarnation.