Friday, February 18, 2022

I seldom listen to music while I work in my studio but I spent part of the morning copying some CDs onto my computer. On a computer upgrade I lost my CD player so a number of discs sat on a shelf collecting dust behind my monitor. I brought up our portable CD player last night and got the discs loaded today. So when I got started quilting after lunch I decided I should listen to some of them.

First up was Babra Streisand. Diane and I pretty much discussed and loved every song Streisand recorded; the dream was to see her live. I purchased this CD (Wall) after Diane had passed but I was always too emotional to listen to it. Still love her voice and her songs on this one were familiar and soothing.

Next up was Jim & Penny Malmberg from Edmonton. This couple were performers at one of our house concerts; I actually loaded two of their CDs this morning. Not the greatest duo but they were a very fun couple. I think it was probably just as well that we didn’t know Jim was a psychiatrist – we might have been more guarded in our conversations.

My favourite of the afternoon has to be Lennie Gallant though. I think we first saw him in concert at Cap College long before I was a student there. I was certain he was the reason I had to see the Marion Bridge when we did our East Coast trip but I couldn’t see that he had ever recorded it; he’d be brilliant singing it though. We have ten of Lennie’s albums on a thumb drive; I bought it when he performed in Powell River a few years ago.

I’m going to get back now to more Lennie Gallant and my quilting.