Sometimes, a simple song, sung from the heart, is more powerful than a symphony. In my novel, one song traces a path through the story, leading the way into my guitar hero’s soul. Since I don’t play guitar, much less write songs, I relied on other artists to provide the inspiration, and imagine the song as an amalgamation of something I’ve heard. The name of the song is ‘Toujours’ and this is the playlist of the songs that inspired it.
To the artists who wrote and performed these: Thank you-your music transports and sustains me.
Bari Improv |
Kaki King |
August Rush (Music From The Motion Picture) |
I Hold My Breath |
Artisan
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I Hold My Breath-EP |
Saudade |
Love And Rockets |
Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven |
More Than Life |
WhitLey |
The Submarine |
Without A Name |
KillSwitch Engage |
Alive Or Just Breathing |
KapsBurger |
Clogs |
Lantern |
Here Comes the Rain Again |
Coury PalermO |
Boxsideout V.1
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The End of All Rivers |
Bruce CockBurn |
Speechless |
TuOlumne |
Eddie Vedder |
Into the Wild (Music For the Motion Picture) |
One |
Cowboy Junkies |
Early 21st CenturY Blues |
Bonus Track-Days Go By |
Dirty Vegas |
Dirty Vegas |
AirTap! |
Erik Mongrain |
Fates |
Blue Monday |
Flunk |
Blue Monday Remixes-Single |
Siesta del Sol |
In Credo |
Cancun Lounge-Chillout in Paradise |
All The Way Down |
Glen Hansard |
Once (Music from the Motion Picture |
The Truth (Acoustic Mix) |
HeadStrong |
The Truth (Feat. TiFF Lacey) |
Naked As we Came |
Iron And Wine |
Our Endless Numbered Days |
Embryonic Journey |
Jefferson Airplane |
Surrealistic Pillow |
Road |
Nick Drake |
Pink Moon |
Satisfied Mind |
Jeff Buckley |
Sketches for My SweetHeart the Drunk |
About You |
The Jesus and Mary Chain |
Darklands |
Not Too Late |
Lindsey Buckingham |
Under the Skin |
Smell of Spring |
N.O.H.A. |
Dive in Your Life |
Save The World (Acoustic Version) |
P.T. Walkley |
Nice Guy Johnny |
Beyond this Moment |
Patrick O’Hearn |
So Flows the Current |
Ice Age |
Pete Yorn |
Nightcrawler (Bonus Track) |
Unknown Song |
Pink Floyd |
Zabriskie Point (SoundTrack for the Motion Picture) |
That’s the Way |
Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin III |
Zeplike |
Slightly Stoopid |
Closer to the Sun |
The Past and Pending |
The Shins |
Oh, Inverted World |
The Journey |
Socci & Pency |
Just Visiting |
Black Eye |
Uncle Tupelo |
March 16-20, 1992 |
Wild Horses |
The Sundays |
Blind |
You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket |
The White Stripes |
Elephant |
Desert Garden |
VAST |
Nude |
Silver |
Velvet Acid Christ |
The Art of Breaking Apart |
I’m ON Fire (Instrumental Version) |
Stateless |
Matilda (Extended Version) |
Teardrop |
José GonzáLez |
In Our Nature |
Ritual Dance |
Kaki King |
August Rush (Music From The Motion Picture) |
Be Here Now |
Ray LaMontagne |
Till the Sun Turns Black |
Hurt |
Johnny Cash |
American IV: Man Comes Around
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Link to play this one on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC57E5034A0D61FBF
(Images courtesy of Dora Pete, ‘stem pi’, Gavin Mills, @ stock.xchng, fedegrafo and dpa watts@ morguefile.com. Thanks for the great shots!)