Songs that remind us that through the challenges in our lives we need to find ways to hold on to our love.

Song #1 “Hold On”– A narrative song that takes us on a rough sea voyage that requires the navigator find some way to hold on through the storm.

Song #2 “You’ll Need Your Love Tomorrow” – We mustn’t let our anger devour the love we want to be.

Song #3 “You Can Do It” – An uplifting song that assures us that if we can stay in touch with and listen to the guiding voice inside we can survive the challenges that confront us.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwwrnQqztg&t=14s&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&index=2

Song #4 “Don’t You Cry Now” – A Fresh Toone from a recording of a 1980’s radio show.

Song #5 “Don’t You Lose Your Love” – “It’s your life’s very breath. Without her you know what’s left.”

Song #6 “You’ve Always Got the Song” – If we can discover what our Song is we’ll always have it in our hearts to call upon.

Song #7 “It’s Only a Song” – “Love is only a song whistling through your heart like the wind in the dark. If you do not listen you will not hear.”

Song #8 “Come on Sing Again” – Sometimes when we’d be the least likely to want to sing we need to find our voice and sing once again.

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Songs recorded with friends in the 1970s.

Song #1 “Peaceful Easy Feeling”– (Jack Tempchin) Recorded by the Eagles.

Song #2 “I Ain’t Gonna Shout Anymore” – (Fresh Toone / Dave Puls) A protest song stemming from the societal pressures of the early 1970s.

Song #3 “Come Walk with Me” – (Jane Held) A group sing-a-long of an old friend’s song.

Song #4 “Not Mine to Give” – (Fresh Toone / Dave Puls)  A youthful, searching love song.

Song #5 “Glendale Train” – (John C. Dawson –  New Riders of the Purple Sage) Performed by the New Cotton Hollow Band.

Song #6 “Why Can’t We Be Happy?” – (Fresh Toone / Dave Puls) A simple song first performed on a visit to Los Angeles.

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Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “The Secret of the Smoke Ring Kids” – I was a boy on the verge of becoming a man and I was ready to enjoy the full-flavored taste of my first cigarette.

Song #1 “Puttin’ on the Style” – New verses to a traditional folk song originally written at the turn of the 19th century. It’s a song about the different “styles,” i.e. facades that many folks put on to go through life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj3bZoszogs

Song #2 “Thirty Long Years and More” – A joyful song about the struggles and rewards of being a songwriter. “Always be true to your song and you’ll always be where you belong.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt-GAyCYdzw&t=0s&index=19&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953

Song #3 “Life is Strange Enough” – Life is already strange enough without pushing our minds into another realm of distortion with recreational drugs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzfPTC7jRhk&index=19&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&t=0s

Song #4 “You’ll Thank Me Later” – A song about preventing our friends from driving when they’ve had too much to drink. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBUVbRdy2SA

Song #5 “Brown Paper Bag” – A song inspired by the teen practice from the 60s of getting high from huffing airplane glue in paper bag.

Song #6 “Remember It All” – An uplifting song about remembering those precious moments in our lives.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9zexPiabNI&t=0s&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&index=4

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