Track 5

Hey Friends,

You Are My Sunshine has been a strong contender for the next track, but I need to have a moment of honesty with you all. You Are My Sunshine was the first track on Noble's playlist. Katie and I decided a long time ago that I needed to play the guitar for Noble while he was still in the womb and we felt strongly that we should have a song for him. You Are My Sunshine was his song. I sang it to him on the night he was born, minutes after actually, and played it on the guitar for him the next day. I was wonderful seeing that he knew it and the calming effect it had. At some point I am going to post a video of the version that I have written for him so, You Are My Sunshine will officially be up soon.

Last night, around one in the morning, I had one of those creative bursts that I sometimes get in the middle of the night. Once I woke from a dream around this time and made a note of the vision that I had had. An old fashioned man standing on a dock next to a giant cleat. My view then panned out and he was at the dock where a giant rubber ducky was moored. I made a graphite drawing of this and it is one of the first pieces that I sold.

Last night the creative freight train was Michael Jackson. The first album I ever owned was Thriller. I have distinct memories of laying on my parents bed looking at the pictures inside the record cover. You might recall that inside Michael was laying with a white tiger. He was so cool. I also owned a poster of him in a yellow sweater vest. I have another distinct memory of a Christmas time at the mall where we looked hard for a single sequined glove.

Michael.

When the anniversary album was remastered a few years ago, I quickly purchased it. I have another lovely memory of my fourth grade class at the beginning of the morning. I put the album on, had them all stand up and we danced. Put it on and I dare you to tell me that it doesn't make you want to move. Mama-say-mama-sa-mamah-cou-sah!

This morning Katie and I were on the couch. Sunlight streaming through our window when I pressed play. Even in his deep sleep, as soon as it started, he smiled. That's my boy.

5. Wanna Be Startin' Something                    Michael Jackson

Track five... or six.