Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands In The Streams
After a stressful week of constant bombardment of fireworks and what turned out to be a violent weekend in our city I was taking my son to work this morning and believe it or not this song spurred my thoughts into a time past when things seemed so much more airy, relaxing, more of a paradise of islands in the streams so I went looking for those songs that just sooth the nerves.
Samba Pa Ti - Santana
Flor d'Luna - Santana
Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
My all time favorite de-stresser:
Punch Drunk - Sada
Hey @sunlit .. hope you're well .. Hope your weekend wasn't too stressful, was it a festival or something similar? Random violence seems to break out anywhere and everywhere these days. I think your choices must have arrived after my bedtime, but after a long day at work, they're both a welcome surprise and yes definitely songs to ease away those stresses and strains .. smooth musical chocolate, I like!! :) A great a diverse selection of music here .. all united in their ability help you relax and make all your worries a distant memory. And Santana as well, what a master at his craft! Of course, when talking about guitar masters I'm not forgetting Stevie :) Thanks for the music my friend .. an excellent selection, thank you for sharing!
Yeah I originally got it in under the radar (late Monday night), two minutes before to be exact, then before I proof read I notice I left out Islands in the Stream video at the top, so I edited it, then after I proof read I notice another correction so I edited it again.
Yes the violence for the most part was centered around our cities fireworks show on Saturday night. Both my sons had taken their families down there, I was tuning into the news when they announced a shooting right after the fireworks show ended, at that point my son who lives next door was pulling up so I knew they were safe. Then they broke in again and said the report of an active shooter was false, then they broke in with reports of another shooting a couple miles down from the first one...that got me worried about my other son and his family. They hate it I worry about them so much so when he answered I just asked how the fireworks was, he said fine, then I fessed up I called because I was worried because there was two shootings down there with one dead so far and three others seriously wounded. He asked where at and I told him the locations and he was wondering if one had anything to do with a car accident they drove past in one of the same locations. Then the news broke the locations as being at the scene of an accident and I just about wanted to flip. My kid drove through there before the cops even got there...that's how close he was to that shooting with his family, we talking a few minutes. One lady had her windshield shot out during that one. Incredible the disregard these young people have for each other, all of them under the age of twenty.