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Day One Hundred Two (Year Two)

Knowing full well that I'm supposed to be working on "Classical Gas," I was feeling decidedly 60's rock & roll this morning.  I went with a classic by the Everly Brothers.  "All I Have To Do Is Dream."  I found a couple of versions of it, but the one that feels right to me is capoed at 3 and in the key of C.  Most of the song is the classic C-Am-F-G progression that makes up a great number of early rock & roll songs.  There's a key change to F in the middle, but other than that, it's really quite simple.

I've been pondering dashing off a quick EP the last couple of days.  Something with 3 or 4 cover songs and an original or two.  Maybe make it something where all of the songs use the same chords, in the spirit of "The Greatest Song Ever Written."  I've already got a name for the EP.  Maybe that will help in the process.

The last two things I'm ordering for myself until after Christmas came in today.

1) Divine Providence by Deer Tick
2) These Ghosts Have Bones by Miles Zuniga.

also, just because I ran across it, I grabbed Long Live The King.  The new EP of songs by The Decemberists that were songs recorded during the sessions for what became The King Is Dead.

I need to take at least a quick look at the next section of "Classical Gas" before I go to bed tonight, but I also know full well that I've got to be at work by 7, so maybe "Gas" is better served if focused on tomorrow night after work.

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