GREAT MUSIC STILL BEING MADE, GREAT SONGS STILL BEING SUNG

I don't make the time to watch CBS Sunday Morning much anymore, to my loss. But yesterday morning I was channel surfing when I came across it and saw a wonderful piece about one of my all time favourite singer/songwriters, Carole King.

Anyone who knows anything about the history of pop music knows that Carole and her then-husband Gerry Goffin wrote numerous hits for a variety of groups and singers over the years, and after they divorced she became a wonderful writer on her own.

Sadly, I lost my Carole King LP collection a number of years ago in a fire, but when I hear a number of her songs from Tapestry, Wrap Around Joy, Rhymes & Reasons, or Fantasy I smile in remembering what --- and who --- those songs mean to me.

It was great to see that, at age 63, she is still sharing her wonderful talents with the world. My budget doesn't allow me the ability to purchase a CD often, but I'll have to remind myself to get her new release, The Living Room Tour.

Rather timely for the time of year, but here's a sampling of her great work, a piece from Rhymes & Reasons written with Charles Larkey:

The First Day In August

On the first day in August
I want to wake up by your side
After sleeping with you
On the last night in July
In the morning
We'll catch the sun rising
And we'll chase it from the mountains
To the bottom of the sea

When the day is over
And the night air comes to chill us
You'll build a fire
And we'll watch the flames dancing

You'll fall asleep
With your arm around my shoulder
And nothing will come between us
On the first night in August
The first day in August