Emerson, Lake & Palmer
It was August of 2013 when I last posted on Facebook my attempt at a musical journal regarding what I was listening to that day with all the related memories, insights and whatever else seemed to creep into my mind while rocking down the highway. I was attempting to post every day and it lasted almost a full month but time eventually caused me to skip a day and a day turned into a month which somehow turned into almost two years. My thought at the time was to have some sort of time capsule of stories for my grand children to access someday revolving around the soundtrack of my life so they could have a way to know me if something unexpected happened. Needless to say, Facebook is not really setup for that (I even got a few complaints from some people) so I thought I would try doing something I never dreamed I would attempt – blogging.
What triggered this new found interest in starting this up again, albeit with no intention of doing this every day, was a combination of my recent run in with the cardiologist and a post from Ed Peace yesterday which I will talk about in my second post. For this first post though I wanted to sort of get the tape rolling, you know – From The Beginning; and yes – I was listening to the Emerson, Lake & Palmer song earlier today which is why my first post got bumped to my second post; and what an awesome song it is. One of my favorite songs to play on guitar whenever I’m just relaxing or warming up and yet when I listen to the original recording I realize just how poorly my rendition really is because I leave out notes and take little shortcuts in an attempt to cover up my lack of ability.
Lack of ability is part of what also has kept me from blogging in the past. While I am an avid reader, grammar was never one of my better subjects. Back in school, my English teachers were not usually complimentary of my work ethic or language skills. Top that off with a daughter that’s an English Prof at Brenau University and let’s just say she might not be letting my grand kids ever see this to begin with so that they don’t pick up any bad habits. Paraphrasing ELP in an attempt for a disclaimer, there might be things I miss but don’t be unkind.
Still I want to share my thoughts, my prayers and my music with all of them here From The Beginning as well as anyone else that might find a little bit of entertainment here and there. I plan to share the link on Facebook and if a story involves one of my friends I’ll tag you in the link. Oh and there might also be things I repeat from the 2013 Facebook posts so you might get tagged for something you’ve seen before but my goal is to cruise down memory lane with the stereo blasting! Sort of a musical retrospective in the key of life, From The Beginning.
Rick E. France
You See It’s All Clear
You Were Meant To Be Here
From The Beginning
A Musical Retrospective 