The Show, 13/02/2005

STEVENSON AND SAMUEL - Come, Come Away
(from Grace Notes – www.goldrecords.com)

LARRY NORMAN – Woman Of God
(from Stop This Flight – www.larrynorman.com)

JONI MITCHELL – A Case Of You
(from Blue – all good record shops)

DEREK WEBB – Better Than Wine
(from I See Things Upside Down – Christian book shops)

SAM HILL – Masquerade
(from Masquerade – deleted)

VAN MORRISON – Northern Muse (Solid Ground)
(from Van Morrison Live at the Opera House, Belfast – all good record shops)

VAN MORRISON – In the Garden
(from No Guru, No Method, No Teacher – all good record shops)

U2 – A Man And A Woman
(from How To Dismantle and Atomic Bomb – all good record shops)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – If I Should Fall Behind
(from Lucky Town – all good record shops)

BRIAN HOUSTON – Too Busy
(from Good News Junkie – www.brianhouston.com)

JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO – Grow Old With Me
(from Milk and Honey – all good record shops)

and why I played it...
this show was a slushy Valentine's Day special and went out pretty much to my wife Janice. I played two songs I wrote for her with my songwriting partner Sam Hill. There was also A Case Of You which is one of our favourite songs. I particularly like the lines "I was frightened by the devil and drawn to those who aint afraid." The Morrison song Northern Muse was crucial because it mentions the spiritual guru of a woman in the song coming from the County Down which is where Janice grew up. After talking about love we moved as in best St. Paul letter writing tradition into a practical outworking of love with the last few songs. Particularly challenging is Brian Houston's Too Busy which always cuts deep...

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