{"id":386,"date":"2018-10-07T12:48:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T16:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/?p=386"},"modified":"2018-10-07T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T16:48:59","slug":"a-four-song-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/2018\/10\/07\/a-four-song-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"A Four Song Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been giving this some thought:\u00a0 There is an &#8220;open mic night&#8221; at the church every week.\u00a0 And though it&#8217;s aimed more for the younger crowd, I&#8217;ve been thinking of taking the stage and practicing my live performance capabilities.\u00a0 Performers are only allowed three or four songs per set, so what songs would I play?<\/p>\n<p>These are the songs I&#8217;ve been playing and practicing.\u00a0 Some are new (to me) and others I&#8217;ve been playing for years (but have gotten of practice):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daydream (Lovin&#8217; Spoonful)<\/li>\n<li>Presence of the Lord (Clapton)<\/li>\n<li>Dino&#8217;s Song (Quicksilver Messenger Service)<\/li>\n<li>Pride of Man (Quicksilver Messenger Service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As backup songs, I might also consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thinking of You (Loggins &amp; Messina)<\/li>\n<li>My Sweet Lord (George Harrison)<\/li>\n<li>Melissa (Allman Brothers)<\/li>\n<li>Little Wing (Hendrix)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latter four are more complex, and would require more practice before I feel comfortable playing them in public.\u00a0 Heck, I would have to practice all of them before playing publicly.\u00a0 But no dream is to great, eh?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-s3.allmusic.com\/release-covers\/500\/0004\/415\/0004415128.jpg\" alt=\"Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lovin&#8217; Spoonful&#8217;s &#8220;Daydream&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cps-static.rovicorp.com\/3\/JPG_1080\/MI0000\/635\/MI0000635498.jpg\" alt=\"Presence of the Lord - Clapton\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Clapton &#8220;Presence of the Lord&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cps-static.rovicorp.com\/3\/JPG_1080\/MI0001\/650\/MI0001650769.jpg\" alt=\"Pride of Man \/ Dino's Song - QSM\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1060\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quicksilver Messenger Service: &#8220;Dino&#8217;s Song&#8221; and &#8220;Pride of Man&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-s3.allmusic.com\/release-covers\/500\/0000\/099\/0000099267.jpg\" alt=\"Loggins &amp; Messina - first album\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Kenny) Loggins &amp; (Jim) Messina<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cps-static.rovicorp.com\/3\/JPG_1080\/MI0001\/963\/MI0001963511.jpg\" alt=\"George Harrison - My Sweet Lord\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1059\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Harrison &#8211; All Things Must Pass solo LP<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cps-static.rovicorp.com\/3\/JPG_1080\/MI0001\/678\/MI0001678136.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa - Allman Brothers Band\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1074\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allman Brothers Band &#8211; Eat a Peach (Melissa)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cps-static.rovicorp.com\/3\/JPG_1080\/MI0000\/015\/MI0000015990.jpg\" alt=\"Little Wing - Jimi Hendriz\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1081\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimi Hendrix Experience &#8211; Axis: Bold As Love (Little Wing)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been giving this some thought:\u00a0 There is an &#8220;open mic night&#8221; at the church every week.\u00a0 And though it&#8217;s aimed more for the younger crowd, I&#8217;ve been thinking of taking the stage and practicing my live performance capabilities.\u00a0 Performers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/2018\/10\/07\/a-four-song-playlist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":387,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions\/387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}