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The Beauty of the Bells
Have you heard of Steve Gillette? If you were alive in the 1960s and liked folk music, there’s a chance the name rings a bell. Gillette...
David Gittlin
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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Effortless Effort
Whatever you are doing, relax. With an effortless effort and a well-directed intention, it will all work out. #awakeaction #efficiency...
David Gittlin
Feb 3, 20231 min read
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Be The Light
If in our daily life, we can smile; if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most...
David Gittlin
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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Jackson Browne: “My Opening Farewell”
Jackson Browne’s music is lyrical and penetrating. He is a poet as well as a prolific songwriter, musician, and vocalist. I became a...
David Gittlin
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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Early Lightfoot Love
“Song for a Winter’s Night” is one of Gordon Lightfoot’s earliest love songs. It is also one of his biggest hits. As folk music became...
David Gittlin
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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Simple, Honest, Transparent, Beautiful
In a ten-year career tragically cut short by Leukemia, Kate Wolf wrote and performed over 200 songs. Her music is poignant,...
David Gittlin
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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A Transcendent Voice
Photo by Nick Fang Hi everyone. The voice I’m referring to here is not mine. It belongs to Kate Wolf (1942-1986). She wrote and performed...
David Gittlin
Nov 11, 20221 min read
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Jefferson Airplane: Comin’ Back to Me
Jefferson Airplane was one of the premiere psychedelic rock bands of the nineteen-sixties. The Airplane epitomized the subversive love...
David Gittlin
Oct 13, 20221 min read
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From a Distance: The Song
A telephone call changed the life of Julie Gold. Although she had solid management, steady gigs, and a powerful repertoire, she failed to...
David Gittlin
Sep 28, 20221 min read
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Rise and Shine
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZC3JHZEX7zd2aDhz1sfaA?si=UYSF0-SPSFu14Hvz85bTQQ Singer and songwriter Raffi has conveyed a central...
David Gittlin
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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Time Travel Anyone?
Issac Templeton Available Now on Amazon Worldwide Issac Templeton is a successful attorney with a thriving law practice in downtown Fort...
David Gittlin
Aug 25, 20221 min read
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Fleetwood Mac: Landslide
When Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac, the band had been in a state of constant turnover. Originally a blues...
David Gittlin
Aug 18, 20222 min read
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Another Word For Love
You might expect there to be, like the Hallmark cards, an overabundance of love songs about valentines. Well, I’m here to tell you there...
David Gittlin
Jul 6, 20221 min read
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Echoes In The Valley Of Oops
This phrase came to me when I woke up this morning. I have no idea what it means, but it sounds interesting. So…let’s go exploring. It...
David Gittlin
May 18, 20221 min read
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Shadows Of Love
Gordon Lightfoot is one of those rare individuals who resides in the top echelon of his profession. It takes a huge deposit of raw...
David Gittlin
May 11, 20222 min read
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True Colors
“True Colors” is a song with legs. It started out as a song written for a mother in a traditional ballad format. Billy Steinberg and Tom...
David Gittlin
Mar 4, 20221 min read
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Acoustic Guitar Cover of Don McLean's "Crossroads" With Background Intro
“Crossroads” is another great song by Don McLean. It first appeared on his hit album, “American Pie.” Although the song is not as...
David Gittlin
Dec 28, 20211 min read
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“Vincent” Revisited
I’m reposting a blog previously titled “Vincent: A True Lover.” I’ve decided to re-learn the song closer to the original. “Starry, starry...
David Gittlin
Oct 28, 20212 min read
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Where Does The Time Go?
Fifty years have flown by at supersonic speed. I can flash back on memories of my childhood and adolescence and remember them clearly as...
David Gittlin
Aug 20, 20211 min read
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An Unfinished Life
“I live for a sense of a feeling of purposefulness in this world, you know, that I could stop my life at any point and feel that my life...
David Gittlin
Jul 11, 20212 min read
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