Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Track 7, Man in Motion


“This is sleepy music, mama…” I hear from my four-year-old in the back seat.

“You’re right, baby.  I’m too tired to listen to this right now…” 

As I reach for my purse, a swell of strings delicately flows from the speakers of the family van.  The van that would soon be carrying us eastward toward The Mountain.  As this thought crosses my mind, I am overcome with excitement.  My favorite band, my favorite place… in eager anticipation I find the new disc – the download because my husband and I could not wait for our pre-ordered CD to come in the mail… I pull out the plain silver disc, donned only by my own handwriting and shove it in the slot on my dash.  My hands carry my finger to the advance button; I push the tracks forward to number seven….

Immediately, my son says, “Ok.  This is rock-n-roll, mama.  This is a rock-n-roll song.”  Ten seconds later, “Is this Warren Haynes?” 

Yeah, that’s my boy. 

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