hey folks!
what an amazing week it was!
i'm so grateful to you all. we had everything this season,
so many styles, genres, instrumentals, originals and no stone unturned.
it was an absolute treat for me. thank you.
we ended up w/ 248 performances!
i was going to give some shout-outs to folks, but w/ the sheer volume
i would end up filling a page, so just a few thoughts here...
First,
congratulations to Wim, Andy, Liz and Jim for making it through the entire alphabet.
Stamina and focus (and talent) i could only dream of. Y'all were amazing and
your music, wonderful. (though i probably don't need to buy a U2 album now for awhile!)
Second,
a huge thank you to Andy for reprising 3 of Randy's awesome original songs.
It meant a lot brother, so thank you.
Third,
i need to mention CeeJay.
Not only was the diversity of his music mindbending,
but he undoubtedly now holds the unofficial award for playing the most number of
different instruments in any given week thus far on the journey.
And it was all damn good.
Fourth,
thank you to those who wrote and recorded original songs.
They were beacons this week.
Brian, John, Chelle, Jim, Liz, Lynda, Joko, Berni
and of course hearing Randy's songs via Andy was a lovely thing also.
Blown away by your music folks; and several of the best songs i have heard this year.
As a fellow singer-songwriter, these got me bigtime.
Finally,
i am just compiling a playlist here of some of the performances that hit home for me,
for different reasons. i'm trying to reduce 248 to 24, no easy feat (but 24 was the number i used to wear playing footy!).
again, thank you everybody for embracing this week
and Randy's memory.
love.
xo
jon
SEASON 450: some host's selections
i'll stop gabby gabbying now and leave it to our brother to take it out here...