Celebrating my (almost) first year of blogging & Tribute to Shannon Hoon & Blind Melon!

Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin’ it’s time to die. 
Shannon Hoon 

I knew it was getting close, but I wasn`t entirely sure when the big blog birthday was. Apparently I have 8 days to go but I just couldn`t wait any longer!

Here`s where it all started after a drive in town chasing a double rainbow last year after work on an awesome autumn night.  My intro blog! Full of introductory idiosy, and nothin`s changed as far as my disregard for grammar`s chains and the dictionaries. I just finished reading  http://wishiwerethere7.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/hello-world/ and felt good about it. It was a proud moment for a person who until that point had only used the internet for email, research, & of course killing time. Nowadays, I`d kill to have more time so I`m gonna keep this post quick…

Thanks for all the comments and an awesome year!!!

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 The Soul One Cover

September 26th would’ve been the 44^th birthday of Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon. I wanted to commemorate it as best I could with song. As I thought of which one might be appropriate, I relived some good times that his music definitely helped elevate.

When I first heard the name Blind Melon it reminded me of my old Cheech & Chong tape where a washed up blues singer named Blind Melon Chitlin was in the studio trying to put together some gold for an ambitious producer. A lot of people have probably heard the song “No Rain” which got a ton of airplay in the nineties. It was a great song for a band who was described as psychedelic southern rock. I spent many hours listening to the 90’s albums and enjoyed every minute.

After Shannon overdosed, they released an album called Nico which featured a song called “Soul One”. I really took that one to heart, being one of the few love songs written by the five-piece group from Indiana. It’s lyrics were full of the pain that a guy who spent so much time on the road might feel and soul was definitely there.

Monday night I tried to harness some of that energy when I set up my recording gear out under the stars in my front yard. It was an experience I’ll always remember and hope I can do again before this Indian summer comes to a close and the elements won’t allow for such foolishness.