Hanging Out with my CD Collection.

Our CD collection. 

Last week I dusted off my CD collection and decided to play some oldies, specifically songs from the 50s which were the heydays of my high school and college years.  Some years ago I organized our collection and shelved them according to categories: Cape Breton, Classical, Country, Easy Listening, Irish, Pop Music, Prose, Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Roll, Scottish, Xmas.

Country Music

Part of our list.  

 I have the most (51)  under the category Pop Music.  Artists such as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Beatles, Eva Cassidy, Arlo Guthrie, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, just to name a few.

Here's one of my favorites from 1959,  I bet my high school/college friends remember this one.

I have over 20 classical CDs. 

Another of my favorites from my classical collection.

I even have a few country CDs.

I like almost everything that Willie Nelson has done.

And of course, I can't leave out Cape Breton music.  Here's one by Natalie MacMaster.  Dan and I used to see her when she was a teenager performing in communities near where we stay in Cape Breton during the summers.

I hope you have enjoyed hanging out with me and enjoying a bit of music from my CD collection.

An Evening With Johnny Mathis

Last night I went with friend Helen to a Johnny Mathis concert.  I could close my eyes and  believe I was a teenager again.  Mathis had some of his biggest hits in the 50s when I was in college, and he was and is a favorite of mine.  If you live near where he is performing on his 2013 tour, don't miss it.  Helen and I may head out to Branson (where we have never been) to catch him there in November. 

Here are some of my favorite Mathis songs.  I hope you enjoy them.

Chances Are:

Twelfth of Never:

Too much, too little, too late: (In the 1970s a number one hit with
Deniece Williams twenty years after his first number one hit.)

He still has an amazing voice, and he still brings the crowd to its feet just as he did in the 50s.*  Thank you Mr. Mathis, it was wonderful, wonderful. oh, so wonderful to me.

* We are a little slower getting to our feet now that we are a bit older---we can't jump to our feet the way we did in the 50s.