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Day 10: A song that reminds you of your father.

Well, since I was fortunate enough to have two, I get to post two songs.

My dad and I were both John Denver fans, and we especially liked this one. Somewhere I have a picture of twelve-year-old me standing next to a Toledo scale.

This was my stepdad's favourite song in the world, and for good reason, because it's gorgeous. It was sung at his memorial service, and I always think of him when I hear it. This is Nat Cole's version of Hoagy Carmichael's classic:

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Current Location: going to work
Current Music: Nat "King" Cole - Stardust

If this man were alive today he'd be working with Al Gore. The planet could sure use an advocate like him right about now:

John Denver covers The Band:

John and Johnny (sorry, can't embed this one).

The next two are probably my favourite JD songs ever. I think I first heard them at the same time (when An Evening With John Denver was released in 1975), and even today I can't hear one without wanting to hear the other. They're like a single unit in my head, or something. They're also two of the very few that I put on the same level as Captain Fantastic. I was floored when I first heard them at fourteen-ish and I still am, every single time:

From 1974:

From 1977:

And yeah, yeah, I'm working on the picspam. And cleaning.