Hello, Subscribers,
Last night at the Grammys, Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs performed an astonishing duet on her classic song, “Fast Car.” A perfect blend of folk, soul, and country. This song hits me on an autobiographical level because, like the narrator of the song, I was once a convenience store worker looking for his fast car. This quickly became one of my favorite live performances of all time.
You can watch the full performance at this link.
I'm lucky to have had Tracy as a classmate in college, would regularly see her playing on campus. A highlight was her playing at the center of a student protest gathering as we surrounded the administration building. For the most part, the protest did not successfully "get student voices heard," but Tracy's voice stopped forward motion of time. 'Twas truly deeply holy. We were all tickled when the first album came out, played it endlessly, but secretly yearned for the days when we could hear her voice and guitar live without any mechanical intrusion. Later, spending Christmas on the beaches of Goa, India, we felt like the album unified the world, virtually all beach-hut cafe's spinning that disk simultaneously, if not in synch. Magical. Utterly magical.
Fast car? Then just drive! Wow, nice, congratz! I’m sure it’s been immensely hard work while you obviously have extreme oodles to say. I have only one supporting member despite owning 157 free submarines that read my earthly love posts. And though I’ve been posting daily for over a year now very emotional personal stuff describing what I feel, I guess I have nothing much to say, just saying, lol.
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