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01-24-2008, 11:39 AM

It's so great and my son was so great to give it to me for XMas. He copied it onto his PC before heading back to campus.

When I first listened to it (and GGII -my cousin gave me), I came across several songs that were very familiar to me. I surprisingly new a few of the lyrics to them and found myself trying to sing along. It took me a few days before it hit me. The memories came flooding back - to the early 80's!

Cherokee Bend, Seven Island Suite, Ghosts of Cape Horn -I had 1st become familiar with from a duet (Two For the Show) who used to perform these songs at a downtown pub. In fact 'Ghosts' was the 'house song' at Tilly's pub.

One of the guys from the duet became a good friend -I ended up taking guitar lessons from him and we dated a little. Geez, it's been so many years since I've thought of him and listening those songs from Songbook brought it all back. Probably it's been at least 2 decades since I heard these songs.

01-24-2008, 11:39 AM	#5
podunklander Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Box set It's so great and my son was so great to give it to me for XMas. He copied it onto his PC before heading back to campus. When I first listened to it (and GGII -my cousin gave me), I came across several songs that were very familiar to me. I surprisingly new a few of the lyrics to them and found myself trying to sing along. It took me a few days before it hit me. The memories came flooding back - to the early 80's! Cherokee Bend, Seven Island Suite, Ghosts of Cape Horn -I had 1st become familiar with from a duet (Two For the Show) who used to perform these songs at a downtown pub. In fact 'Ghosts' was the 'house song' at Tilly's pub. One of the guys from the duet became a good friend -I ended up taking guitar lessons from him and we dated a little. Geez, it's been so many years since I've thought of him and listening those songs from Songbook brought it all back. Probably it's been at least 2 decades since I heard these songs.