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31 Days of Brannan – Day 16 <\/span><\/h1>\n

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Today’s Playlist – Leaving On A Jet Plane<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

As Jay embarks on his tour this week… I was drawn to this one more than any other from his youtube channel.<\/p>\n

I never heard the version that Jay is riffing off of. Not to say that whatever version that Jay is using to put his own spin on it isn’t good. I like this rendition of this classic song – this evocative moment he calls upon. But my memory of this song is long reaching. As I approach the half-centennial mark in my life (yeah, you NEVER think you’ll write those words about yourself – EVER…), I have so many renditions of this song that play right along with Jay’s plaintive and emotive posting on his youtube channel.<\/p>\n

Good songwriting never grows old or wears out it’s welcome. This song is definitely in that pantheon of classic tunes. Instantly memorable, even if you’ve never had the benefit of hearing it before.<\/p>\n

I could expound upon the memories this song evokes for me, from the time I was a child and watched it being performed my Peter, Paul and Mary (though penned by John Denver back in ’66) on some TV variety show later on in that decade. I could talk about that. I could also remember how this song was one of my family’s traveling songs. Songs we played on an 8-track (yes, you read that right) tape player. Along with a classic Dionne Warwick tape of Valley of the Dolls (still one of my all time classic LPs of the era), Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66, and the Fifth Dimension. This was a very classic era of pop song writing.<\/p>\n

I know I could wax poetically about that era of writing. How very little writing of this era even remotely matches the hooks, the arrangements or the prose of that emotionally charged part of our past.<\/p>\n

I could write about all of that…and quite a bit more.<\/p>\n

But I won’t.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Simple: Jay does it all so beautifully in this posting. It’s plaintive, it’s emotive, it carries all the history and sentimentality for older guys like me. It’s the simplicity of it that grips the heart and dares you to let go.<\/p>\n

So, I’ll just leave it at this. Do what you do so well, Mr. Brannan.<\/p>\n

…and I’ll keep on remembering my days long past. Thank you for bringing them back, like faded photos in an album I keep in my head – that can only be opened with my heart.<\/p>\n

Brilliant.<\/p>\n

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The Always, Then & Now Tour…<\/span><\/h2>\n

Please check out\u00a0his site<\/a>\u00a0with links for his upcoming shows. I am definitely a late comer to the Brannan bandwagon whenever he pulls through my city. But now that I am going this year, I am making it a goal never to miss when he swings through town. I hope you take advantage of the opportunity as well. Also be sure to check out his web store at the following\u00a0link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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