It's October (already?!) and time for another installment of Acoustic Blend!
This month our theme is stories that shape us, and I am delighted to feature one of my favorite storytellers, Richard Shindell. His version of “Sonora's Death Row” made an appearance in August's show, and we have a few more covers (plus an original) from him this month.
The original song is called "Last Fare of the Day" and takes place in New York the day after the September 11th terrorist attacks, imagining a cab driver picking up a mother-to-be for the last fare of the day. Such a tender, touching song.
As we venture through our show this month I'll be reviewing the elements of a good story, per Donald Miller and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (hint: a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it). I'll also share a poem (“Ask Me” by William Stafford) that I first discovered while reading Parker Palmer's Let Your Life Speak.
In lieu of a bonus track this month I think I'll just highlight this song by Andrew Peterson, and the hopeful chorus that I just want to read over and over and over.
So tell me the story I still need to hear
Tell me we're gonna make it out alive again
I need to know there's nothing left to fear
There's nothing left to hide
So will you look me in the eye
And say we will survive
Acoustic Blend airs this Saturday, October 10 at 8pm EDT on WBAA AM 920 in Lafayette / West Lafayette, and streaming live on wbaa.org. You can view the playlist at barrettmyers.com and here, once the show airs. Til next month!