What’s a remix or cover you like more than the original

Long Black Veil by The Chieftains featuring Mick Jagger

This sounds like a traditional folk tune but it's not. Written in the 1950s, it's been performed by such luminaries as The Band, Johnny Cash and Dave Matthews. It's easy to sing along to and deserves to be made into a movie.

What’s a hidden gem or underrated song you love

If I Had a Boat by Lyle Lovett

Every time I go to Austin, I do so hoping that I bump into Lyle Lovett, just so I can tell him how much I love his music (and have for more than 20 years). This is my favorite tune of his and while it's not unknow, it is certainly under appreciated.

What’s a song that grew on you over time?

**Growin' Up by Bruce Springsteen"

Springsteen's first two albums, the ones he recorded before exploding with Born to Run were ones I bought in the early 80s because I wanted to be a true fan, not because I liked them. I wasn't familiar with his recordings of any of the songs and none of them had ever been played on any radio station I listened to. It took a while before I came to appreciate the poetic genius of these tunes and today all of them are near and dear to my heart, perhaps none more so than Growin' Up.

What’s your favorite deep cut from an album

** In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly**

This is a song that reaches across generations. I played it on a car ride with my Dad, my son and my grandson and we were all in to it.

Share a song you feel was ahead of its time.

**Come Together by The Beatles"

Actually, I could have picked any Beatles song written after 1964, which, if yo are counting, was a whopping 62 years ago,I think we sometimes forget how far ahead of their times these lads were. Yes, they defined the era, but they also escaped it. They, we were together such a short time at such a young age.

What’s a lyric that resonates deeply with you and why?

This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie

In a time where the right wing insists that the only real America is one created by and for white Christians, I am reminded of the wise words of one of my personal heroes, Woody Guthrie, that the real America is one that belongs to all of us, no matter our color or creed...or party affiliation, or legal status or gender identity.

A song from a genre you didn’t think you’d like—what changed?

Bring the Noise by Public Enemy

As a dumb southern kid with an "us vs. them" mentality I avoided what we then called "rap music" because it wasn't the rock and roll my radio station played. When I eventually grew up, opened my mid a wee bit and started to seek things outside of the world of white male privilege, I began to appreciate the poetry and political intent of Public Enemy. This was the tune that opened my eyes.

How do you discover new music, and what’s the latest gem you’ve found?

I will admit that I am much more comfortable with music I know and love than I am with 'kids these days" tunes, but I do occasionally find new to me stuff through Apple Music playlists and Crucial Tracks, of course,

What is a song that feels like home to you? - Carolina in My Mind If you come from where I come from, this is the mandatory answer. I am lucky enough to have seen JT perform this song live just a few miles from where he grew up in Chapel Hill, NC where his Dad worked at the medical school. He wrote it in his early 20s, shortly after being signed to The Beatles label, Apple Records. He was on vacation in Spain, feeling homesick, he says.

What song do you associate with the current season? - California Dreamin' by The Mamas & The Papas

All the leaves are brown/ And the sky is grey/ I went for a walk/ On a winter's day