A song from the 1990s that you like or means something to you. - The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen

The Boss won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for the eponymous album that included this track. It was hist first acoustic album since Nebraska and it is a worthy successor. The song and album really cemented his legacy as a successor the tradition of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Bon Dylan as folk music interpreters of the real America.

A song from the 1980s that you like or means something to you. - Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider

The 80s encompassed ages 15-25 for me. It was the decade when I listened to the radio more than any other. it was the last thing I did at night and the first thing I did in the morning. Lunatic Fringe got a lot of airplay during my high school days. It's a good tune and one I still add to playlists to this day.

A song from the 1970s that you like or means something to you. - Whipping Post by The Allman Brothers Band

I could go the rest of my life and only listen to songs from a single year, 1971.

• Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
• Who's Next - The Who
• Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
• L.A. Woman - The Doors
• At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
• Meddle - Pink Floyd
• Hunky Dory - David Bowie
• Electric Warrior - T. Rex
• Aqualung - Jethro Tull
• Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
• Fragile - Yes
• The Yes Album - Yes
• Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
• Imagine - John Lennon
• Blue - Joni Mitchell
• Tapestry - Carole King
• Pearl - Janis Joplin
• There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly and the Family Stone

Pick a song that reminds you of a color. What color? - Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy

I'll keep going back to the Eva Cassidy well as long as I can. This photo captures what I see in my mind's eye when I hear this song.

Post a song that mentions another recording artist or artists. - Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen

"Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, that's me and I want you only,. Don't turn me home again. I just can't face myself alone again."

“In 1975, when I went into the studio to record ‘Born to Run,’ ” Bruce Springsteen once said, “I wanted to make a record with words like Bob Dylan, that sounded like Phil Spector’s productions, but most of all I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison.”

Post a song that's a different speed than you're used to - Down In The Valley to Pray by Doc Watson

This solo dirge by Doc Watson is a definite break from his usual lively bluegrass and folk flat picking style, but it's my favorite version of the sone, even more than the one from O Brother Where Art Thou. Seeing Doc Watson twice was one of the highlights of my concert going career.

Pick a song that matches what you are really thinking about just now - White and Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic

I'm a big weird Al fan. My wife stood ina Taco Bell line with him, so there's only one degree of separation between us. The lyrics are a but dated but the ethos remains strong. I still find it hilarious that Chamillionaire sued Weird Al over this parody.

The last song you heard on the radio - Sweet Caroline b y Neil Diamond

In my dad's car on my Dad's SIrius oldies station.

Hit shuffle on your music library and post the first song played - Something So Right by Paul Simon

Another one of the songs of my life. Gotta thank my Mom for making me a Paul Simon fan for the past 50 years. She even bought me and my siblings concert tickets during the Graceland tour.

Post a song that uses an instrument in an abnormal way - Do You Feel Like We Do by Peter Frampton

The talk box turns the guitar into a voice-like instrument, especially in the live version from Frampton Comes Alive!.