Music Monday Dec 12: Travis and Special Guest

There is a radio show on CBC here in Canada that occasionally does a feature called SYNTH: Songs You Need To Hear.

Now, I can’t say to someone, “You’ll like this song” (or book for that matter) because I can’t presume that others will share my taste in music (or books), so it is safer to say, “You might like this” and if they don’t like it, so be it.

Maybe you will find a new favorite.

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I didn’t know where Travis was from before I needed to look for the clips. Really doesn’t matter though, does it?

Sometimes I will use the official video when I present a song if I feel it enhances the piece. Often, a live version carries the most powerful effects. And as below, I like to hear the audio because that is the way I heard it the first time and I have my own thoughts and memories of it.

Travis are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1990, composed of Fran Healy, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose. The band’s name comes from the character Travis Henderson from the film Paris, Texas.

I always thought this next song was by Rufus Wainwright (I’ve added a clip at the end to compare).

Here is Rufus:

OK. One more.

-Leon

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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/