Speaking of St. Lucy . . .

I finished up the St. Lucy album today. Pretty close to the deadline there, as Jacqueline's birthday is tomorrow.

The final setlist consists of 

1  St. Lucy Day by Craig Cassills & Denise Gagne
2  Saint Lucy by Catie Curtis
3  St. Lucy by Ann Armstrong
4  Prayer to St. Lucy
5  St. Lucy’s Day by Songdog
6  St. Lucy’s Eyes by Micky & the Motorcars
7  A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day Related Poem Content Details  
    by John Donne
8  St. Lucy Part II by The Casting Couch
9  Lucy by The Slamming Doors
10 St. Lucy, Steward of the Church
11 St. Lucy’s Gate by Snowpony
12 Loading at St. Lucy’s Wharf by Solo eClypse
13 St. Lucy, Inspiration
14 St. Lucy’s Flying High by Whitty Whitesell
15 Romanç De Santa (The Ballad Of St. Lucy) by Conchita 
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16 St. Lucy by Thomas Kalb

And you know, by doing this I happened upon several singers that I'm actually interested in hearing more from: the aforementioned The Slamming Doors, Catie Curtis, Micky & the Motorcars, and Whitty Whitesell. And here's the thing: I never would have heard any of these people if I hadn't gone looking for songs about St. Lucy. And I'd never have heard of St. Lucy if it hadn't been for Jacqueline. Which makes me wonder what other great stuff out there I'm missing because I haven't stumbled upon it. Which leads me to conclude that one lifetime is just not enough. There's a lot of nasty, awful, rancid shit out there, for sure; but there's also some lovely, beautiful, uplifting . . . what's the opposite of shit? . . . I'm thinking cotton candy. Yeah. There's also some lovely, beautiful, uplifting cotton candy out there. And one lifetime is plenty when it comes to shit, but not nearly enough when it comes to cotton candy.

By the way . . . I'm usually really good at identifying voices, but this one keeps scraping the bottom of my mind's boat and then disappearing into the depths: Micky Braun(of Micky & the Motorcars)'s voice  sounds REALly familiar to me, but I can't place who he reminds me of. Give me some help here. Listen to their version (there is another one on the You Tub) of "St. Lucy's Eyes" and see if the voice sounds familiar to you, too. Extra credit if you can tell me who it sounds like.

1 At the exact sentence that I read the word "voice," a lawyer in an obnoxious ad on television said "voice." Do do do do do do do do.

ADDENDUM: Oh . . . is it Steve Earle? I think it is. With just a slice of John Mellencamp, maybe. You think?

And by the way . . . "Tonight We Ride" is a pretty ass-kicking song, too. I'm thinking I might need the vinyl version of the album it's on --Hearts From Above.