The Guest Book

Psalm 23 Revisited. Inspired by Bobby McFerrin 3-18-23, 12:29 Light…
I'm spiritually kin to Bobby McFerrin…
I met him
Through his dad Robert McFerrin while in St, Louis as a physician (now retired)…Pioneer… Black face
Opening up white male MET doors
Locked…
The Black Women door opened first…
By white males…
" I don't how that boy sings like that."
And this Bobby…
Born a few months after me(August 6, 1949)...
In the Mix-Mash
Of
America…
Amerigo, what were you thinking?
His Quirk Soul Music
Fits me so well...
These oddities…
Singular/duo
Eclectic in his artistry...
Me, eclectic in my taste…
Automatically hooked by his first album “Bobby McFerrin”…
My aesthetic soulmate…
Skinny like me at the time…
Nerdy…
I liked singing… In a choir… have soloed… once… “Swing Low…”
My dad… aspired to music… actually wrote a piece…
Learned to play piano, accordion, and was to take violin…
Unaffordable…
Kept my appreciation…
Followed him…
Hiatus…
Then…

“Simple Pleasures…”
“Don’t Worry, be Happy…”
And George Bush… and
He helped me move away from a brief fling with
The Republicans on personal moral issues…
Then the Iraq war…
And then…
Hiatus…
And then…
“Hush” with Yo-Yo Ma…
And helping me to enjoy my eclecticism without a moment’s hesitation…
I kept feeling, my distant soul brother…
Hiatus…
“Bang!Zoom!”…
In all his Quirk Soul GLORY!!!
This boy is ME, just mo’!
Hiatus… Hiatus…
Met Esperanza along the way…
Then…
On this 18th Day of the Year of our Yah (Adonai…)…
“SpiritYouAll”!
My God man! It was 10 years ago!
How I missed you in all retrospect (respect)… And I’m glad I’m now almost caught up and now…
I want to be in your Circlesongs…
And pray that we can get you here in Nashville, Tennesee…
We need you…

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