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(I put this together before George Jones' death, and included "She Stopped Loving Her Today" as just a great funeral song. Now it is a small tribute to someone I've listened to my whole life.)
This week's songs are about death and funerals--the touching, the maudlin, and the odd.
I love the music, the way Lyle catches the feel of a funeral. . .and even a bit of humor.
Lyle Lovett: Since The Last Time
This song is one of Jim's favorite gospel songs. I love the way it builds up to LAZARUS! and the joy in it.
Aretha Franklin: Mary Don't You Weep
This song captures the feeling I had after my mother died, and I came home from the hospital the day she died. I was alone.
Patty Griffin: Long Ride Home
THE funeral song. It has everything. . .the funeral procession, heartbreak, death, . . .and the Possum hisself:
George Jones: He Stopped Loving Her Today
The next one is sort of a funeral song, since coming to weep at an old lover's grave in mourning clothes is certainly. . .funereal.
The Chieftains and Mick Jagger: Long Black Veil
