A Picture of You

During my junior year of high school, I became very fond of a gymnast in my Trig/Precalc class. She also shared my fondness for the Animaniacs show. It was not to be, but the song remained. The next year, my high school's counselor on college guidance suggested that I record a few songs to send with my college applications. So I picked four of my songs and rounded up some buddies, who helped me lay down the tracks in a local Albuquerque studio. This was the lead song. The flute parts were improvised by Ian Smolkin, who also played on "Keryn" and "Blue Rain" from the album "Jazz & Blues" (see earlier entries on the blog). My hat is off to Ian for his great contribution to the song's theme.

Ian and I played the song at the school talent show, and at a coffeehouse in downtown Albuquerque. As we walked offstage after the coffeehouse gig, a woman said to me, "You'll get your woman when you're 40." At first I thought this was a diss; she was predicting I wouldn't find my woman for another 25 yrs b/c women younger than that wouldn't really dig me. But you see, this woman might have been 40 herself. I was flattered.

Here it is, from the album, "In the Studio":
http://amiestreet.com/listen/song/shareListen/1210393/

PS: I "got my woman" sooner than predicted. Rebekka and I started dating in college when I was 22 and got married when I was just a few weeks shy of 27. And it's been a great 9 yrs!