Soundtrack of My Life
I’ve had fun putting this playlist together—43 songs starting with my childhood favorite—Roy Rogers’ “Happy Trails” and concluding with David LaMotte’s wonderful rendition of “We Are Each Other’s Angels.” While I consider many of these songs to be favorites, the intent was choosing music that expressed what was happening in my life at that time—from the late 1940s to the mid-2020s.
The Soundtrack of My Life—2025
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Happy Trails, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
In the Mood, Glen Miller
Deep in the Heart of Texas, June Hershey & Don Swander (Gene Autry version)
Peggy Sue, Buddy Holly
It’s Now or Never, Elvis Pressley
Rocky Top, University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Band
Drown in My Own Tears, Ray Charles
Take Five, Dave Brubeck Quartet
I Second That Emotion, Smokey Robinson & The Miralces
I Am a Rock, Simon & Garfunkel
Ohio, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Sympathy for the Devil, Rolling Stones
I’ve Always Been Crazy, Waylon Jennings
We Shall Overcome, Guy Carawan
Teach Your Children, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Times They Are A’ changing, Bob Dylan
I Feel Like I’m Fixing to Die Rag, Country Joe & The Fish
Good Hearted Woman, Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings
Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
Sunday Morning Comin’ Down, Kris Kristofferson
A Pirate Looks at 40. Jimmy Buffet
Let It Be, Beatles
I Put a Spell on You, Nina Simone
LA Freeway, Guy Clark
Shaman’s Call, R. Carlos Nakai
It’s In Every One of Us, David Pomeranz
If I Were the Man You Wanted, Willie Nelson
Miles and Miles of Texas, Asleep at the Wheel
I’m Gonna Love You, Jimmy Dale Gilmore
Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen
Fast Car, Tracy Chapman
Anam Cara, Howard Hanger & Earl Hefley
Holy Now, Peter Mayer
When I Fall in Love, Victor Young & Edward Heyman (performed by Bruce Lang Band when Shonnie & I were married)
Battle Cry, Shontelle
Amazing Grace, Judy Collins
Skidamarink, Sharon, Lois & Bram
Sanctuary, Billy Jonas
The Room Where It Happens, Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, and the cast of Hamilton
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Edith Piaf
Let The Mystery Be, Iris DeMent
The Great Storm is Over, John McCutcheon
No Hard Feelings, Avett Brothers
We Are Each Other’s Angels, Chuck Brodsky (David LaMotte version)
