Wichita Skyline

Well. So it starts.

This is my very first entry here on, “I want to sing with”….. I felt it only fitting that I sing “Wichita Skyline” by Shawn Colvin.

I have covered this song many times in little gigs that we have done. Normally I play the chicken shaker but I was too nervous to do that on camera.

I love this song. “A few small repairs” is one of my absolute favorite CDs of Shawn’s. I just used her first name like I know her, creepy.

I remember sitting in my apartment listening to this album for the first time. Steve and I had been married for only a little while and I was folding laundry and was taken away by this song. I wanted to go to Wichita and see the black clouds roll in. That is what her voice and her music does. It takes you someplace, other.

What song would I love to sing with her, you ask? Well, “Summer Dress” or maybe “Trouble” either one would be pretty great! Actually there is a song by David Wilcox called “The kid” that would be so incredible. So, there’s that.

I’m not super happy with the recording but we will get better at the set up as we go. It’s uncomfortable for me to be “recorded”. I hate seeing myself on camera. I have some crazy “Gene Wilder” hair thing going on but I am letting that go. Our 8 year old daughter Grace was sitting in giving me a “thumbs up” and holding her little grey kitten Henry. My husband Steve is playing the guitar. I love the way he plays this song and also, he is cute.

Enjoy! There is more to come.