Traywick Unleashed
What is the purpose of this podcast? I don't know. Nothing? Anything? Everything? Maybe just a little bit of some things that interest me. More than three score years spent living on this Earth experiencing the things that are common to all people have brought me to a time and place where I can comment on a past, while living in the present and having a great time doing so. I'm RETIRED and UNLEASHED!
Stories unique to me. Some are funny. Some are serious. All are real. Trying to figure out how the pieces of life fit. I will talk sometimes about music (I LOVE LYRICS) - got 1000s in my hard drive of a brain that can be triggered at any time. Sometimes my Spiritual journey. At times social issues - wish I didn't have to but to quote the unnamed friend of Snot Boogie in the opening scene of The Wire, " Got to. This is America man."
So, those things, in addition to who knows what else. Who would want to listen to this? Not ME! But maybe YOU?"
Traywick Unleashed
Ode to My Pops: Joseph C Traywick
Today is the eleventy third (that's 113 in Hobbit speak) anniversary of my Dad's birth. On Father's Day of this year I awoke with the song "Daddy's Tune" by Jackson Browne running through my head. A song that I had first heard in the mid to late 70's from The Pretender album. Even though I have listened to it several times since then, it hit me in a new light that morning. With ideas running through my head, I figured if JB could write such a song about his dad when he was in his mid 20's, then I could use it as a springboard for a tribute to my own DAD.
It is seldom that an idea can be conceived and given birth on the same day. My mind requires longer period of gestation. So,I decided to wait until the date of his birth, November 29, to publish it. It is not as polished as I would like but none of my recordings are, but I decided after two previous recordings that were scrapped, to let it ride.
And so, here is a one-sided version of my relationship with him that is as truthful and heartfelt as I could produce. If it helps you to evaluate and appreciate your own relationship with your parents, then I am honored to do so.
