Twenty-Year Bender

loucollins

Last night I went to my meditation group, and in the portion of it where we are to share how our practice is going I made the point that I feel in the last month, having made a lot of changes to my life, like I’ve woken up from a 20-year bender. It got a laugh, and the phrase stuck.

The tune itself and the recording came out well. As it came up in a comments thread a few days ago, brevity, as Polonius put it, is the soul of wit. Best to have a one-minute tune than a longer one with a mediocre solo. This is the type of tune that needs to be played live with a band to get a good solo. You can’t just overdub one.

One of these days I’ll record a tune with words, but I’m happy to be recording.