Operation 365 - Jefferson Jay - Originals - 363 "That Morning" 3-11-2010

Operation 365 - Jefferson Jay - Originals - 363 "That Morning" 3-11-2010

So it was early 2009, a year I spent most of recovering from Don's death in January. In late 2008, when the world was a simpler place around here, I was performing and practicing a lot with my side project, The Greens of Mind. I had written a handful of emotional ballads that the group enjoyed playing. They worked well. It was wintery for San Diego then. I was envisioning Spring and Summer ahead and wanted to write some more upbeat tunes for the group. The Greens weren't feeling 'em.

"Strive and Thrive," "The New Dawn," A Call to Action," and "Love of My Life" were these tunes. They all wound up on my new CD, "Gift To Be Alive," which may never have happened had The Greens been more responsive to my offerings. It's all good now, but at the time, I was a little sour with their rejections. We were in practice on day and I said I can write a tune you'll all like. and I wrote this one there pretty quick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ7D89kg4Bc

They did not like it. In fact, it was everything they can't stand about my music. It has funny lyrics, weird grooves and it's choppy. I got what they didn't like abou it right away. So I said OK, this time I'll write a song you will like. I thought I had it and then I wrote "That Morning." They liked it unanimously. They said I write good love songs. So that's how "That Morning" came to be. I don't like to play it to much now. It's so sad. I miss Don, but I feel as close to him as ver. I am him and he is me now. OF course, we are both much more but that is part of the reality I inhabit. There is a lot to be learned form our friends, unencumbered by bodies.

This version of "That Morning" was recorded on March 11, 2011. All the tunes on my new CD, "Gift To Be Alive," probably wouldn't have come to the surface had Don lived. Even if some of them had, the meanings attached to playing them, would have changed dramatically. I dedicated the the CD to Don. I love him and while song focuses on a truly dark moment in our lives here, I have gained so much love and insight and awareness of things I had never imagined not only from knowing Don in his life, but from knowing him since that morning.

Love you bro.

Peace

To learn more about Don, or check out any of his awesome music, please visit

http://truesdailstudio.com

To hear the CD version of "That Morning" or any of the other tunes off "Gift To Be Alive," please visit

http://jeffersonjay.bandcamp.com/

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[puterman1999]

I only watched like 0:30 because I got bored, but you guys sounded pretty good!