Sweet Home Alabama

lord, i'm coming home to you.

this past weekend was something out of a movie. through a series of rather fortunate events, i somehow found myself in the green oceanside marshes of southern south carolina with a huge mess of small town georgia folks, dressed up in finest kakhis and polos, ready to party. they spoke foreign tongues of childhood stories involving bb guns and streets i've not yet visited and quietly my attention stole away to the teeny crabs scampering across the sand and flocks of white cranes making their way through the water. it was the most humidity i've been in in a while, but i made it work, wore the lightest dress i could find, and smiled my biggest smile, using the sweat glow to my advantage. little wooden fans and large bushels of hydrangeas were involved as well and exaggerated the already wholly southern feel of the event. sitting under the spanish moss, romance was at its peak. i was in my element, having always been a small town and family girl at heart, and danced well into the night after meeting the coach, and mom and dad, and so and so's uncle's sister's cousin. the night ended in a flash of lightening storms as far as the horizon, illuminating that which had already become quite obvious.

in honor of the road trip, prior to knowing that this would turn out to be one of the best weekends of my life, the following mix was created.

Westfall-Okkervil River

Radar Love-Golden Earring

Big Adventure-Blitzen Trapper

Commotion-Creedence Clearwater Revival

Box Full of Letters-Wilco

Street Fighting Man-Rolling Stones

I'm On Fire-AA Bondy

A Girl in Port-Okkervil River

Hesitating Beauty-Billy Bragg and Wilco

Prodigal Son-Rolling Stones

Caifornia Stars-Billy Bragg and Wilco

You Are My Flower-The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Up On Cripple Creek-The Band

I Shall Be Released-Bob Dylan

Fighter Girl-Mason Jennings

Dancing in the Moonlight-Thin Lizzy

Rapture (Sweet Rapture)-AA Bondy

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-The Band

Gloria-Van Morrison

Honey Don't-Carl Perkins

Girl From the North Country-Bob Dylan