She sang and played with a bunch of friends in one of the biggest parks in the world one night. Some guy named Eric played guitar and sang a little ditty called "White Room" with her. Three chicks from Dixie harmonized with her. Another guy named Keith played some obscure tune he wrote called "Happy" with her. Best of all, a beautiful gypsy named Stevie shared the stage doing one of the great rock music mood paintings, "Gold Dust Woman". Stevie even went on to write a song about this friend of hers called "Sweet Girl".
Of course, we are talking about the lady who "likes a beer buzz early in the morning", former school teacher as well as background singer for Michael Jackson, Miss Sheryl Crow. The evening described above is captured on a project called "Sheryl Crow and Friends--An Evening in Central Park" and includes not only star power cameos, but a great retrospective of her hits.
It's interesting to consider how the songs for such a project, or any concert or recording, are chosen. Luckily for Miss Crow, she has amassed an incredible body of work from which to choose, since the days of the "beer buzz" song--her first hit, "All I Wanna Do (is have some fun)". And luckily for us, her considerable singing, writing, and arranging talents have been preserved for us through the magic of recording.
That's a powerfully potent achievement worth aspiring to by us all, a body of musical work that contributes some kind of positive vibration to the world. Miss Crow is one example; through the magic of recording, you could be next...
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