Fable

“Blue Sky” from Eat A Peach by the Allman Brothers always stops me in my tracks. I drop whatever I’m doing however deep the flow and listen.

The song repeats one verse/chorus twice. The lyrics are worthy of a Halmark card, or heavy rotation from the Twitter affirmation/quotes groupies.

The song expresses such aching joy in the music. The guitar play gives me goosebumps. The song is 5 minutes long, the singing is 30 seconds. That is a lot of goosebumps. If this music was in church, I’d go daily.

The music redeems the lyrics. To me, the song would be diminished without their sentiment, such is the power of the feelings aroused by the guitars, such is the power of redemption.