April, 1969 - 50 Years of Music

April, 1969 (Source: Wikipedia 1969 in Music)

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Taste	Taste	-
7	Nazz Nazz	Nazz	-
	Songs from a Room	Leonard Cohen	-
8	Three Week Hero	P.J. Proby	-
9	Nashville Skyline	Bob Dylan	-
15	Green Is Blues	Al Green	-
21	Uncle Meat	The Mothers of Invention	Soundtrack
23	With a Little Help from My Friends	Joe Cocker	-
25	On the Threshold of a Dream	The Moody Blues	-
26	It's Our Thing	The Isley Brothers	-
28	The Chicago Transit Authority	Chicago	-
30	M.P.G.	Marvin Gaye	-
-	Blue Matter	Savoy Brown	-
	Hair	Various Artists	London cast
	Our Mother the Mountain	Townes Van Zandt	-
	Ramblin' Gamblin' Man	The Bob Seger System	-

My deep dive back to 1969 in music this year has been fun in the appreciation for all the songs I dismissed the first time around as a young and stupid 14 year old. Nashville Skyline is a perfect example. I liked Bob Dylan, but what was he doing changing his voice and making a Country album? Several years later, I did take notice when Lay Lady Lay came on the radio one day and my mom said, "I hate that song" and I said to myself, "Hey maybe Bobby's got something here."

In the 50 years since, I've expanded my thinking a bit as well as my taste for different genres of music. If this Monday finds you wanting a little retrospection, this music will take you there.