Day 182: July 1: Perfect Love
"Dreaming as the years roll by"
Marc Cohn wrote this song about his brother in an idealistic period in American history. I saw Marc Cohn in concert not long after this album was released - and right after Walking in Memphis made him a star. He said from the stage that James Taylor left a message on his answering machine saying he liked the album and would love to work with him on it. Marc refused to erase the message and would play it back over and over.
I met Mark after the show (which was at a Holiday Inn in Beaumont, Texas). I asked for his autograph and asked him to write "To Chip, my best friend whose house I always eat dinner at when I'm in town." He wrote, "To Chip, not my best friend, but not bad."
James sings back up on this beautiful track from Marc's amazing eponymous album.
Several years later (and after a carjacking scare where Marc was shot in the head yet still survived), Marc released the beautiful tribute to The Band's drummer Levon Helm. I think it's the best thing he's done since Walking in Memphis.
I saw a version of him singing this post Levon's death where he adds some to the refrain about Levon being in a better place and remembering the smile on Levon's face. Beautiful.
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