Friday Featured Track
The song that has been on my brain the most this week:
- “Epistle to Derroll,” by Donovan, from the 1967 double album “A Gift from a Flower to a Garden” and the single album “For Little Ones.”
My apologies for the lateness of posting this week’s featured track. I’ve spent much of the day at the hospital providing moral support for my sister, who is hard at work bringing my nephew into the world.
In honor of this momentous occasion, I dedicate this week’s FFT to her. My parents owned ”For Little Ones” when we were girls, and our dad often talks about playing the singer/songwriter/guitarist’s creative collection of acoustic children’s music for us.
Shortly after my younger son, Gabe, 20 months, was born, I bought “A Gift from a Flower to a Garden,” the two-disc set that includes the albums “For Little Ones” and “Wear Your Love Like Heaven”
“Epistle to Derroll,” the final song on “For Little Ones,” tells the lovely, fantastical tale of a man who asks a group of starfish to bring him news of a long-distance friend, the banjo man with the tattoo on his hand.
The song always helped lull Gabe to sleep, making it a favorite for his worn-out parents.
-BAM
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