I hadn't seen my daughter Laura for a while until last night, when I mentioned to her about my forthcoming interview on the radio to talk about Harry, and having to choose ONLY THREE tracks to play.
Laura, an excellent artist, had previously helped me with my Muddy Water novel by being photographed for the cover, and in which she illustrated the main characters of the story. When I wrote the book, I included as many Nilsson references as I could get away with.
At my request, she drew the main character as a certain singer-songwriter. It was my private nod to the man.
Last night, when I told her of my dilemma over which tracks I should choose to play on the radio, she surprised me.
I had no idea that she even knew any Nilsson songs, let alone liked any, when she said: "Dad, you have to include 'Sail Away' - it's amazing!"
And of course she's right.
How could I have left that one off my list?
And what about 'Salmon Falls'?
Because of her suggestion, I've been revisiting the two LPs that those songs come from.
They are SO good.
This is SO hard.
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