{"id":154,"date":"2012-01-15T21:51:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T02:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2012-01-15T21:51:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T02:51:22","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-16-neil-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/01\/15\/my-musical-evolution-part-16-neil-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 16 Scratchy 45 Days Neil Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hot<\/a>Mom had a few favorites like Andy Williams and Perry Como but the singer she liked the most was Neil Diamond. She had a couple of Neil’s albums including this one Hot August Night.<\/em> During The Scratchy 45 Days,<\/em>\u00a0 we stayed away from the albums and just focused on the 45s. We’d get the albums out from time to time mostly at Christmas, since most of them were Christmas albums or when we would do Spotlight Operas<\/em>. I tell you more about them soon.<\/p>\n

Again, this may be the nostalgia talking but there is something cool about Neil Diamond’s voice and musical style. He has so many hits and they all seem to transport me back to The Scratchy 45 Days. <\/em>It always remind me of cruising in the car, it is always summer and it is always a Hot August Night.<\/p>\n

Let’s drop a stack of 7 with Neil Diamond starting with my favorite – Sweet Caroline<\/em>
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