Saturday Song

Singer Emmylou Harris turns a young 64 today, so we're featuring "Boulder to Birmingham" from her 1975 album, "Pieces of the Sky." The song reflected her feelings over the death of her boyfriend, rock artist Gram Parsons.

"I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham/I would hold my life in his saving grace/I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham/If I thought I could see, I could see your face."

Harris spent her teen years in Northern Virginia, and performed at such bluegrass venues as the Birchmere and the long-gone Red Fox Inn in Bethesda, before her rise to stardom.

Saturday Song

We've picked one of the last songs that the Beatles performed together live for our Saturday song. Enjoy a ride home.

Saturday Song

1960s rock band Jefferson Airplane was known for it's avant-guard, psychedelic tunes. But many of their early efforts were lovely ballads, like this long, wistful one from their Surrealistic Pillow album in 1967.

Saturday Song

Buffalo Springfield's great hit from the '60s is still relevant today. Imagine.

Saturday Song

From 1988, the hit song from Tracy Chapman about life's struggles, despair, and hope for a better future.

Saturday Song

We'll go back a way in time for this song by Bobby Darin from 1959. It was the golden age of solo singers (Sinatra, Bennett, and all of the teen idols), and Darin was among the best.

Saturday Song

It's the beginning of a beautiful weekend on the east coast, after much tropical rain. "Fields of Gold" by Sting was playing on the radio yesterday, and it stuck with me.

Saturday Song

"You can't find nothin' at all if there was nothin' there all along," according to Death Cab for Cutie's 2006 hit "Crooked Teeth." OK, we'll buy that. Enjoy your Saturday.

Saturday Song

Peter Townshend, of The Who, had this catchy, solo hit in 1980. Enjoy.

Saturday Song

Saturday Song

Not as much airplay as "For What It's Worth," but a classic nonetheless.

Saturday Song

Rain is coming to this area for the next several days, so we'll get wet with The Beatles.

Saturday Song

It's a good day with sunshine here.

Our Dad would have been 96 today, too. Always loved and remembered.

Saturday Song

". . .will time make man more wise?" Jeff Beck's guitar riff is classic.