I put this mix of music together in December, 1987 as a Christmas and birthday gift for my best friend, Richard Elias. This was my very first Christmas away from home, and I was feeling very sad at the time. I really missed him. This mix of music is, in a way, a chronological look at our friendship since high school. When he listened to the tape, he told me it hit him like a freight train. I figured it might. Our friendship only got stronger over the years, and damn, I miss him now more than ever. He’ll always be in my heart.
Joan Baez: Brothers in Arms
James Taylor: You’ve Got a Friend
Paul Simon: Kodachrome
Jackie DeShannon: Put A Little Love in Your Heart
Rumel Fuentes: Soy Chicano
Rufus and Chaka Khan: Jive Talkin’
Stevie Wonder: I Wish
Aretha Franklin: Border Song
The Eagles: My Man
The Dusty Chaps: Honky Tonk Music
Linda Ronstadt: Colorado
The Byrds: You’re Still on My Mind
Cat Stevens: Randy
Steve Forbert: Tonight I Feel So Far Away From Home
