Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind

Part 14: ... and these children that you spit on

Hey, young and old alike – are we all just trying to change our worlds? Are any of us ever really understood? I have so many questions. Truth is, “you see us as you want to see us.” Thank you, Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s for seeing me ... look out you rock n' rollers.

Whew. I admit, it's not easy keeping it together at these Muscle Shoals Meets concerts, friends. Being exposed to such a high volume of high caliber artists in such a short period of time is a lot but in such a very good way. I’m painfully aware that I am a grown woman but I'm here to tell you, being just a few feet from rock superstar, Dave Anderson, a few weeks back came close to triggering my "woo girl" reflex.

I love so much that Dave gifted me – I mean, us – with David Bowie's "Changes." Truthfully, I was so enamored by Dave that I almost forgot y'all were even there, Shoals friends. This North Alabama native guitar slinger won my heart way back when I was just a kitten. Not only did Dave have me a little starstruck, I felt twenty something again. The wizard was absolutely in the historic Shoals Theatre house and it was so completely perfect how he zapped me full of youthful energy. Ahhh, ch-ch-changes.

Yeah, "Changes" is a mirror and Dave was my reflection that night. In that beautiful moment, the Fiddleworms, Shoals Sisters, Shoals Strings, and Polyester Horns were collectively the ones holding the mirror, too. Their individual talents were shining bright like stars just for me but they came together as a magnificent constellation, too. Oh my goodness, Clint Bailey was divine on those keys and his role was crucial to this overall stellar performance.

Dave! I get it now – we're all a sum of our parts. We grow older but we are still that young person we were once upon a time. Who we are right now is because of everything we’ve already been. We change but we are still the same. Duh.

Thank you to David Bowie for writing such a simply profound song about the somewhat complicated feelings brought on by aging. So, wait, is "Changes" a defiant anti-aging proclamation or is it celebratory champion of aging? Is this an anthem for youth or is it an anthem for the old? The world may never know.

Thank you, Dave, Fiddleworms and friends for reminding me time is a thief but growing up doesn't have to mean losing heart.

Stay tuned ... more to come.

Dig Worms

Photo credit: Devona Hawkins