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Musical Inspirations

Thursday, July 7 2011


Music can be inspirational. Has music ever insipired you to write or create? If so, what music inspires you the most? Any particular songs or artists?


Music inspires me so much that I mention certain songs in my novel.

Here are the songs I mention in my novel.

1. Dream, Dream, Dream- Everly Brothers
2. Carolyn- Merle Haggard
3. It's All In the Movies- Merle Haggard
4. Country Bumpkin- Cal Smith
5. Tall Dark Stranger- Buck Owens
6. Ring of Fire- Johnny Cash
7. Tight Fittin' Jeans- Conway Twitty
8. Rainy Day Woman- Waylon Jennings


Here are other songs that inspired certain lines, scenes, or ideas for chapters.

1. Leather and Lace- Lee Hazlewood and Nina Lizell
2. Dang Me- Roger Miller
3. The Nights- Lee Hazlewood
4. Some Velvet Morning- Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra
5. Skip a Rope- Henson Cargill


Here are songs that inspire me to write everyday and songs that I enjoy. (well, some of them)

1. Sisters of Mercy- Leonard Cohen (where I got the idea for my username)
2. Waiting for a Miracle- Leonard Cohen
3. Winter Lady- Leonard Cohen
4. Bird on a Wire- Leonard Cohen
5. Thousand Kisses Deep- Leonard Cohen
6. If It Be Your Will- Leonard Cohen
7. Man in Black- Johnny Cash
8. Hurt- Johnny Cash
9. Mercy Seat- Johnny Cash
10. I See a Darkness- Johnny Cash
11. Rusty Cage- Johnny Cash
12. Jackson- Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
13. If I Were a Carpenter- Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
14. Help Me Make It Through The Night- Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
15. Rose of Paradise- Waylon Jennings
16. Losing You- June Carter Cash
17. Gatsby's Restaurant- June Carter Cash
18. Freedom to Stay- Waylon Jennings
19. Summer Wine- Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra
20. I Walk the Line- Johnny Cash
21. One- Johnny Cash
22. God's Gonna Cut'em Down- Johnny Cash
23. Paris Summer- Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra
24. Arkansas Coal- Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra
25. Me and Bobby McGee- Kris Kristofferson


It's been great writing about the music that I love. Maybe I'll write more about it sometime.

Sister of Mercy