WE ALL SHINE ON

Spanish Wings did not have much exposure in the outside world beyond these brief excursions.

I gave it to Jimmy before he left for Athens, but he was more interested in something wordier I had written called Jude.

He demoed Jude, with just a guitar, a whistle, and a well-full of echo-- I still have the C30 tucked away in a battered orange case...

But Spanish Wings, this brief, elegant, wistful, weightless thing, this song that does not exist in your world, is the most important song in my life.

It has elevated me, and carried me over difficult times. It has given me hope, comfort, and inspiration.

It is my introduction and my valediction, and the eternal life in between.

Come fly away...