Chris Whitley

Happy belated heavenly birthday to Chris Whitley (8/31/60). This set courtesy of listener William in Dallas!

This is for listener Casimira, who shares, "Can you play big sky country by Chris Whitley? my mom died of cancer when i was 17 and this was her favorite song. i sang it at her funeral in lieu of a eulogy. "if you happen to have any songs by a band called men and volts, she used to sing in that band with my dad. if you have a song called speedboats wake i have a good story for that too. "she had three different kinds of cancer. first colon, then lung, then brain. i went to visit her in the hospital before she feel into her last coma and she didn't even recognize me. "but i played speedboats wake for her on a tape and asked her if she knew the song, and i heard her say her only words that day: 'in my sleep.'"

A Marji Makers Blue Plate Special set