Rediscovery

Have you ever looked into an old CD rack, tape case or record collection and dusted off an old album you haven't listened to in years? I love doing that. I pulled out Grammatrain's debut album this evening and put it on my iPod. Isn't remarkable how we can not hear a song for a long period of time yet still remember every lyric? Listening to it also brought back memories from that period in my life.

I remembered playing guitar with Uncle Loren, Mike and Mike and our short-lived Forerunner project. I remembered going to youth rallies and trips in the Glory Van with the old youth group gang, most specifically Derek and Casey. I remembered seeing Grammatrain open for Third Day in a hot, stinky armory in Clarksburg, W.Va. I remembered see the band members put on Carmen masks (remember how popular and how schmaltzy Carmen was in the mid to late 90's?).

All these memories come rushing back just because of an old dusty CD. Music is great, isn't it?