Thanks for the Chris Smither tip, Jeri.

I love Chris Smither's music. There are artists whose work I enjoy. There are artists I am amused by. And there are artists that I admire so much that I own everything they've ever recorded.

With Chris Smither it's different for me. I go through long stretches when he's all I put on the player. He's got what we used to call "soul". And he's got a singular way with a song. He can move me from laughter to tears more often and more profoundly than anyone I can think of.