Girls, You Have GOT To Hear This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                 As a Baby Boomer, dolls, I know more than most, that Bob Dylan wrote, "The Times, They Are A' Changin'."  These days, I feel it would be more like "The Times They Do A' Scare Me."

                                  Well, let me offer up some hope.  And also a testament to enduring artistry.

                                   Barbara Cook has not been with us for over a year, having died, on August 8, 2017.  "The Grass Harp," which had a short run, back in 1971, at the Martin Beck Theatre, was her last "book show" on Broadway.  From photos, then, it appeared she was adding on the weight which would plague her the rest of her days.  And after this show that she seemingly vanished, re-emerging, and reinventing her career, at that now historic Carnegie Hall concert, in 1975, which has been preserved on recorded form.

                                      As has "The Grass Harp."

                                      The other day, I was thinking of a song she sings in the show, called "Chain Of Love."  It should have been one of her signature numbers.  Barbara's voice is gorgeous to be sure, but the song is a moving tribute to positive thinking, and appreciating the beauty around you.  In the song, spinster Dolly Talbo (Cook's character) muses that even if she has never been in love, conventionally, with all the beautiful things surrounding her in this world, then she has always been in love the whole time.

                                        The beauty of this sentiment is matched by Cook's voice.

                                         And the song offers a hopeful message for these troubled times!

                                         Get out the hankies, girls!  Enjoy, and reflect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!