Thurman Love

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. I was seven years old. I sang on the tree stump in my back yard. All the neighbors came over. It was a song I made up. I knew then that people were moved by my music. My folks invited this man named Abel Cortinas over. He became my teacher. What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Abe Partridge, Live In the UK: Agony Is Alright Dan Bern, Smartie Mine Townes Van Zandt, Be Here to Love Me Abe is a songwriter's songwriter. This is a masterful live recording of his prophetic poetry and melody. It is hauntingly beautiful. This soundtrack really captures Townes when I knew and booked him. Smartie Mine shows the earliest evolution of Dan. Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “Walking Beside Them (Live)” An event happened in Texas on Valentines Day 2021. It snowed. Everything shut down. I was hunkered food and family. This song came from new family being in this place that once held a family now gone. It wrote itself. Shinyribs should record it.