October When it Comes

I'm going to be starting a new project today or tomorrow. It's an annual project report for one of my clients. I'm waiting for them to send me some background materials (e.g., previous annual and quarterly reports and other stuff). Right now, I don't have anything lined up for October but I figure something will turn up -- it always does. Ah, the life of a freelance consultant.

The title of this blog entry comes from the song September When It Comes by Roseanne Cash. For the past several days I have been engrossed in what seems to be becoming an annual obsession: trying to get hold of a tape or CD of the Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute concert. The concert was orginally broadcast on CMT last year following his death. I'm not a huge country music fan, but I love Johnny Cash and the music performed at this concert was beyond belief. I got some but not all of the program recorded on the TIVO, but then my husband accidentially deleted it (I'm not sure it was really accidental, but what can I say -- it was gone). I spent a lot of time trying to find a copy or at least a CD, but no luck.

Then, last Sunday night the program was on again. Except I didn't know it. I found it because I was channel surfing and there it was. But I caught only the last 40 minutes of the 2-1/2 hour show. I got the 40 minutes on the TIVO, but of course most of the songs and performances that I want aren't there -- Carlene Carter singing Jackson, Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow performing If I Were a Carpenter, and a bunch more. The last 40 minutes has a fabulous duet of Dave Matthews and Emmy Lou Harris on Long Black Veil and then the concert closes with September When it Comes -- a breathtakingly beautiful song which I already had on CD.

So once again I have begun what seems like a fruitless quest for this concert performance. If anyone knows where I can get it, please let me know. Otherwise I'll have to wait until this time next year, when I'll probably miss the broadcast again.