(SITTING ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY by OTIS REDDING. Story by Bill Arnott.
In the lee of an old wooden dock with barnacled pilings, fishing boats bobbed at anchor.
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD by LOUIS ARMSTRONG. Story by Violet St Clair.
From Strauss to the Stones, I jammed my classroom with music, matching songs and symphonies to subjects, activities, and transitions.
WALKING IN MEMPHIS by MARC COHN. Story by Bill Arnott.
As the sun set, a man took a seat at a truncated keyboard. A 60-key piano that barely fitted in the space, jammed between the door and a window. With minimal fanfare he played for the few of us there.
THESE EYES by THE GUESS WHO. Story by Bill Arnott.
Although mine was a record and dad’s was a tape, there was no mistaking a shift in the axis that staked our two worlds.
COLD AS ICE by FOREIGNER. Story by Katherine Kovacic.
Was it the siren song of an Ice Queen aboard their vessel that caused the sailors to turn off the echo sounder’s low water depth alarm?
DREAMS by SAMMY HAGAR. Story by Bill Arnott.
Together we embraced the galaxial view, climbed higher and higher. Reaffirmed choices, what got us there, advances and setbacks, every moment a soundtrack
A BOAT LIKE GIDEON BROWN by GREAT BIG SEA. Story by Bill Arnott.
Sailing hard for ten hours, we ploughed our way into a lee at the mouth of a river, a sailors’ safe haven for centuries.
Cello. A love story by Bill Arnott.
Four strings and one player. Making things better. Alchemy. Magic, and timeless. The wonder of cello.
WHEREFORE AND WHY by GORDON LIGHTFOOT. Story by Violet St. Clair
You couldn’t escape the voice of Gordon Lightfoot in Toronto during the 1970s. Believe me, I tried.
TMR and the Canada connection
Stereo Stories’ branch in Canada is now officially open, thanks to the enthusiasm of Canadian writer, traveller and musician Bill Arnott.