b'This is wheresnow daysare celebrated.THIISSIISSTHHHOOMMEECity to SuburbsBuyingSelling RelocationsFirst Time Buyers Susan Blodgett, ABRBroker / Sales Associate973-214-4636Susan.Blodgett@cbmoves.comGinny SpiegelSales Associate973-219-8865Virginia.Spiegel@cbmoves.com145 Maplewood Avenue Maplewood, NJ @WeKnowNJRealEstate973-378-8300SERVICEKNOWLEDGEEXPERTISEAyers and his publishing team employed Studio Muti, a design firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, to create illustrations that matched each of the interviews.licists and managers who were able toI Just Sit introduced us to her fierce connecthimupwithbelovedmusi- guitar skills and indelible songwriting. cians. And Ayers was amazed at whatBut then its like, Why didnt you pick they had to say. somethingreallyhappy?LikeGirls The way [these musicians] can ar- Just Want to Have FunCyndi Lauper ticulate so well is just really differentor something, Barnett adds. Its like fromtherestofus,becausetheyreyou need a mixtape. Not just one. She working at such a high level, he says.later goes on to remark that, I think When youre performing at Madisonmy last song choices have a lot to do Square Garden, you have put in thewith that nostalgia bone in our body.work and you get to a level where youOther musicians in the book chose can understand songwriting and songto tie the song choice back to a deep crafting in ways that a lot of us justpersonal connection or narrative, says dont. Theyre able to articulate why aAyers. However, that narrative reveals Lou Reed song or The Byrds Turn!itself in different ways.Turn! Turn! are such powerful songsThe Rosanne Cash entry was just that you would want to hear as yourereally beautiful and it was so different, going out. he says. It wasnt something from her This is a hard one. Its a big deci- teens and twenties; it was a song that sion. I think my natural inclination isher son wrote [Gold and Glass by Ja-a really sad, warm kind of song. Likekob Leventhal]. I just loved when she Lou Reeds Perfect Day, says Court- says this connects me to my past, pres-ney Barnett, an Australian rock musi- ent, and future. Thats incredible and cian whose 2016 debut album Some- it makes perfect sense, too. She didnt times I Sit and Think, and Sometimespick one of her fathers songs [Johnny feature story /13'