I do not have much to add about this song so I stitched some photos and video clips, mostly from Huntington, almost all from Long Island, and all from my own photos. This project has not been nostalgic enough for you, you say? Needs to be more sentimental? Well, here you go!
You can listen to and download the song here.
Billy Beard on drums. Scott Janovitz recorded him.
In order of appearance:
1-2. Shots from the Amtrack train home to Boston.
3. Finley Junior High, L-R: Bruce, Harry, kyle, me, Jeff,
4. Me
5. Some ecreen shot of a comic book
6. Shot from the train
7. Shot from the train
8. My grandparents in Florida
9. Video clip of Huntington Village
10. A dog waiting to dock the ferry from Port Jefferson to Bridgeport
12. My grandfather and uncle, Queens, NY
13. L-R: Chris, Danny, Charlie, Dan, me, John, reunion
14. Map
15. Huntington Harbor from Coindre Hall
16. Vince and John, Bolinas
17. A face from L’Archduque, Brussels
18. View across the bay to Northport
19. Ferguson’s Castle (great link)
20. Huntington Bay
21. My grandparents and their friends, probably the Poconos.
22. Our house 1968-1979
23. A barbershop
24. Our T-ball team
25. My mother and father, circa 1963
26. Reunion: Eddie, Brendan, me, Dan.
27. Finnegan’s
28. Main Street.
29. The beloved and late lamented Hamburger Choo Choo (Photo courtesy of Michael Sullivan via Facebook)
30. Dan, Katy, Centerport
31. Love wallpaper
32. Little league
33. Mom, with child (me). Dad’s Le Sabre
34. Led Zep poster
35. Map
36. Daisy cat
37-40. Fenway
41-43. Dairy Barn
44-45. Shots from train
46. Bug at the shore
47. Map
48. Heckscher Pond
49. Shot from train
50. Huntington Village
51. My grandparents
52. Shot around Heckscher Park
53. Southdown
54. Halesite
55. Flower Hill
56. Our street and house from 1979-1982.
57. My mother and father in Milan
58. Chris
59. Huntington Bay
As always:
More about the overall project here: About: Long Island of the Mind Album section. You can download the file for this song here. Right click/Apple click, “save as.”
Previous songs collected here. Please pass along to others and spread the word. I have no publicist!
All songs ©Bill Janovitz
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