As a gift to family, friends, and the world that’s getting to know Keith more, I thought I’d shared a music playlist (which were often handwritten lists—not always an official “playlist” on a player of some type, but on CDs or vinyl pre-stacked and organized) that he put together for one of his infamous weekends with his college friend, Ross, in 2018. Those two made a weekend of hiking around whichever town they were in, going to bookstores & shops, having lunch, going to parks, riding the transit train, etc. In earlier years “hiking” was the right word, but in later years Keith’s body resisted and he slowed physically, but he didn’t let that stop them from their weekends of returning to their college years temporarily. Eventually they’d come back to the house where I’d round up the pets (when we had some) and move to the opposite end of the house from where Keith & Ross would start their evening of socializing, drinking, listening to loud music, and having what were some very mixed subject conversations (some deep, a lot less deep).

This particular playlist is a group of songs that when it was Keith’s turn to play a couple of songs in a row, he’d pick from. This is not the order they were played. He always snuck a few songs into the night that he knew I liked because he knew I could hear what they were playing and I would know when one of those songs came on it was for me. Bless him. It might not have fully made up for putting me through another Ross weekend, but it definitely helped remind me that even when he was in obnoxious college Keith mode that he loved me. It was endearing.

Try and guess a few of the songs on this list that were for me and drop them in a comment below.

• Billy Joel\The Stranger\04 Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
• Billy Joel\Turnstiles\04 New York State Of Mind
• Billy Joel\Turnstiles\08 Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
• Bing Crosby\Don’t Fence Me In
• Bruce Springsteen\Magic\05 Gypsy Biker
• Bruce Springsteen\The Rising\09 Further On (Up The Road)
• Bruce Springsteen\The Rising\13 The Rising
• Bruce Springsteen\The Wild, The Innocent; The E Street Shuffle\06 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
• Bruce Springsteen\Tracks [Disc 1]\05 Bishop Danced [Live]
• Bruce Springsteen\Tracks [Disc 1]\10 Thundercrack
• Del McCoury_ Steve Earle\The Mountain\01 Texas Eagle
• Django Reinhart – Chocolat Soundtrack – Minor Swing
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\02 Careless Love
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\04 Milneburg Joys
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\05 I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\06 Basin Street Blues
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\07 Didn’t He Ramble
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\08 Do You Call That a Buddy-
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\10 Goodnight Irene
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\12 Since I Fell for You
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\16 Blue Monday
• Dr. John\Goin’ Back to New Orleans\18 Goin’ Back to New Orleans
• Dwight Yoakam\Honky Tonk Man
• Dwight Yoakam\Just Lookin’ For A Hit\01 Long White Cadillac
• Dwight Yoakam\Just Lookin’ For A Hit\05 Little Sister
• Dwight Yoakam\Just Lookin’ For A Hit\06 I Sang Dixie
• Dwight Yoakam\Just Lookin’ For A Hit\07 Guitars, Cadillacs
• Dwight Yoakam\Just Lookin’ for a Hit\10 Streets of Bakersfield
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock; Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\01 Wooly Bully
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock; Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\02 Louie Louie
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\03 Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love)
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\04 Nobody But Me
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\06 Gimme Some Lovin’
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\08 Keep On Dancing
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\10 Wipe Out
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\12 Wild Thing
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\13 Money (That’s What I Want)
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\14 Do You Love Me-
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\17 Reelin’ & Rockin’
• Frat Rock! The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Party Tunes Of All Time\18 Shout
• Jimmy Cliff\You Can Get It If You Really Want
• Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash\Jackson
• Johnny Cash\American Recordings\01 Delia’s Gone
• Johnny Cash\American Recordings\02 Let The Train Blow The Whistle
• Johnny Cash\At Folsom Prison – At San Quentin\04 Cocaine Blues
• Johnny Cash\At Folsom Prison – At San Quentin\06 Orange Blossom Special
• Johnny Cash\At Folsom Prison – At San Quentin\17 Wanted Man
• Louis Armstrong\The Best of Louis Armstrong- The Best of the Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings\08 Potato Head Blues
• Louis Armstrong\The Best of Louis Armstrong- The Best of the Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings\17 St. James Infirmary
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Gimme Back My Bullets
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Skynyrd’s Innyrds\01 Sweet Home Alabama
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Skynyrd’s Innyrds\04 Gimme Three Steps
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Skynyrd’s Innyrds\06 Free Bird
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Skynyrd’s Innyrds\08 Saturday Night Special
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Skynyrd’s Innyrds\10 What’s Your Name
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Skynyrd’s Innyrds\11 That Smell
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Skynyrd’s Innyrds\12 Don’t Ask Me No Questions
• Lynyrd Skynyrd\Skynyrd’s Innyrds\13 Call Me The Breeze
• Mudcrutch\Mudcrutch\01 Shady Grove
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\03 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\05 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\06 I Cried Last Night
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\09 Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\13 Straight to Hell
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\18 I Got Your Ice Cold NuGrape
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\21 Blank Generation
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\22 Tennessee Waltz
• Oxford American 2006 Sampler\23 Nothin’
• Steve Earle\El Corazón\01 Christmas in Washington
• Steve Earle\El Corazón\02 Taneytown
• Steve Earle\El Corazón\05 Telephone Road
• Steve Earle\El Corazón\12 Ft. Worth Blues
• Steve Earle\I Feel Alright\10 Billy And Bonnie
• Steve Earle\I Feel Alright\11 South Nashville Blues
• The Allman Brothers Band\A Decade of Hits 1969-1979\02 Ramblin’ Man
• The Allman Brothers Band\A Decade of Hits 1969-1979\03 Midnight Rider
• The Allman Brothers Band\A Decade of Hits 1969-1979\13 One Way Out
• The Allman Brothers Band\A Decade of Hits 1969-1979\16 Whipping Post
• The Band\The Last Waltz [Disc 1]\09 Such A Night
• The Band\The Last Waltz [Disc 1]\10 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
• The Band\The Last Waltz [Disc 1]\11 Mystery Train
• The Band\The Last Waltz [Disc 1]\13 Further On Up Road
• The Beatles\The Blackbird
• The BoDeans\Home\01 When the Love Is Good (I Mean Good)
• The BoDeans\Home\02 Beautiful Rain
• The BoDeans\Home\03 Fire in the Hole
• The BoDeans\Home\04 Good Work
• The BoDeans\Home\05 No One
• The BoDeans\Home\06 You Don’t Get Much
• The BoDeans\Home\07 Hand in Hand
• The BoDeans\Home\08 Worlds Away
• The BoDeans\Home\09 Far Far Away from My Heart
• The BoDeans\Home\10 Brand New
• The BoDeans\Home\11 Red River
• The BoDeans\Home\12 Beaujolais
• The BoDeans\Home\13 Sylvia
• The BoDeans\Home\14 I’ll Be There (Voodoo)
• The BoDeans\Home\15 Tied Down and Chained
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\02 Draw Your Brakes
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\03 Rivers Of Babylon
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\04 Many Rivers To Cross
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\05 Sweet And Dandy
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\06 The Harder They Come
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\07 Johnny Too Bad
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\08 007 (Shanty Town)
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\09 Pressure Drop
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\10 Sitting In Limbo
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\11 You Can Get It If You Really Want
• The Harder They Come- Original Soundtrack Recording\12 The Harder They Come
• The Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 6\11 El Paso [Unreleased Mix]
• The Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 6\16 God Moves On The Water
• The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999\02 Oxford Town
• The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999\05 Shake Your Hips
• The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999\08 Breakfast In Bed
• The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999\09 Turn On Your Love Light
• The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999\10 Chief Sitting In The Rain
• The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999\12 Ain’t Leavin’ Your Love
• The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999\17 The Sins Of Memphisto
• Warren Zevon\Excitable Boy\01 Johnny Strikes Up The Band
• Warren Zevon\Excitable Boy\02 Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
• Warren Zevon\Excitable Boy\03 Excitable Boy
• Warren Zevon\Excitable Boy\04 Werewolves Of London
• Warren Zevon\Excitable Boy\06 Nighttime In The Switching Yard
• Warren Zevon\Excitable Boy\09 Lawyers, Guns And Money
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\01 Ballad of Spider John
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\03 Geraldine and the Honeybee
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\04 Wishbone
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\05 Satin Sheets
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\06 Goodbye Old Missoula
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\07 Painted Lady
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\08 Watermelon Man
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\09 Boy from Oklahoma
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\10 Angel Eyes
• Willis Alan Ramsey\Willis Alan Ramsey\11 Northeast Texas Women