Many of you have asked me “What’s with all the music, Dr. Weiss?” Well, as I’ve told some of you:
I personally call every surgery patient on the evening of surgery just to make sure they are doing well and have no questions that need answering. Occasionally, I would be at the piano and play a song that we had listened to that day. I gradually realized that I wanted to go through all the music that I had played during my life and at least start making a list of the songs that I had recently played.
Well, there are now about 600 songs on the list and I realized that it in a way it represented the ‘soundtrack of my life’! And that’s how I got the idea to record these songs and share them with my patients, friends and family. After I record them they will reside here, for easy access.
Music is truth. It’s honest. It’s really the first social media, where in a way, people could share their souls directly. And isn’t that what the purpose of social media is and why it’s so popular - trying to share who you really are, as completely and directly as possible?
Finally, it has been (and will continue to be) a genuine pleasure sharing these different songs with you and I really appreciate all of your positive feedback!!
Name - watch/read blog (click to sort) | Composer | Genre | MP3 - listen | Add To Playlist |
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That’s Life | Kay and Gordon | Weiss Sings | ||
Basin Street Blues | Spencer Williams | New Orleans | ||
The Blues is Just A Bad Dream | James Taylor | Blues | ||
Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues | WC Handy, Earl Hines arr. | New Orleans | ||
If Dogs Run Free | Bob Dylan | Blues | ||
Tell Me More and More (and Then Some) | Bille Holiday | Blues | ||
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (lyrics) | Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter | Music | ||
Cars Hiss By My Window | Jim Morrison | Blues | ||
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out | Jimmy Cox | Jazz | ||
Slipping Into Christmas | Leon Russell | Weiss Sings | ||
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Jazz Fest tribute) | Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter | Blues | ||
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out | Jimmy Cox | Blues | ||
America the Beautiful - Memorial Day | Katharine Bates and Samuel Ward | Blues | ||
Nobody Knows You – Dr. Weiss plays at patient party! | Jimmy Cox | Weiss Sings |