Artist: Della Reese
LP: I Like It Like Dat!
Today I went with some friends to a farm up near Snohomish that has a huge corn maze shaped like the state of Washington. You had to enter the maze over by Spokane, and then all the pathways through the corn are labeled as the roads, highways, and freeways of Washington. You can travel all around the state on foot to visit its various landmarks—like the Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia, the Tacoma Narrow's Bridge, Mount St. Helen's, the Grand Coulee Dam, the Space Needle—and even learn a bit of historical trivia about each of them by reading a little placard placed nearby. It was pretty amazing, though a little bit corny too.
I found a copy of this terrific 1965 Della Reese LP at the big double-level antique store in downtown Snohomish after we got some coffee and pie, just before we headed to the farm. Turns out there's nothing quite as nice as Della Reese singing you the blues on a late-October evening while you're sipping a cup of tea.
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