The music we grew up with...

and the musicians who have since passed on.

I just found out this morning that Jim Seals of Seals & Crofts died on Monday. "Diamond Girl" was my favorite song by them. When I hear that song, it reminds me of a road trip our family took from Wisconsin to New Mexico in the summer of 1973. The song had just come out in May of that year. "Summer Breeze" was also a favorite. I got the "Collection" cas…