It's rare, but occasionally, @mrsbozz and I get a lazy Saturday morning. There's just something really nice about sleeping a little longer in the morning and taking things a little slower than the weekday pace we are used to.
During the Summer it is pretty rare that we get days like this unless we are camping. We are usually off watching softball or doing something else early on Saturday morning. In the Winter though, unless we are traveling to watch our nieces and nephews play basketball, we actually get to relax a little bit.
I really can't imagine what it would be like if we had kids and we needed to be to this game or that game, this practice or that practice early every Saturday morning. If anything, it would probably make me appreciate Sunday's a little more.
Typically through the week, I don't take a lot of time for breakfast. We get up at 4:30 AM or so, work out, get ready for work and then fly out the door for our half hour commute to work. As I said though, Saturday's when we don't have something going on are a bit different.
It's not uncommon for us to sleep in as long as our bodies allow us to. Which is usually about 7:30 AM. Then we get up and we cook a bit bigger breakfast. Eggs, toast, hash browns, and breakfast meat. It's usually some combination of that. For example, if we have hash browns, we don't usually have toast.
After breakfast, we typically take a little time to clean up the house. If we don't get to it on Saturday, we do it on Sunday, but at the very least we start one of our blankets in the laundry (usually @mrsbozz's so she can take a nap later in the day).
Eventually, we usually turn the TV on to see if there is anything good on CBS Saturday Morning. I've always been a fan of Jeff Glor, from when he was on the evening news, so when he made the move to Saturday morning we made it a point to watch more. Additionally, we enjoy the stories that Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller often bring. One of my favorite segments though is "Saturday Sessions" where they give some airtime to up and coming artists or artists who have been around for a while, but are having a big of a breakthrough or renaissance.
It should be no shock to you then, that the Saturday Sessions is the inspiration for this weeks #threetunetuesday post sponsored by @albaze.
If you are a fan of Ray Lamontagne, you are probably going to really like Jeremie Albino (pronounced al-bean-o). He is a Canadian singer from Toronto Ontario. I've actually seen a fair number of acts come from the Toronto area like Walk Off The Earth, so it must be a bigger hub for music and artists than I previously realized.
It's pretty clear right away that he draws inspiration from those artists who live in that old school sound kind of vibe. Like Ray who I mentioned above, Marc Broussard, Nathaniel Rateliff, and others. It's a sound that I really enjoy, it has a nice soul to it and there is also something gritty that kind of gets you deep inside.
"Rolling Down the 405" is a perfect example of what to expect from him. If you don't like this kind of music, I feel sorry for you :), but if you do like it, I encourage you to dig a little deeper into Albino.
According to Wikipedia, Jeremie has some Filipino heritage as well as some native Canadian with his mother hailing from Quebec. He released his debut album in 2019, and has two or three more albums since there, so there is a good deal of content available to listen to if you are interested.
"Shipwreck" is another song of his that I really enjoy. As you can tell from the video above, he has quite a local following with people knowing the words to many of his songs. I think one of the things I like so much about Jeremie is the fact that he is obviously quite young, but his songs have a history and depth to them that makes them feel like he (or they) are much older. I can see some parallels between him and Bob Dylan in some respects.
Finally, I am going to leave you with "I Don't Mind Waiting". This song is a little slower than the previous song "Shipwreck", but like that song, it still has a depth to it that I find really appealing. I think one of the things I also like about this song is the mild distortion that they add to the production.
It kind of give it the feel that it is being played through an old phonograph or something like that even though it clearly in digital format. This is a technique that many of the artists I mentioned above seem to use. I know I said it before, but I really love the fact that these younger artists are embracing that old soul sound. There is just something really warm about it.
This was an unexpected surprise for me this past Saturday morning and though the temperatures have been cold here in Michigan lately, this really warmed me up.
I hope it does the same for you!
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