Article about MJ donating his gold record:

https://mjblue.com/bgold.html

Photo added to the More Photos page.

Earl Pionke (Earl of Old Town), Steve Goodman's mother, Minnette, and MJ
Taken by and sent to me by Marina Jason. 2006.

https://youtu.be/UX2XYpfFkwg
Michael Johnson with Mark Henley - Charlotte's Web, Rockford IL
September 1, 1977, 2nd Set only
Courtesy of Michael Johnson
Songs: The Number and the Name (Steve Gillette), Got You Covered (Biff Rose, Michael Johnson), Weeping Annaleah (Mickey Newberry), One Note Samba (Antonio Carlos Jobim), Circle of Fifths (Raun MacKinnon), Damn It All (Movin' in the Same Circles) (Ron Galbraith), Good to Be With You (Eric Andersen), If Wishes Were Horses (Mike Settle), Pet Store Bird (Mac McAnally), Froggin' (Mark Henley, Michael Johnson), Sermonette (Jon Hendricks), Two In Love (Mark Henley), Lavender Lady (Ted Sherman), The Sunset Years (Mark Henley), Troubled For You (Ted Sherman), Wilson Girl (Michael Johnson, Mark Henley, Ted Sherman), Do It (Jesse Winchester), What's Time to a Hog (Dean Webb, Mitchell F. Jayne)

“Do It” is a personal favorite. An impromptu request, he forgot one line. Official lyrics:
If the wheel is fixed
I would still take a chance
If we're treading on thin ice
Then we might as well dance
So I play the fool
But I can't sit still
Help me get this rock
To the top of this hill
Do it
'Til we're sick of it
Do it 'till you can't do it no more
Friends will pity you
I guess that's what they're for
But they just take you like they find you
When they find you on the floor
But you do it
Til you’re sick of it
Do it til you can't do it no more

MJ and I shared a personal memory after he gave me this tape and we listened to “Do It” as we had a floor incident in our not so recent past. 

Thanks to John Marlowe for de-hissing the concert. 

Music City Tonight 1993
Upon a Christmas Eve, Medley: This Night Won't Last Forever, Crying Shame, The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder, Bluer Than Blue, That's That, Give Me Wings
https://youtu.be/TyWVTbb3XNo

"As Long As We've Got Each Other"
Soundtrack from Cease Fire
1985
https://youtu.be/fSUhkrjxjVk

"Damn It All (Movie' in the Same Circles)"
In Concert 1977
https://youtu.be/C9NnRNzGI0I

Here’s a bit of unsettling news. It seems Hugh Prestwood, who wrote a lot of Michael’s great songs, has run into serious financial hardship this year. Due in part to how royalties are now paid to songwriters, his income has drastically been cut.

It seems incomprehensible that such a successful songwriter like Hugh would have to start a GoFundMe page to pay expenses.
 
Quite the injustice for someone who has written many, many hit songs for artists who, like Michael, give people solace, escape, and happiness, holding up a mirror showing us who we are or wish to be.

I drive by Michael's old home every time I go to Tonkadale greenhouse. Two weeks ago, I thought I just missed it. Last Thursday, I looked and looked. I think it's been torn down. Many memories.

New photos on the Family, Show Biz and Denver, Boise & Johnson pages.

Listing of Minnesota Music Awards - Misc page.

Added to Remembrances page. Song links included to two songs.

Road To Freedom

Light a Candle

https://youtu.be/JQcrOoNX1rY

Interview with the the songwriter, Mike Williams, by Crow Johnson - Michael's former sister-in-law and writer of In Your Eyes, Gypsy in the Photograph, The Glory, and others.

https://mjblue.com/bmwilliams.html

Award winning song writer/performer, Crow Johnson Evans has turned her efforts of the last decade to weaving stories and spinning yarns. Educated in Zoology, she remains intrigued by nature and its interplay with human life and dreams. …  Sister-in-law to Michael Johnson... she wrote five of the songs he recorded.