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December 17, 2007
CD 1 - Michael's Mix
An explanation for anyone who comes across this entry or the one that precedes it who isn't one of the Wal-Nutz, each year we do a holiday gift for Michael Waltrip. Last year I had everyone send good luck charms, poems or gifts that I boxed up to send to Michael, this year I decided that with how much Michael loves music, that he'd enjoy something music related. So I asked everyone to send me titles of songs that make them thing of Michael. I took those songs along with some of the songs that he played on his XM show this year and burned them onto two CDs, which were given to Michael today. From the sounds of it Michael liked getting the CDs which makes me happy!
Special thanks to Cathy for delivering the gift and for the cover sheet and CD covers and to Jess for her design work on the CD jewel box covers. Big thanks also to all the Wal-Nutz who contributed a song suggestion or a card for Michael.
Disc One
1. Runnin’ Down a Dream – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Jess Zeller/RockOnMW) – Jess said, “I’ve always thought of this song as being related to NASCAR, and now even more that you’re running down a dream of being a team owner. There’s something good waiting down this road, I’m picking up whatever is mine, and what’s waiting for you, and what you pick up, is success!”
2. Beautiful Day – U2 (Deborah Lom/silverdsl) – It’s always a beautiful day when you’re racing!
3. Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms (Laura Ritt/boogityx3) – Laura choose this song because “it makes me drive fast when I hear it!”
4. I Want You To Want Me – Cheap Trick (Jess Zeller/RockOnMW) – This song reminds Jess of one of your wins – “To this day I can’t listen to this song without thinking about your Talladega win in 2003. I’ve never heard a driver serenade to a teammate before, and that as well as the pop out of the roof hatch, made that one victory I’ll never forget.”
5. I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair – George Jones – A song you played on the XM show – you definitely don’t need that rocking chair yet. You’ve still got lots of racing – and winning – left to do!
6. Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go) – Dierks Bentley (Cathy Catlett/Cathy) – Cathy is reminded of you when she hears this song because “Even though Michael had a tough go of it this year, the free and easy attitude expressed in this song reminds me of Michael’s fun loving and easy-going disposition! The outlook that he seems to have of life is expressed in this song, so I can’t help but think of him when I hear it!”
7. Good Directions – Billy Currington (Darla Patterson/mikeytoyo55 and Jeannie Rush/zebmonkey)
8. Me and God – Josh Turner (Darla Patterson/mikeytoyo55)
9. The Rising – Bruce Springsteen (Laura Ritt/boogityx3) – Laura said, “Next year people better look out for the rising of MWR!!”
10. I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher (Cathy Catlett/Cathy) – Cathy choose this song because “The reason this song makes me think of Michael is because of the time I was standing in the XM show recording studio with him and Tony as they were recording their show and my cell phone went off unexpectedly. My ringtone is I Got You Babe… It always makes me think of him and that funny moment!”
11. My Way – Elvis Presley (Doylene Stafford/doylene1) – Doylene suggested this song because “Michael has built a future empire by doing it his way.”
12. Wild Thing – The Troggs (Wanda Flatt/mikeyforme) – Wanda thinks of you when she hears this song because “It’s so like Mikey!”
13. We Will Rock You – Queen (Jess Zeller/RockOnMW) – Jess choose this song because “I will always think of you rocking at the restrictor plate tracks so this song fits into that. You’re one of the kings of drafting at Daytona and Talladega, and those races are the highlights of my season!”
14. Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
15. Top of the World – Van Halen (Sherry Payne/slpayne) – Sherry says she heard this song on the radio, liked it and thought of you because the top of the world is “where Michael and his teams are going to be next year!”
16. I Believe – Joe Satriani (Deborah Lom/silverdsl) – Joe Satriani is a talented musican that few have heard of. Most of his songs are instrumental, but not this one. The song goes “I believe in my dream” which reminds me of you because you believed in your dream of growing MWR and fielding multiple Cup teams so strongly that you made it a reality.
17. Changes – Tesla (Deborah Lom/silverdsl) – “Changes, time's makin' changes in my life, Rearrangin', can't seem to stop the hands of time” When I hear this song I think of you, and all the changes that you’ve surely seen in NASCAR – and in your life – since you first started racing. Often fans want things to always be the same in the sport or with their favorite drivers, but of course that isn’t possible.
18. Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith
Posted by silverdsl at December 17, 2007 07:49 PM