{"id":1557,"date":"2017-09-01T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2017-08-29T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:51:01","slug":"song-of-the-week-the-sun-comes-up-a-purple-diamond-by-scott-hirsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1557","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;The Sun Comes Up a Purple Diamond&#8221; by Scott Hirsch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_box\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"hfeed\">\n<div id=\"post-1553\" class=\"post_box top post-1553 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-song-of-the-week\">\n<div class=\"headline_area\">\n<p><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2017-08-25\"><\/abbr>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is &#8220;The Sun Comes Up a Purple Diamond&#8221; by Scott Hirsch:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tlmbjw_WwcQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><abbr>Scott Hirsch is partly responsible for the evolution of the sound of Hiss Golden Messenger; he played bass and also was the recording engineer for that band for a time. I&#8217;m looking forward to hearing him play live at the End of the Road festival this weekend. 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