1.   An old song comes on the radio and you flash back to the park.

2.   And then the next song comes on, and it was brutal.

3.   And, unlike listening to music in clubs, mix CDs let you know which musician each song comes from.

4.   As Mickey Ward defended the woman who took his dream away, another blues song came to mind.

5.   But he remained true to the singer-songwriter dictum that the song comes before the singer and never imposed his style on the material.

6.   But not every song came as easily.

7.   But the song came to me as I walked along the Champs-Elysees.

8.   Conceivably those songs could come back in vogue.

9.   Do you remember that Mike used to be a gifted singer and composer, and that his songs often came delivered in elegant packages of melody and musicianship?

10.   Each song comes with an introduction that tells when it was written, for what show or singer, and whether there are any recordings worth noting.