My “Summer CD” is a tradition I started in the summer of 2000. It was a compilation of great “Summer Songs” – you know, the type you’d listen to on a road trip across America, songs you can sing along to, songs that capture the heat of summer romance and laughter.

I lost my first couple years of Summer CD’s, but still have from 2003 on. They have since been converted to play lists on my IPOD, but I still call them Summer CD’s. I have fans of my CD’s too. Every year a few friends request copies for their cars, and their road trips.

I’ve been working on Summer CD ’07 for a few months now, but have struggled more with this one than any other. I like to have 3 or 4 songs from the year the list is made, but this year there’s been hardly anything that I’ve liked on the radio! (A sure sign I’m getting old). I won’t put songs on with questionable lyrics or ideas expressed. And it seems like all the music that is of “summery tempo” has a violent or irreverent message.

So this is the compilation of this year (and past years too):