"Dink's Song"

 You know when you’re driving in your car and surfing the stations on your radio, each one offering something bright and different. That always reminds me of a Flood rehearsal, as the band drifts from some old ’50s rock tune to a blues to a Dylan song to maybe…. well, listen here as Randy Hamilton reinvents this century-long tune, turning it into something as fresh and sweet as a summer breeze.

"Take Me Home, Country Roads"

 There are few sure things nowadays, but one thing we can guarantee is that somewhere in the Mountain State this song is being sung, whistled, hummed or at least thought of about every 15 minutes today.  Happy West Virginia Day, y’all!

"Backwater Blues"

 We just barely had a quorum on this particular evening — Sam and Jack were still on vacation — but Danny, Randy and Charlie held down the fort and, as we say around here, whenever three or more gather in its name, it’s The Flood.

"Deep Ellum Blues"

 It’s kinda hard to get a quorum in the band room when summer travel season rolls around. In fact, it’s been three weeks now since all five of us have been together. Here, from that session, was our bon voyage to each other.

"Green Rocky Road"

 The Flood has gone fully folkie on this one. Jack has switched from his snare and brushes to his fiddle and Charlie’s on the five-string. We’re paying tribute to Dave Van Ronk’s signature tune, which itself was built round a children’s play party song that known throughout the South for more than a century.

"All of Me"

 Nothing gets us all the the same page faster than a good old jazz standard from the 1930s.

"Moscow Night"

 Here’s our take on an artifact from the Cold War, a Russian melody that we learned when it made its debut on American radios in the 1960s.