The Last Thing on My Mind

At the start of a rehearsal, we’re usually thinking about getting our fingers limbered up for the night’s picking, but voices need to be warmed up too. When we can, we try to remember to start with a few tunes that will also get our vocal cords in gear. Here Michelle, Randy and Charlie lean into a wonderful half-century-old number by beloved folk song composer Tom Paxton. It’s a beautiful old lament that Tom himself, now at 81, is still singing out there in shows all across America. Here’s The Flood treatment of Paxton’s “The Last Thing on My Mind.”