Personal note from Laura: "Walkin' in the
Sun" is one of my favorite Jeff Barry songs. He released it as a single in 1973, but I didn't hear it for the first
time until recently. It absolutely blew me away! Not only does it have a cool melody with a slight country feel
and a groovy guitar lick, the message contained within its lyrics is profoundly inspiring to me - the realization that the
bad times don't last forever and only help you to appreciate the good times when they arrive.
Jeff was thrilled when I suggested putting up this page; "Walkin'..." is
one of his favorites as well. Here's the back story on its composition, in Jeff's own words:
"My father was blind, and the inspiration
for the song came from an incident [that took place] when I was a teenager. I was walking with my dad in New
York City, and it was late in the afternoon. We were a little chilly, as the tall buildings were shading the
sun. My dad said, 'Is the sun out on the other side of the street?' Well, of course it was. I wrote
the song about 25 years later and I didn't realize that the song title came from that day 'til years after that."
