Equine surgeons love music in the operating room. Dr. Larry Bramlage, for one, is a big fan of David Allen Coe, the outlaw country and western artist. This writer needs her music as well. Here's some of what was on my playlist as I reported and wrote Equine ER. I loved driving around horse country at six a.m. through the mist listening to Purple Rain.
1. When Your Mind's Made Up (from the soundtrack of the movie "Once") – Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
2. Air on a G String – National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble.
3. Purple Rain – Martin Sexton's solo version.
A light-footed Belgian looks a bit like he's dancing during a lameness exam.
4. I Will Survive – Cake's version.
5. If I Was Your Woman – Syesha Mercado's version - (Yes, Equine ER watches American Idol!)
6. Fool of Me – Me'Shell Ndegeocello.
7. Northern Downpour – Panic at the Disco.
8. Angel – Sarah McLachlan.
9. Flat Foot Floogee – Benny Goodman (Equine ER was a band geek in junior high - clarinet.)
10. Ruthie Pigface Draper – from the soundtrack of the movie "Dan in Real Life."
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