One of the most popular songs from the late '70s by the legendary Chuck Mangione. In the early '80s a few OSU football players and I were running stairs in the university's basketball arena when we stumbled in to Chuck in the hallway with his horn. Later that night Chuck Mangione had a concert there. We asked him if it would be alright if we ran some stairs while they did their sound check (the place seats over 10,000; loads of stairs) and he said sure. Seemed like a very cool guy. Friendly. We were around 20, he must have been about 40 then. I remember thinking how cool it was that we were working out in the coliseum to such great music -- not on our Walkmans but to the actual live performance of a famous artists. It felt very good indeed.

Now here it is all these many years later and I am still running stairs and listening to Chuck Mangione, except I am listening to him through my phone (iPhone) on something called an MP3, and I am running stairs in the Japanese mountainside in the shadows of a famous temple. Wild.

Hope this song takes you back a bit. And if you are hearing this live recording for the first time, I hope you'll explore the sounds of Chuck Mangione. Either way, I hope this video makes you feel good.