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”) Ð Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.

2. Air on a G String Ð National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble.

3. Purple Rain Ð Martin Sexton’s solo version