"Straight Lines" Suzanne Vega |
"Old Friends" Steve Earle's rendition. |
"One Hit Wonders Of The World Unite" by Badger. An infectious Pop song with a killer hooky chorus worthy of Brian Wilson and Bjorn & Benny (ABBA). |
Amy Antin - Just For The Record
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Gringo / 25 minutes to go
Slaw +1 for
"if I Had a Rocket Launcher"
I remember when that one came out. Loved it!!!! |
James McMurtry - "We Can't Make it Here Anymore"
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"The Ballad of The Hulk" Jerry Jeff Walker |
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"if I Had a Rocket Launcher" Bruce Cockburn |
"Wild Dogs" Colter Wall
Don't miss this!!! |
@bdp24,
I know you're trying to introduce us to other alternatives. I'm going to buy "Tarpaper Sky".
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Hearing a new true Rock ’n’ Roll song is a rarity these days. If you crave that music, you will find "Frankie Please" on Rodney Crowell’s excellent 2014 Tarpaper Sky album. The piano playing on the song is in the Jerry Lee Lewis/Little Richard style. The album is full of great songs, singing, harmonizing, and musicianship. For you LP purists, the album is available in that format. On the dependable New West Records label. |
child of vision. Supertramp
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"Making Pies" Patty Griffin |
Understood @slaw. Well, The Houston Kid makes for great driving music ;-) . |
@bdp24 ,
I don’t feel I can take my lp playback to the level I want and keep it there if I have to invest in other equipment/music. If I were a wealthier man with a larger house....... |
Bummer, @slaw. I have a fair number of LP's which have yet to make it onto CD, and a lot of albums which are not available on LP, being released in the CD era. I put the music first, and if it must be on CD, so be it. |
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@bdp24 ,
Yes. Because I chose a long time ago to support vinyl only. I do have a CD player in my truck that gets little use.
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@slaw The Houston Kid is in my Top 10 albums of all-time list, but afaik was issued on CD only. Does that rule it out for you? |
"Midnight in Harlem" Tedeschi/Trucks Band off their Live lp
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@bdp24 ,
The Houston Kid" sounds intriguing.
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Having just listened to Rodney Crowell’s The Houston Kid, I could nominate any number of songs on this fantastic album. I’ll say "Why Don't We Talk About It", a song Tom Petty wished he could write. The chord progression, the melody and harmonies, the musicianship, all stellar. The song even has a bridge/middle-8, the writing of which is a sadly-dying art. Also on the album is a new song Rodney and his once-Father-In-Law Johnny Cash (Crowell was married to Rosanne Cash) collaborate on, the very cool "I Walk The Line (Revisited)". |
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"Southern Accents" Tom Petty |
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"She's Making Friends, I'm Turning Stranger". Purple Mountains |
"Let Yourself Go (Come On)" Amy Lavere |
"Tricky Heart" Amy Lavere
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"Song For Adam" Gregg Allman
A great tune he left for us.
RIP Gregg |
ABBA: "Ring Ring". Pop/Rock as exciting as anything by The Who. And much better in terms of songwriting, singing, and vocal harmonies, the glaring weaknesses of the latter. |
The Beta Band / Push it out |
Marshall Crenshaw: "I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)", a great, great song written by Ben Vaughn. Marshall performs it better than does Ben, imo. |
The Cicadas: "When Losers Rule The World" (Rodney co-wrote it with Ben Vaughn, another good songwriter). I can’t speak for the rest of the world, but..... |
Drowning on dry land. Roy Buchannon.
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"Stormy Monday". Allman Brothers |
"American Dream" Lucinda Williams |
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Savoy Brown, “Hellbound Train”....the cd I have, unfortunately cuts off the end of the tune, when the ghostly train roars past. |
"Aloysius, Bluegrass Drummer" Silver Jews !!! |
@reubent ,,
Had no idea you are a Giant Sand fan?
"Tucson" is a great lp! |
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