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Favorite Tribute Albums?
“That's the one win which Sinead O'Connor got heckled and booed? ” Yes. It was right after she tore up the Pope’s picture on SNL.   
Favorite Tribute Albums?
Don't believe anyone has mentioned the Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert recording. Many great versions, including: I Shall Be Released - Chrissie Hynde You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Roseanne Cash, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin Times They Are... 
Favorite Tribute Albums?
John Hammond Jr - Wicked Grin (Tom Waits covers) Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne - Lucinda pops up once again with a stellar version of The Pretender   Best tribute album title - If I Were a Carpenter   
Favorite Tribute Albums?
I'll second the Lucinda Jukebox releases. Salt of the Earth from the Stones covers is dead on, and she does a killer version of Ode to Billie Joe on the Southern Soul disc. Also not mentioned yet are covers of the Beatles, Dylan and Country Classi... 
Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You?
Moondance by Van Morrison: Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies And all the leaves on the trees are falling To the sound of the bre... 
Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You?
San Diego Serenade by Tom Waits:   I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light I never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long I never heard the melody until I needed a song I n... 
Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You?
Visions of Johanna by Bob Dylan: Ain't it just like the night to play tricks When you're tryin' to be so quiet We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it Lights fli... 
Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You?
Stella Blue by Robert Hunter: All the years combine They melt into a dream A broken angel sings From a guitar In the end, there's just a song It comes crying up the night Through all the broken dreams And vanished years Stella Blue Stella Blue ... 
Favorite rock/pop male voices
Garcia  
What artists can you not get enough of?
Grateful Dead  Bob Dylan Lucinda Williams Bill Frisell Coltrane Wayne Shorter  
??? Listening Levels & Musical Styles ???
I remember one of John Lennon’s albums stating "Made loud to be played loud".  Very fitting. Or as Mickey Hart of the Dead once put it, “If it’s worth playing it’s worth playing loud. “  
Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?
These are a few more bands who would force me to change the station if I still listened to the radio. The list is a lot longer than I thought it would be, but there's a lot of bad music out there. Pretty much all Heavy Metal Kiss Bon Jovi Nirv... 
Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?
Kansas, Rush, Journey, Boston....you get the idea.   
Upcoming Concerts?!
Nothing on the calendar until July when Lucinda Williams opens (???) for Father John Misty in Shelburne VT.   
Most recent concert
Saw Lucinda Williams a few weeks ago in Northampton MA. Still rockin’ as only Lu can and her band is killer too.