I can tell you the very second I fell in love with the Blues. It was when I first wised up enough musically to know that I should look through my old man’s records, and I dropped the needle on BB King’s Live In Cook County Jail. I cracked a stolen beer and sat on [...]
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well, i feel so GOOOOD
Posted in blues on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
it’s weird how things happen
Posted in blues, rock on September 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Ain’t it?
One day you’re saying King Biscuit Time just doesn’t do it for you, the next, you’re at home after work reading the latest Michael Lewis book (which happens to be fantastic… not Moneyball-fantastic, mind you, but fantastic nonetheless… the guy is truly a gift to the American sports fan/reader of this era), listening to [...]
stage banter: a how-to
Posted in blues, classics on January 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There aren’t many things that I consider to be more of a buzzkill– or just straight-up cringe-worthy– than stage banter from performers who just don’t know how to do it well. As a rule, I think you’re pretty much fine so long as you just act like yourself and don’t try too damn hard. [...]
3 song shuffle
Posted in 3 song shuffle, blues, country, soul on November 15, 2006 | No Comments »
My fourth 3 song shuffle post, where I rip off the AV Club’s idea and write up a bit about the first 3 songs that come up on shuffle on my iPod, no cheating/skipping allowed. Let’s burp this pleasantly plump little bundle of joy.
“You’re My Everything” by The Temptations
I have this from The Ultimate [...]
let’s get old timey
Posted in blues, country on September 22, 2006 | 10 Comments »
I am at a loss. So often, when I find songs in my library that I have loved for a long time but know nothing about, I know that a quick introduction to the musician is only a Wikipedia search away. But today, when looking for information on two artists that I wanted [...]
she had a filthy mind, she worked at the car wash, but she could not come clean
Posted in blues on September 19, 2006 | No Comments »
As is the case with a good number of artists in my music library, it was my old man who first introduced me to Chris Smither. He is a career musician; one of those guys who never really got huge but has enjoyed relative success for the greater part of 30 years. [...]
kelly joe phelps - one you need to hear
Posted in blues on August 30, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I love it when I accidentally rediscover an artist on my iPod. That happened recently with Kelly Joe Phelps. The guy is a badass and you need to listen to these songs.
I have a few albums of KJP’s. My favorite– far and away– is his first, Lead Me On. It’s all [...]
a brief acknowledgement of rare pipes
Posted in blues on August 8, 2006 | No Comments »
Once, in the course of conversation with a friend, Susan Tedeschi’s name popped up.
“She is awesome. That lady can wail,” I said.
“Awesome? Really?? I think she sucks,” was his reaction.
I was puzzled at first, but then I realized he had probably only heard her cover of The White Stripes’ “Fellin Love With a Girl” [...]
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