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Stormy Monday (Live) – Lee Michaels I was turned on to Lee Michaels fairly recently by a very good family friend, and while I still have a lot to explore, he is probably my favorite keys player I’ve ever heard up to this point. His self-titled album is one of the coolest pieces of music… Read more
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Blown Away – Youth Brigade To be honest, I think I was first introduced to “Blown Away” sometime in middle school through none other than the video game Grand Theft Auto V. GTA V has one of the best soundtracks across all of gaming, mostly due to the incredibly in-depth in-game radio stations. Anywho, after… Read more
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Little Martha – The Allman Brothers Band Little Martha, considered by myself and many to be one of the most beautiful songs ever composed on guitar. Believe it or not, this is the only Allman’s song solely created by Duane Allman by himself. A duet between Duane and Dickey Betts, “Little Martha” is named for… Read more
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I’m No Angel – The Gregg Allman Band I have to admit, I never gave The Gregg Allman Band a fair chance. My thought process was probably something along the lines of “If it ain’t the Brothers, I don’t want it,” which is a really unfortunate mentality to have considering how much I love Gregg‘s… Read more
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Nothing Lady – Dempsey Honestly, for the life of me, I cannot remember where I first heard this song. It just reappeared on shuffle one day, and I was hooked on it for about a week or so. There’s not a whole lot out there on the band itself, Dempsey, other than some seemingly defunct… Read more
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Buena – Morphine I only know two songs by Morphine, but as soon as I’m done writing this post, that will change. I had totally forgotten about this song until a recent trip through shuffle on my entire library. “Buena” is a super bluesy and grimy track that features a great bass line and absolute… Read more
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Bold as Love – Jimi Hendrix Writing about Jimi Hendrix is like trying to take a single photograph that fully captures the scale and awesomeness of the Grand Canyon. Damn near impossible to truly do it justice. One of my favorite Hendrix tracks, “Bold as Love,” is one of the songs I think I would… Read more
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Three Dimes Down – Mike Cooley (Drive By Truckers) Happy Friday the 13th! I had the pleasure of seeing Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers with about 50 others last night at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. My buddy and I, who went together, have seen the Truckers a couple of times, but this was our… Read more
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Althea – The Grateful Dead One of the best Grateful Dead songs, and possibly my favorite of Jerry Garcia‘s guitar work, “Althea” has an almost muddied or swampy feel to it, while still maintaining the free-spirited vibe they came to be known for. Lyrically, “Althea” is pretty dang cool. It tells the story of a… Read more
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Hook – Blues Traveller & No Woman No Cry – Ziggy Marley featuring John Popper (Live) John Popper is one of the coolest frontmen of his era, and I really love Blues Traveller‘s music. I was going to take the route of a lesser-known song, but I just recently watched a couple of live performances… Read more
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