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Earthquake – Graham Central Station Happy Friday! One of the most influential people in American music is Larry Graham. Especially when it comes to the bass, how it’s played, and how it’s used in music. I mean the guy essentially created the technique known as slapping, which is almost universally recognized as not only the Read more
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My Name Is Mud – Primus Primus is far and away one of the stranger bands that I’ve been checking out lately, and I haven’t gotten super into them, but my surface level impressions are reminiscent of a less serious but equally as talented Tool. Music for nerds, I’m sure some people would say. Les Read more
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Hybrid Moments – The Misfits I would consider myself a Misfits enjoyer, having always been aware of their influence, but until a few months ago, I hadn’t explored much (essentially none) of their catalog. Gotta say it took a minute, but I get the allure. I’m interested in diving into more of their stuff. One Read more
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Guitar Man Upstairs (Live) – Mike Cooley (Drive By Truckers) Happy Monday! Over the weekend I got to see the Drive By Truckers again, this time performing one of my favorite albums of all time, Southern Rock Opera, in its entirety at The Tabernacle. One of the lighter and fun songs off that album is Read more
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Hummer – Smashing Pumpkins Certain groups or musicians have certain sounds or tones associated with them, and the Smashing Pumpkins would certainly fall under “fuzzy.” Really, not until more recently did I become a real fan of the SP, with most of my listening history being limited to what was on the radio or “90’s Read more
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Live from Moscow 1979 – Elton John with Ray Cooper My appreciation for Elton John came at a young age, thanks to my mom, but I’ll admit I’m not very familiar with his deep cuts or anything like that. I love him as a person and really enjoy listening to him sing, as well as Read more
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In a previous post, I talked about Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) and how much I enjoy his projects. He has cited Alabama Shakes as an influence before and even covered one of Brittany’s solo songs, “Stay High“. I say all this to point out the similarities (or in this case, influence) between the Shakes’ song Read more
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Miss You – Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes are/were one of the best groups to come out of the South, ever, regardless of their current lack of catalog. Southern rock n soul will forever have my heart. I remember the first time hearing Brittany Howard‘s voice; I believe it was a performance of their song “Hold Read more
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