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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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Do The Evolution – Pearl Jam Happy Monday! I’ve mentioned my love for Eddie Vedder‘s voice before; he sings with a certain intensity that has become synonymous with grunge and the 1990s Seattle music scene. One of my favorite albums from start to finish is Pearl Jam‘s debut, Ten, which was the album I listened… Read more
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Rocky Raccoon – The Beatles A couple weeks ago, I said I didn’t know if I could ever write about the Beatles. Well. Here we are. Whatever reservations I had about it were in my own head, with some encouragement and the realization that there is probably nothing that I can say that hasn’t already… Read more
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This Must Be The Place(Naive Melody) [Live] – David Byrne Happy Friday! The Talking Heads have more recently become one of my go to bands to listen to on regular rotation. If you haven’t seen their concert film, Stop Making Sense, I highly recommend it. There was a recent remastered version released by A24, I’ll… Read more
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Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd Recorded live July of 1976 at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia Happy Friday! A big part of me starting this blog came from an inkling of an idea about Lynyrd Skynyrd being the most underappreciated and misrepresented band of all time, and at some point, I will make that argument;… Read more
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Soul Sacrifice – Santana Recorded at The Woodstock Music and Art Fair on August 16th, 1969, in Bethel, New York Probably my favorite performance from the entire Woodstock festival, Santana‘s “Soul Sacrifice” is an otherworldly experience to listen to. Also apparently quite otherworldly for Carlos to play, as many people have been told the tale… Read more
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Present Tense – Pearl Jam Live In Chicago 05.16.2006 – Recorded May 16th, 2006 at The United Center in Chicago Pearl Jam is one of the 10 or so bands that I feel form the basis of my taste in music, and I have been a fan of their live stuff for a long time.… Read more
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Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon Stand In The Fire – recorded August 1980 at The Roxy in West Hollywood Happy Monday! As the previous post mentioned, I’m only doing live tracks this week. Warren Zevon, one of my absolute favorite artists and people of all time. He had a great sense of humor, and… Read more
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It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over – Lenny Kravitz I’ve been a casual Lenny Kravitz fan for a while; I think he’s a great proponent of art and music, but I’ve never really known more than a handful of his songs. He’s got some damn good ones, though! Believe it or not, I actually was… Read more
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