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Pictures of You (Feat. Kate Bollinger) – Drugdealer Drugdealer is a cool little project from the mind of Michael Collins, and the album Hiding In Plain Sight draws heavy inspiration from a late 60s, early 70s sound that was coming out of the West Coast. If you’ve ever seen the outstanding “Documentary Now” show from… Read more
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One Headlight – The Wallflowers Today’s post is one of my favorite songs of the 1990s, ‘One Headlight“, penned by Jakob Dylan (son of Bob) for his group The Wallflowers. I like a lot of his Pop’s songs and there’s no denying Bob’s song writing ability and importance to music and culture in this country… Read more
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Lady – D’Angelo In today’s age, there are a lot of artists, but not a lot of vocalists. My friend made this comment to me at work today, and while there are plenty of new and amazing vocalists out there, in terms of the charts today, I think that is a great hot take. Even… Read more
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Prayer – Kendrick Lamar Inspired by a conversation In the era of the internet, it seems that seemingly no one who is “on top” can sustain it for more than a few years, most of the time no more than a few months. This can be for a multitude of reasons; shifts in cultural tastes… Read more
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Bumpy’s Lament – Isaac Hayes Composed by the legendary Isaac Hayes for one of the most iconic movies of all time, this is one of the most sampled albums in music history. I decided to go with the instrumental “Bumpy’s Lament” to feature in today’s post, as it perfectly represents soulful vibes that it emanates.… Read more
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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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Meant to add this to the post, but Les wrote and performs the South Park theme song. He’s actually featured in the intro to every episode. South Park’s musical connections are probably worth exploring in a future post as well. 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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Alabama Jubilee, You Took All the Ramblin’ Outta Me, & The Uptown Poker Club – Jerry Reed Atlanta born and Georgia raised, Jerry Reed, often overlooked and criminally underappreciated by the masses; I don’t know if Jerry would have it any other way if he were still around today. I think his so-called “novelty” songs… Read more
My Taste in Music 