My Taste in Music

Songs of the day, albums of the month, and why I like them

Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • On the Hunt – Lynyrd Skynyrd Often overlooked by their more well-known songs,“On the Hunt” by Skynyrd has one of the tastiest guitar licks of the southern legend’s catalog. The crunch is perfect and it’s just one of those ones that makes you feel like a badass when you’re listening to it. The opening 30 Read more

  • Play It All Night Long – Warren Zevon Warren Zevon, one of my all time favorites, discussed before briefly during my live music week a while back on the blog. “Play It All Night Long‘s” satirical nature is probably what is so attractive about the song, opening with the bold statement – Grandpa pissed his Read more

  • Hello there! I apologize for the irregular timing over the past couple of weeks; the holidays have really thrown me off, but I am hoping to get back on track next week. In yesterday’s post about Al Green, I mentioned the idea of musical easter eggs, and I decided today that rather than a single Read more

  • 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