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In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed – The Allman Brothers Band “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed“, the first instrumental by the Allmans, composed by none other than Dickey Betts. This Friday, I am attending the Dickey Betts tribute concert in Macon and couldn’t be more excited. I’m thinking this week may just be dedicated to Dickey’s Read more
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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
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Any Day Now – Cop Shoot Cop Another one that just randomly reappeared in my library when I hit shuffle, I actually have two songs saved by the noise rock band Cop Shoot Cop. A quick Google search shows that these guys had a pretty cool 9-year run, touring with the likes of Iggy Pop, Read more
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What Is and What Should Never Be – Led Zeppelin I recently picked up a copy of Led Zep II for my dad to replace his lost one, and gave it a complete re-listen for the first time in a long time. It’s funny, Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands and has been forever. Read more
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What Difference Does It Make? – The Smiths What Difference Does It Make? by The Smiths from their self-titled debut album opens with one of my all-time favorite guitar riffs, played by one of the absolutely coolest guitarists of all time, Johnny Marr. Written by Marr and Morrissey, the lyrics can be quite haunting, but Read more
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In Circles – Sunny Day Real Estate Sunny Day Real Estate‘s 1994 album Diary is one of the most underappreciated and often overlooked rock albums of the 90s, often credited with helping to define the genre that would become “midwest emo.” It features two future Foo Fighters, bass player Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith. Read more
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Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters Per usual, I’ll highlight my three favorite tracks from the album with potential bonus tunes. At the time of writing, (1/14) today is Dave Grohl‘s birthday! The Foo Fighters have long been my favorite band, second only to the Beatles. In honor of his birthday month, I decided to feature Read more
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Amidinine – Etran de L’Air They’re back! And probably will be in the future too. Etran De L’air continues to blow me away. The family band (brothers and cousins) from Agadez, Niger, in West Africa, has been playing for over 25 years and is a star on the Nigerien wedding circuit. Their music is a Read more
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Midnight Special – Various Artists “Midnight Special” is one of the great American songs, with origins a prison work song in the south. This is one of those songs that transcends time, and has been performed in various different styles, with its roots of course being in the blues, the foundation for pretty much all Read more
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Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, to make up for it today will feature two songs. The Bold Arrow of Time – Tame Impala & The W.A.N.D – The Flaming Lips The Bold Arrow of Time In an album (Tame Impala‘s full length debut) with heavy, and I mean, HEAVY, Beatles influence, “The Bold Read more
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