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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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Blown Away – Youth Brigade To be honest, I think I was first introduced to “Blown Away” sometime in middle school through none other than the video game Grand Theft Auto V. GTA V has one of the best soundtracks across all of gaming, mostly due to the incredibly in-depth in-game radio stations. Anywho, after… Read more
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Sunday Morning – The Velvet Undeground One of the most well-known, if not the most, Velvet Underground songs, “Sunday Morning” is a sickly sweet, introspective look at life. The song was written with Nico‘s voice in mind, but Lou decided to sing it himself. Nico does take back up vocals though! I’ve seen quite a… Read more
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Little Martha – The Allman Brothers Band Little Martha, considered by myself and many to be one of the most beautiful songs ever composed on guitar. Believe it or not, this is the only Allman’s song solely created by Duane Allman by himself. A duet between Duane and Dickey Betts, “Little Martha” is named for… Read more
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I’m sure most everyone is aware of Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay, and I thought it would be fun to share my listening year in review. I will update this post when December stats are released. There’s, of course, some familiar ones in here from the blog, but hopefully some surprises as well! Top… Read more
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Down Under (Acoustic) – Colin Hay Colin Hay of ’80s staple Men at Work has released some really cool acoustic versions of their songs over the years, with a lot coming from his solo album Man @ Work. His take on the group’s most popular song, “Down Under,” is really unique in style but still… Read more
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Buena – Morphine I only know two songs by Morphine, but as soon as I’m done writing this post, that will change. I had totally forgotten about this song until a recent trip through shuffle on my entire library. “Buena” is a super bluesy and grimy track that features a great bass line and absolute… Read more
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Bold as Love – Jimi Hendrix Writing about Jimi Hendrix is like trying to take a single photograph that fully captures the scale and awesomeness of the Grand Canyon. Damn near impossible to truly do it justice. One of my favorite Hendrix tracks, “Bold as Love,” is one of the songs I think I would… Read more
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Three Dimes Down – Mike Cooley (Drive By Truckers) Happy Friday the 13th! I had the pleasure of seeing Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers with about 50 others last night at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. My buddy and I, who went together, have seen the Truckers a couple of times, but this was our… Read more
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