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Althea – The Grateful Dead One of the best Grateful Dead songs, and possibly my favorite of Jerry Garcia‘s guitar work, “Althea” has an almost muddied or swampy feel to it, while still maintaining the free-spirited vibe they came to be known for. Lyrically, “Althea” is pretty dang cool. It tells the story of a… Read more
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Hook – Blues Traveller & No Woman No Cry – Ziggy Marley featuring John Popper (Live) John Popper is one of the coolest frontmen of his era, and I really love Blues Traveller‘s music. I was going to take the route of a lesser-known song, but I just recently watched a couple of live performances… Read more
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Love and Happiness – Al Green Reverend Al Green is my favorite soul singer of all time, with his Greatest Hits album (what an iconic cover, by the way) being on regular rotation year-round for me. Nobody is really able to do it like Al, and while I’m sure everyone knows this song already, give… Read more
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It’s Too Late to Stop Now – Van Morrison Apologies for the late post. Per usual, I’ll highlight my three favorite tracks from the album with potential bonus tunes. Van the man. I’ve written about him before, actually in my second post ever, featuring his song “Caravan” performed live from The Last Waltz, so I’ll… Read more
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Rather than writing about a song today, I figured I could give you guys some nice background music for the day! The Dead show is much better quality, but the Hendrix is a lot of fun as well if you’re a fan. Both were performed on Thanksgiving day about 10 years apart. Enjoy the holiday… 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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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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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
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