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Nothing Lady – Dempsey Honestly, for the life of me, I cannot remember where I first heard this song. It just reappeared on shuffle one day, and I was hooked on it for about a week or so. There’s not a whole lot out there on the band itself, Dempsey, other than some seemingly defunct 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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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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Guitar Man Upstairs (Live) – Mike Cooley (Drive By Truckers) Happy Monday! Over the weekend I got to see the Drive By Truckers again, this time performing one of my favorite albums of all time, Southern Rock Opera, in its entirety at The Tabernacle. One of the lighter and fun songs off that album is Read more
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Hummer – Smashing Pumpkins Certain groups or musicians have certain sounds or tones associated with them, and the Smashing Pumpkins would certainly fall under “fuzzy.” Really, not until more recently did I become a real fan of the SP, with most of my listening history being limited to what was on the radio or “90’s Read more
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Rio – Duran Duran Happy Friday! I remember listening to Duran Duran on the radio in the car on the way to school when I was a kid pretty vividly; in particular, I remember really liking “Hungry Like the Wolf,” but that was about the extent of my Duran Duran knowledge until coming across “Rio” Read more
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Live from Moscow 1979 – Elton John with Ray Cooper My appreciation for Elton John came at a young age, thanks to my mom, but I’ll admit I’m not very familiar with his deep cuts or anything like that. I love him as a person and really enjoy listening to him sing, as well as Read more
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