My Taste in Music

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

the south

  • 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

  • Miss You – Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes are/were one of the best groups to come out of the South, ever, regardless of their current lack of catalog. Southern rock n soul will forever have my heart. I remember the first time hearing Brittany Howard‘s voice; I believe it was a performance of their song “Hold Read more

  • Half the City – St. Paul and the Broken Bones Look up “blue-eyed soul” in the dictionary, and hopefully, this album is there. I love soul music in any form, and this is one of the best “true” soul albums I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, I can proudly Read more