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If you like the tearjerk side of Merle, it doesn't get more tender than Hungry Eyes, Sing Me Back Home or the great great righteous hillbilly anthem High On a Hilltop, penned by fellow Bakersfield, CA artist Tommy Collins. My band started covering 'Doors and also Okie from Muskogie which always elicits guffaws from music nerds for lines like: 'I'm Proud to be an Okie From Muskogie / A place where even squares can have a ball'.įor more rockin fare from the Hag, try Bonnie And Clyde, Working Man Blues and Sam Hill. Two songs that stood out on first listen were Swinging Doors and Mama Tried. My friend Jessica McInroy burned a nameles greatest hits collection for me on a poker night back in Boston and I've been a drooling, idiotic fan ever since. I came to love the country music of California via Merle Haggard. If I can't find the music I want on the iTunes store, I fileshare. I've been haunting the pages of the allmusic guide for years now and it is still the single best resource I've found for credible record reviews. There are people, friends of mine (I won't name you) out there who need new music to listen to on a daily basis but are averse to seeking it out, which I completely understand. I felt it was time to start keeping a diary of the music I've been listening to. I put the Troggs on because I knew my drummer and I would be listening at 4:30 in the morning as we drove back from Grand Rapids and we'd need some music humor. I'm liking the vocals on 'Love Is Stronger than Witchcraft' but it's a different Robert Pollard than I'm used to and I'm digesting it slowly. ' Big, Big Love' is the song that inspired the Pixies' timeless 'Gigantic'. I really should have saved the Wynn Stewart and the Tommy Collins for an all-country mix but I left them on for my own purposes. Crazy how loud the tambourine is and Roger McGuinn soldiers through a tall vocal order quite nicely I think. ' All I Really Want To Do' was the second release from the Byrds (their record company deciding to stick with the Dylan tunes formula that worked so well with 'Tambourine Man'). I could spend an entire blog entry on The La's but I'll just say Timeless Melody is my second favorite tune from their essential eponymous album. It got me researching Nigel Godrich and led me to the discovery that he'd also recorded a couple Beck Albums, hence the Beck.Īmerican Analog Set is a Sasha Mirsky band and I must say I love the vibraphone in this acoustic, introspective but groovy setting.

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Plus I heard a Thom Yorke interview on Fresh Air and also Kristine told me she heard a Terror Twilight tune on the iPod and enjoyed it. The musical literati will probably scorn me for my inclusions of Pavement and Radiohead but I just can't get over the Nigel Godrich Records.

The Harry Nilsson and Elvin Bishop inclusions came from a friend and seemed appropriate in light of the passing of President Gerald Ford who served from 1974-1976. I sort of hate it when I overlook a band that speaks so directly to my musical needs (but then it kind of makes the discovery that much sweeter). Tommy Collins - If You Can't Bite Don't Growlįirst of all I need to admit that I came late to the Apples In Stereo party and I apologize. Robert Pollard - Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft The Apples In Stereo - Benefits of Lying with Your Friends Olivia Tremor Control - California Demise Here's the rundown.Įlvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love I wanted to talk about the mix CD (not tape) I made last week and listened to over the New Years' break.

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