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Songs Recs: “I Do Believe” (studio version) by Drive-By Truckers
Wes Freed is the creative mind behind all the great art the band Drive-By Truckers use to help create an image for their music. His drawing on DBT’s recent “Go-Go Boots” album is great and gives a specific visual for the song of the same name. It is a great album, and for me, was an… Read more
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Black Crowes at Capitol Theatre = Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo
On Tuesday April 2, the Robinson Brothers with guitar extraordinaire Jackie Greene in tow (replacing No Miss All-Star frontman Luther Dickinson) led the rock and rolling Black Crowes to a rousing performance in front of a sold out Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. Three songs deep I turned to my wingman Jim and said… Read more
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New Release: Son Volt “Honky Tonk”
Jay Farrar is on the Flying Burritto Brother trail with his new album called (notable)… “Honky Tonk”. I have enjoyed the last few albums from his reincarnated Son Volt band and like this one too. I find that I can always can go back for more (always a good sign that the music is for me)… Read more
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New Release: Dawes “Stories Don’t End”
Some of my TBR friends have heard me get on the soap box on how hard it is to follow up a great breakthrough album (one that took a band many years to accumulate and refine their 15 songs) with a sophomore release that only takes them a year or two to record. Very hard.… Read more
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Cage Mosh in Desert & The Secrets Behind The Wall
Music plays an important role in most great movies. There are also great movies about music. There are countless lists on the best music films… like this one from Timeout London, which lists some odd flicks I would never have thunk. One of my favorites is Pure Country. I love the interaction from the band and… Read more
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RIP: The First Rock Critic
Crawdaddy magazine founder Paul Williams died recently at 64 from complications with Alzheimer’s disease. His early work on Dylan brought rock criticism to a new level. His obituary in the NY Times tells his story well. I love that they added he hitched a ride with the Grateful Dead in a limo to Woodstock. Read more
