So, nearly 3 years since the last post. I haven't gone back to check what was on my mind. I know I was probably in a dark place back then. I've not been happy the last few years but some things have changed so I thought I'd check in. I just did not want to turn this blog into a bitchfest.
I've been driving the wife's car with the XM Sirius radio so I'm on a musical renaissance the past few weeks. I'm digging the crap out of B.B. King's Bluesville. I'm listening to The Cannonball Adderly song "Mercy Mercy Mercy" which is some kind of miracle song. It's deceptive in it's simplicity. I'm no music scholar, I love AC/DC for crying out loud, but this song affects me on some crazy primal level. You'll know the song when you here it.
On to Walter Trout and the radical's (their captilization, not mine) "The Best You Got". It's a decent rocking blues tune.
Peter Wolf has always been a favorite of mine and he's aging gracefully. I loved his album Restless and it appears looking at iTunes that he's had a few more since then. The song "How Do You Know" seems to be off of his latest album. It's pretty funny has a catchy beat and includes some goob-a-lator on it.
With a name like Guitar Slim you better bring it especially if you name your song after yourself. On "Guitar Slim" he does (bring it that is).
More up my traditional alley, if you know my tastes, is "Blue Jean Blues" from ZZ Top. I came late to ZZ Top, late being Tube Snake Boogie and LaGrange. As I get older I appreciate that the current music isn't the only music (obviously because God knows I'm not listening to Justin Bieber) which leads me to ...
Dion. Up until the other day I had no idea he was still around then I heard "Ride With You" off of his 2012 blues album. I always loved "Run Around Sue" and "The Wanderer". "The Wanderer" always seemed to be something more than a simple 50's pop/rock tune to me.
Then over on Willy Nelson's Outlaw Country I heard a fellow named Chris Knight. The song "Jack Blue" sounds a lot like an old Steve Earle song back when I still enjoyed Steve Earle. I know nothing of Chris Knight but the few songs I sampled on iTunes were pretty decent.
I also downloaded Ugly Kid Joe's "Everything About You" because why not? And Uncle Ted's cover of Areosmith's "Ragdoll". I know Ted has seemed to have lost his every lovin' mind the last few years but he's still the guy that brought the world the solo from "The Journey To The Center Of Your Mind". Groovy.
And finally can someone tell me if Soundgarden and Rod Stewert pulled a U2 promotional stunt? I have "Silent Night" from Rod and "Halfway There" from Soundgarden which I apparently downloaded on December 11th, 2012. I have no recollection of where they came from.
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