So what's everybody listening to? Here are some of my current stand out favorites...the beginning of my summer playlist.
Talking Heads – This Must be the Place (Naïve Melody) Stumbled upon this by accident. Some blog (some velvet blog) was asking other blog (music is art) what song reminded them of summer…and they said this so I downloaded it. They are correct…it oozes summer.
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Johnny AppleseedThis is the opening theme song for John From Cincinnati. Love it. Going to have to check out more stuff by this Joe Strummer guy.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin – Flower in the Sun from Live at Winterland ’68.
I love this interstate woman song from the
Slow Break . The singer reminded me of Kim Carnes (betty davis eyes) after she smoked a carton and drank a bottle of Whisky. I thought I need to hear more like that and figured I’d go to the source. I’ve never been able to get into this CD, but every now and then something on it kicks my ass…this was it.
Grateful Dead -- Mr. Charlie from Europe '72Just a nice 3 and 1/2 minute little ditty sung by Pigpen, first in a long line of Dead keyboardists who would die in that hot seat (4 all together).
Taj Mahal – Cakewalk into TownStumbled on this song on a blog and loved it. The Tuba does it. Tuba can make or break a song. Another great Tuba featured song is Springsteen’s Wild Bill Circus Story