WAYLT?

Jumpercable Blues - North Mississippi Allstars
A Few Extra Kilos - The Gourds 

Was - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Someday Baby - RL Burnside

Falling Dove  /  Either Side Of The World           -          Crowded House




"Intriguer"       (2010)

A very good morning to everyone...
I just have to survive one more day of work before we head to the desert tomorrow  Brewers/D-Backs tomorrow night.  Sox/Cubs Friday.  Side trip to the Grand Canyon - neither the wife nor I have ever been, so what the heck, we're close enough and have the time.
It's allegedly going to push 90 degrees Thursday & Friday in the Phoenix area, but I will take that every day over the 30s here.

February Seven - The Avett Brothers
Ashes & Fire - Ryan Adams
Miss You Ray - Nils Lofgren   

I'm out. 

Hey Gumbo.  Enjoy your trip.

Nineteen Forever- Joe Jackson 

Good morning WAYLTers!

Carrie Rodriguez:  [Give Me All You Got]

Product Description:

'Give Me All You Got' is the fifth full-length
solo album from singer-songwriter and multiinstrumentalist
Carrie Rodriguez. Produced by Lee Townsend (Bill Frisell,
Loudon Wainwright III, Kelly Joe Phelps) at Berkeley s Fantasy Studios
and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound NYC, the record marries
Rodriguez s Texas background with a decade spent in Brooklyn, NY. These
new original tunes run the gamut of intense emotions, from heartache to
budding new love, from betrayal to resigned acceptance, and finally to the
sheer joy of simply being alive, she says.

Born in Austin, TX and raised on a broad range of pop, traditional and
classical music, Rodriguez began training on the violin at age five while
simultaneously developing a taste for fiddling under the influence of her
father, singer/songwriter David Rodriguez. She was awarded a scholarship
to Oberlin Conservatory of Music and moved on to graduate from the prestigious
Berklee College of Music. Frequent collaborator Chip Taylor (of
Wild Thing and Angels of the Morning fame) discovered Rodriguez at
the 2001 SXSW music conference and invited her to play fiddle with him,
asking her soon after to join him as both a singer and collaborator. She has
recorded with John Mayer, Patty Griffin and Los Lonely Boys, and performed
live with Lyle Lovett, John Prine, Bill Frisell, Alejandro Escovedo,
Los Lobos and Ricki Lee Jones, Jeff Bridges, and others.

Track Listing:

1.Devil In Mind
2.Sad Joy
3.I Cry For Love
4.Lake Harriet
5.Get Back in Love
6.Tragic
7.Cut Me Now
8.Whiskey Runs Thicker Than Blood
9.Devil In Mind (Instrumental)
10.Brooklyn
11.I Don t Mind Waiting         

Morning Rock.  How's it going?

Hey Jonny!  Going great here; howzabout yerself?

I know it's way too early to start calling something the 'Best Of The Year," but if someone is going to top this album for 2013, they are going to have to hit a home run, because this one is awesome:

Son Volt:  [Honky Tonk]

Product Description:

From his earliest recordings in the 1990s as a founding member of Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar has been a keen observer of the American landscape: its beauties and its tragedies, salvations and poisons. His two-decades of touring and travel as the leader of Son Volt as well as a solo artist have deepened and sharpened his gift for capturing the sights and sounds of his American journey a gift which is in evidence once again on Son Volt s sixth studio album: 'Honky Tonk.' Excavating, distilling and reimagining the classic honky tonk sound of Bakersfield (along with the influence of Tennessee and Texas), the music on this album is about heartache, but there s also optimism and perseverance. Pedal steel guitar and twin fiddles anchor a timeless music, in which the clear hard truths of the lyrics mine the emotional complexities of life and love, making 'Honky Tonk' a landmark on a continuing journey.

Track Listing:

1.Hearts and Minds
2.Brick Walls
3.Wild Side
4.Down the Highway
5.Bakersfield
6.Livin On
7.Tears of Change
8.Angel of the Blues
9.Seawall
10.Barricades
11.Shine On         

This is probably my second-favorite album of the year so far . . .

Richard Thompson:  [Electric]

Guitar and folk music legend Richard Thompson has a brand new studio album, Electric, produced by Buddy Miller. Thompson, named one of Rolling Stone Magazine s 20 Greatest Guitarists, brings a record full of gifted songwriting and virtuosic guitar playing. Electric was made at Buddy Miller s home studio in Nashville, TN. The record features Alison Krauss on the song "The Snow Leopard."

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1.Stony Ground
2.Salford Sunday
3.Sally B
4.Stuck On The Treadmill
5.My Enemy
6.Good Things Happen To Bad People
7.Where's Home?
8.Another Small Thing In Her Favour
9.Straight And Narrow
10.The Snow Goose
11.Saving The Good Stuff For You

Disc 2:

1.Will You Dance, Charlie Boy
2.I Found A Stray
3.The Rival
4.The Tic-Tac Man
5.Auldie Riggs
6.Auldie Riggs Dance
7.So Ben Mi Ch'a Bon Tempo         

Hello Rock, Jonny and Gumbo.

I like the Richard Thompson alot, Rock.



Drive Home  /  The Holy Drinker           -          Steven Wilson




"The Raven That Refused To Sing and other stories"         (2013)

Hello WAYLT.

"She Bangs The Drums" - The Stone Roses

"Toledo" - Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach

"You Make Me Real(Live)" - The Doors

"Check My Brain" - Alice In Chains

Hello LD.


Optimist  /  Outside Of Space And Time            -           David Byrne & St. Vincent



"Love This Giant"        (2012)

Hello Koy, Rock and jonny.

"Move To The City(Live)' - Guns N' Roses

"Royale With Cheese" - Dialogue From Pulp Fiction Soundtrack(Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta)

"Don't Let Me Down" - Sterophonics
Beatles cover from the I Am Sam soundtrack.

"Hidden Charms" - Howlin' Wolf

"Condition Of The Heart" - Prince and the Revolution

Hey Koy and LD!

Robert Plant:  [Band of Joy]

Product Description:

2010 solo album from the music legend and former Led Zeppelin vocalist, his first album since 2007's six time Grammy Award winning Raising Sand. Band Of Joy was recorded in Nashville with a stellar cast of musicians. The album was co-produced by Plant and Nashville legend and guitarist Buddy Miller. As well as Miller, the Band of Joy is made up of multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott, who provides the mandolin, guitar, accordion, pedal, lap steel and banjo lines, country singer-songwriter Patty Griffin who adds the main vocal foils to Plant's lead parts, while Byron House plays bass and percussion comes from Marco Giovino. This is a Roots Rock record similar to Raising Sand.

Track Listing:

1.Angel Dance
2.House of Cards
3.Central Two O Nine
4.Silver Rider
5.You Can't Buy My Love
6.Falling in Love Again
7.The Only Sound That Matters
8.Monkey
9.Get Along Home Cindy
10.Harms Swift Way
11.Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
12.Even This Shall Pass Away         

Robert Plant:  [Band of Joy]

This is a Roots Rock record similar to Raising Sand.

To my ears this record sounds like it is compriosed of material that Robert worked on with Alison Krause that was intended as the follow up to Raising Sand. When Robert decided to abandon the project it sounded to my ears like he kept the songs and this was the result. Don;t know how much truth there is to that but that's what the record sounds like to me.


"Octopus's Garden/Sun King" - Beatles
From the Beatles Love soundtrack.

"Song For Guy" - Elton John

Pete Droge:  [Necktie Second]

1.If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself)
2.Northern Bound Train
3.Straylin Street
4.Fourth Of July
5.Faith In You
6.Two Steppin' Monkey
7.Sunspot Stopwatch
8.Hardest Thing To Do
9.So I Am Over You
10.Dog On A Chain
11.Hampton Inn Room         

To my ears this record sounds like it is compriosed of material that Robert worked on with Alison Krause that was intended as the follow up to Raising Sand. When Robert decided to abandon the project it sounded to my ears like he kept the songs and this was the result. Don;t know how much truth there is to that but that's what the record sounds like to me.

LD, I'm going to disagree with this opinion for two reasons:  1) I am a big Buddy Miller fan, and Buddy's imprint  is all over this record, and 2) I read an interview with Robert Plant soon after the album's release in which he described choosing the songs for this record with Buddy.  He noted that Buddy had a laptop with "hundreds of thousands" of classic American songs on it.

Having read in other places of Mr. Plant's comprehensive knowledge of American music, I can only imagine the "joy" these two guys had in picking each others' brains and picking the songs for this album. 

"Royale With Cheese" - Dialogue From Pulp Fiction Soundtrack(Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta)

mmmmmmmm.........




Hamburger Concerto         -          Focus

Still...You Turn Me On  /  Karn Evil 9          -           Emerson Lake and Palmer




"Brain Salad Surgery"        (1973)

LD, I'm going to disagree with this opinion for two reasons:  1) I am a big Buddy Miller fan, and Buddy's imprint  is all over this record, and 2) I read an interview with Robert Plant soon after the album's release in which he described choosing the songs for this record with Buddy.  He noted that Buddy had a laptop with "hundreds of thousands" of classic American songs on it.

Having read in other places of Mr. Plant's comprehensive knowledge of American music, I can only imagine the "joy" these two guys had in picking each others' brains and picking the songs for this album. 

I read back what I wrote, and it occcurs to me that I left out one major component-that I absolutely LOVE the record. Part of the reason it sounded that way to me was the presence of the counter female voice to Robert's, much like the Raising Sand record. But again, I had no knowledge of the making of the record-it was just what it sounded like to me. I was also aware from interviews I'd read of Robert's extensive musical knowledge as well, and it's so cool to imagine him with that great big treasure trove of tunes trying to figure out whhat they wanted to take a shot at recording. Thanks for putting that out there Rock, sounds like it was a very inspired effort.


"Around The World' - Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Everything's Ruined" - Faith No More