7:00am | Cheap Trick “On Top of the World” from Heaven Tonight (Epic 1979) —I still remember the day I bought this album, along with Elvis Costello's "This Year's Model," at Grandpa Pigeon's, on sale for like $4 each.Buy it! |
7:04am | Blue Öyster Cult “The Red & the Black” from Tyranny and Mutation (Columbia 1973) —This always makes me think of how much D. Boon of the Minutemen loved this song.Buy it! |
7:08am | Roxy Music “Editions of You” from For Your Pleasure (Virgin 1973) —Somebody posted a live video of this to Facebook - I never got to see Roxy Music, but wow!Buy it! |
7:14am | Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 “No One Ever Drowns” from Northern Aggression (Yep Roc 2010) —He'll be at the Duck Room tomorrow night for Twangfest, and after the Miracle 3 perform, he and Linda will play in the Baseball Project to close out the fest.Buy it! |
7:18am | Ian Hunter “Once Bitten Twice Shy” from Ian Hunter (Columbia 1975) —I actually hadn't heard this one in years until the other day - it still sounds magnificent.Buy it! |
7:21am | David Bowie “Stay” from Station To Station (RCA 1976) —Consider this a bonus cowbell segment.Buy it! |
7:30am | Generation X “Your Generation” from Generation X (Chrysalis 1978) —Martin Rushent, who produced a lot of great records & helped forge the sound of punk rock, passed away a few days back. I know he produced Gen X, couldn't find out if he did this single or not.Buy it! |
7:33am | The Stranglers “No More Heroes” (EMI 1977) —Definitely a Martin Rushent production.Buy it! |
7:36am | Buzzcocks “You SayYou Don't Love Me” from Singles Going Steady CD ALBUM (IRS 1970) —A perfect record.Buy it! |
7:39am | The Blind Eyes “Hold Down the Fort” from With A Bang (self 2011) N L —A delightfully catchy song about those of us who have stuck around the city of St. Louis.Buy it! |
7:46am | Abigail Washburn “Ballad of Treason” from City of Refuge (Rounder 2011) N —She'll be at the Duck Room Monday night opening for Head and the Heart.Buy it! |
7:49am | Exene Cervenka “I'll Admit It Now” from The Excitement Of Maybe (Bloodshot www.bloodshotrecords.com 2011) N —A horn-driven rocker with Dave Alvin on guitar.Buy it! |
7:53am | Dana Fuchs “Summersong” from Love to Beg (Ruf www.rufrecords.de 2011) N —Here's my review of this one: http://blues.about.com/od/cddvdreviews/fr/Dana-Fuchs-Love-To-Beg-2011.htmBuy it! |
8:01am | John Lennon “Love” from Plastic Ono Band (CAPITOL 1970) —As beautiful a love song as the world has known.Buy it! |
8:05am | Eric Carmen “She Did It” from Best of (Arista 1988) —This one isn't quite as prfect, but it's awfully sweet.Buy it! |
8:09am | Sloan “The Answer Was You” from The Double Cross (Yep Roc 2011) N —Effortless pop gem.Buy it! |
8:11am | The Merry-Go-Round “Come Ride, Come Ride” from Listen, Listen - Definitive Collection - Remaster (Rev-Ola 2005) —Young Emitt Rhodes had a pop sensibility all his own.Buy it! |
8:15am | Circe Link “Shangriladeeda Farm” from California Kid (Circe Link) —Cowbell fuels this nifty slice of roots rock.Buy it! |
8:20am | The Drifters “Sweets For My Sweet” from The Definitive Drifters (WSM 2003) —A Doc Pomus gem with that Latin lilt & a cowbell.Buy it! |
8:22am | The Drifters “At the Club” from The Definitive Drifters (WSM 2003) —A Goffin & King number with the same Latin lilt and cowbell.Buy it! |
8:25am | Andrew Gold “Lonely Boy” from Thank You for Being a Friend: The Best of Andrew Gold (Elektra 1997) —The singer/songwriter/guitarist passed away a few days back. Didn't realize he did this cowbell cut.Buy it! |
8:32am | Linda Ronstadt “You're No Good” from Heart Like a Wheel (CAPITOL 1974) —Andrew Gold was the brains behind Ronstadt's run of giant hits back in the day - his electric piano on this one fuels a pretty darn good record.Buy it! |
8:36am | k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang “Sugar Buzz” from Sing It Loud (Nonesuch 2011) N —A slow burner of a love song.Buy it! |
8:41am | TV on The Radio “No Future Shock” from Nine Types of Light (Interscope 2011) N —I've been trying to figure out why this new TV on the Radio isn't selling very well - it sounds good to me.Buy it! |
8:46am | Martha Tilton with Paul Weston & His Orchestra “Does Everyone Know About This?” from Capitol Jumps (CAPITOL 2000) —I picked up this fun compilation of fun records from Capitol back in the 40s. This song is a real blast.Buy it! |
8:49am | Ray Bryant “Cubano Chant” from Lonesome Traveler (Universal 1966) —The great jazz pianist and composer of this enduring number passed away a few days ago.Buy it! |
8:53am | Vinicius Cantuaria & Bill Frisell “Lagrimas Mexicanas” (Naive 2011) N —A delightful collaboration between two talented players of different cultures.Buy it! |
9:02am | Chuck Berry “Downbound Train” from His Best Vol. 1 (Chess 1997) —I can't think of any other Chuck Berry records that sound quite like this.Buy it! |
9:04am | Bobby Mitchell “I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday” from New Orleans (Time Life 2000) —One of my all-time fave songs.Buy it! |
9:07am | Benny Spellman “Fortune Teller” (Collectables www.oldies.com 1988) —The great New Orleans vocalist Benny Spellman passed away the other day.Buy it! |
9:09am | Benny Spellman “Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)” from Fortune Teller (Collectables www.oldies.com 1988) —Another classic from the pen of Allen Toussaint.Buy it! |
9:11am | The Beatles “I Need You” from Help! CD ALBUM (EMI UK www.themeatpuppets.com 1965) —That George Harrison wrote some nice ones, didn't he?Buy it! |
9:16am | Nick Lowe “Switchboard Susan” from Labour of Lust (Yep Roc 1979) N —It is so good to have this classic album back in print after all these years.Buy it! |
9:20am | The Jam “Private Hell” from Setting Sons (Collector's Choice 1979) —One of my all-time fave Jam songs - after 32 years, it still thrills.Buy it! |
9:24am | The Painkillers “What's Inside” from The Painkillers (Euclid 2011) N —Speaking of thrills after all these years - I'll never get tired of this song!Buy it! |
9:30am | Cumberland Gap “Steam Powered Aero Plane” from Cumberland Gap (Wildstone 2002) L —This local band is playing tonight at Twangfest. Anybody who covers John Hartford is okay by me.Buy it! |
9:32am | Robbie Fulks “Away Out on the Old Saint Sabbath” from Revenge (Yep Roc 2007) —One of the smarter songwriters of the last 20 years, he's headlining tonight at Twangfest.Buy it! |
9:36am | Nora O'Connor “Nightingale” from Til the Dawn (Bloodshot www.bloodshotrecords.com 2004) —An amazing singer who never makes enough music - she'll be playing with Fulks tonight at the Duck Room.Buy it! |
9:39am | The Baseball Project “Twilight of My Career” from Volume 2: High and Inside (Yep Roc 2011) N —Closing out Twangfest tomorrow night at the Duck Room.Buy it! |
9:44am | Joe Ely “The Highway Is My Home” from Satisfied at Last (Rack 'Em 2011) N —I love the sound of this new song from Joe Ely, and of course the song itself is terrific.Buy it! |
9:48am | Kate & Anna McGarrigle “Come a Long Way” from Tell My Sister (Nonesuch 2011) N —This 3-disc set includes newly remastered versions of their first 2 masterful records (including Dancer With Bruised Knees which has this song) and a disc of demos.Buy it! |
9:51am | Davy Graham “Sarah” from The Complete Guitarist (Ace 1980) —Well, yeah, that's some guitar playing.Buy it! |
9:55am | David Crosby “Orleans” from If I Could Only Remember My Name (Atlantic 1971) —An eerie and beautiful vocal track from an eerie and beautiful record.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate.
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