John Lee Walker Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Just checking, and always curious - what's everybody been listening to/learning these days? I like threads like this, as it just may turn some of us on to some great new music that we didn't know was out there. These are the top five CDs I have been listening to recently... Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind Ryan Bingham - Mescalito James McMurtry - Just Us Kids Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade Hank Williams - The Unreleased Recordings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Raising Sand - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant - (just don't get tired of listening to this album. One of my all time favourites.) Pulse - Pink Floyd I Started Out With Nothing And Still Got Most Of It Left - Seasick Steve Heavy Soul - Paul Weller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 John Renbourn. Definitive transatlantic blues John Rebourn and Robin Williamson. Wheel of fortune Bert Jansch. Best of.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorbon Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen Blues och Ballader - Cornelis Wreeswijk (Swedish Artist really great) Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchabalk Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Ryan Bingham - Mescalito (+100) Gary Louris - Vagabonds Ryan Adams - Cardinolgy Bob Dylan - Modern Times Nick Lowe - The Convincer (sometimes you just gotta ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology (brilliant, but a real grower. Be prepared to hate it at first, but Radams is the real deal and the writing and playing on this is unbelievable) Devon Sproule - Upstate Songs (not quite as stellar as her latest, but a great record nonetheless) Guy Clark - Old No.1 (this rarely stays away from my turntable for more than a couple of weeks...the greatest debut ever?) Calexico & Iron And Wine - He Lays In The Reins (the best ep/mini album I have ever heard. A proper heartbreaker) Crosby, Stills & Nash - CSN (the best record they ever made, with or without Young. All three are firing on 12 cylinders apiece on it, and I can't believe that to this day it is still such an underrated album) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geelinus Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Matt Maher --- "Empty and Beautiful" --- www.mattmahermusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Jamey Johnson - " That Lonesome Song" (He sounds like a cross between a young Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings and the lyrics are great. ) Guy Clark - "Keepers" "Endless Highway"- The music of The Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honky Dog Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Nothin in the CD player in the house. But in the 6 CD changer in the Maserati: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Charlie Musselwhite - Delta Hardware International Submarine Band - Safe at Home Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers Little Walter - Confessin' the Blues Did I say Maserati? I mean 2001 Toyota Solar with 191,000 miles on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Haven't put a CD player in the Blazer yet. However for tapes..... Willie Nelson - Greatest Hits Stanley Brothers Mix tape of Robt Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Skip James, others Andrews Sisters (3 tape box set!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Jamey Johnson - " That Lonesome Song" "Somewhere between Jenning's, & Jones" Great up, & coming song writer Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - "Rattlin Bones" (Best she's ever done, her husband Shane Nicholson, brings a lot to this cd. Bob Dylan - "Tell Tale Signs" Kathleen Edwards - "Asking for Flowers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Ryan Bingham - Mescalito How could I forget this 1?? Very good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonyc007 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Right now it is The Black Keys "Attack Release". Pretty good. Kinda reminds me of Bad Company if Paul Rogers wasn't a ******bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayla Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Actually, I don't have a CD player anymore. No cassette player either. Both broke and it'd probably cost more to fix 'em than buy new ones -- same old story. For now, for a while maybe, I'm going without and just listening to stuff on the computer and burning the occasional CD to an ipod. All that said, here's what I'm listening to of late, over and over: Mississippi John Hurt, The Best of MJH. MJH Today. The Immortal MJH. MJH -- Last Sessions. (Going through a bit of a M. John Hurt period, I admit) John Fahey, The Legend of Blind Joe Death Oumou Sangaré, Ko Sira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news36 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 These days I'm listening to - Tom Rush (old stuff) Ry Cooder (anything) Emmylou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewoody Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Southern Culture on the Skids, "Dirt Track Date." Just odd Los Super Seven, " Heard on the X." Mexical Mike Eldred Trio. Blues like he means it Radio Kings, "Thirty Days." Border radio Van Morrison, "Astral Weeks." Still his best? James Hunter, "People Gonna Talk." Sam Cooke redux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 geelinus, I got the heebee jeebees when you mentioned Matt Maher-a good friend of mine (and a supernaturally talented songwriter) has the same name, although changed the spelling to Matt Marr to make it easier to google for folks who have heard him announced on the radio etc. He has opened for Jesse Malin and other great people, and seems to be universally loved by the music industry, but has yet to tie up a major label deal. If you search for "Matt Marr and The Robbers" on Myspace, he's well worth a good listen. 'Men As Trees', 'Rocket Flowers' and 'Bombs Of Thunder' are fabulous tunes that deserve to be heard by the wider world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 "Blues Singer" album by Buddy Guy.....this guy is great....love his style. Two of my favorites: Hard time Killing floor Crawling King snake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Hey "news36" I've been building back my old collection of Ry Cooder, A lot of his stuff is cheap, cheap, cheap, on amazon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Walker Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 Oh yeah, Ry Cooder. I actually have the 'Crossroads' soundtrack at the top of the heap at all times. Purple Valley is awesome, all of his stuff. But, the 'Crossroads' soundtrack instrumental slide numbers are just fantastic. When I play slide guitar, I always try to emulate that heavy reverb and tone he gets on those numbers in open D. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayla Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Any recommendations for a good entry LP into Ry Cooder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Any recommendations for a good entry LP into Ry Cooder? "Bob Till ya Drop", is good, but all his stuff is good!! Crossroads is great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Any recommendations for a good entry LP into Ry Cooder? Bop is decent but for off the charts funky Ry, try Into the Purple Valley (espec killer side 2 sequence --remember sides?- On a Monday, Hey Porter Great Dream of Heaven, Farmer is the Man, Vigilante). Or, Paradise and Lunch. Ry at his most elegant. ksd & jayla. I can ride with you guys. "Mix tape of Robt Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Skip James jayla:The Best of MJH.MJH Today. MJH -- Last Sessions." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonyc007 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology (brilliant, but a real grower. Be prepared to hate it at first, but Radams is the real deal and the writing and playing on this is unbelievable) I am a big RA fan, but hae been dragging my feet picking this one up. I guess I should give it a try? I have been obsessed recently with his ::unreleased:: Suicide Handbook record. Outstanding (and very much acoustic guitar based; ryan is at his best when unplugged, IMHO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayla Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 ksd & jayla. I can ride with you guys. "Mix tape of Robt Johnson' date=' Lightnin' Hopkins, Skip Jamesjayla:The Best of MJH.MJH Today. MJH -- Last Sessions."[/quote'] Ah, Skip James! Been watching the following practically non-stop the last week or two. Really fine stuff! Skip James performing "Crow Jane" -- magnificient! : and doing "Devil Got My Woman": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB2POWSnStU&feature=related And let's end with Son House performing "Death Letter" from 1967 -- f****** fantastic! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN5vqEyV7g&feature=related BTW intersting to watch SH's technique on the last number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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