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The ones I reached for most in 2019: Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel Pernice Brothers | Spread The Feeling The Delines | The Imperial Some others I enjoyed as well: Aldous Harding | Designer Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars Deerhunter | Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared Durand Jones & The Indications | American Love Call Guided by Voices | Zeppelin Over China Jessica Pratt | Quiet Signs Joe Henry | The Gospel According to Water Juliana Hatfield | Weird Julie Jacklin | Crushing Le SuperHomard | Meadow Lane Park Lee Fields

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Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars The Cactus Blossoms | Easy Way The Delines | The Imperial Le SuperHomard | Meadow Lane Park Jessica Pratt | Quiet Signs Purple Mountains | S/T Son Volt | Union Steve Gunn | The Unseen in Between Peter Bruntnell | King of Madrid Tim Bluhm | Sorta Surviving Lee Fields & the Expressions | It Rains Love

The Best Record(s) of 2017 hurray for the riff raff – the navigator The Navigator' is a powerful, Latin influenced record. It feels like a new kind of Americana. One where the past informs the present instead of the present preserving the past. P'alante ! In alphabetical order; the records I played the most in 2017 aimee mann – mental illness bash & pop – anything could happen chicano batman – freedom is free chuck prophet – bobby fuller died for your sins dan baird – solow el goodo – by order of the moose gold star – big blue jd mcpherson – undivided heart & soul jim white – w

Angel of The Blues & Down The Highway sit alongside all the other classics in Farrar oeuvre.

2016 Using the Alphabetical Star System 5-Stars alejandro escovedo – burn something beautiful the cactus blossoms – you’re dreaming drive-by truckers – american band the jayhawks - paging mr proust peter bruntnell - nos dos comrades wilco – schmilco 4-Stars the dexateens – teenage hallelujah the I don't cares - wild stab kyle craft - dolls of highland look park – look park lydia loveless – real the nines – alejandro’s visions richmond fontaine – you can’t go back if there’s nothing to go back to ryley walker – golden sings that have been sung 3-Stars m.ward - more rain

Here are a couple tracks from the new record. http://gardenandgun.com/blog/first-listen-new-music-son-volt Back Against The Wall & Lost Souls

King Crimson - In The Court of The Crimson King

Cool, thanks. The High Road tour was 33 years ago. Wow. I can certainly relate to your 7-11 reference as well. What purpose did it serve, other than beer. ;-D

I saw RM several times on that tour. What venue ?

Todd- After seeing your #1 (which I have) Butterscotch Cathedral featuring Matt Rendon, have you gone down The Resonars rabbit hole yet ?

My current list is at 350+. I wish I had it handy as I would post it here. Unless, I overlooked them, here are a couple more to check out. Cosmos - Jar of Jam, Ton of Bricks >>> Zeppelin Commander (2009) The Takeovers - Turn to Red >>> Be It Not For the Serpentine Rain Dodger (2006) EDIT - I now see, Zeppelin Commander on your list. Nice ! While I do recommend you seeking out the other track, be warned, it sounds like it was recorded on a close&play. Lol

Cortez, One, I don't see on your list; Fiction Man. Brilliant pop, not weird Bob.

I have ALL of their records. They're all good to great. Greg's songwriting really shines through on this one. It's a whole new ballgame.

great record.

XTC

01. Reigning Sound – shattered 02. Lydia Loveless – somewhere else 03. White Fence - for the recently found innocent 04. The Delines – colfax 05. Nicole Atkins – slow phaser 06. The New Mendicants – into the lime 07. Woods – with light & with love 08. Tony Molina – dissed & dismissed 09. Joe Henry – invisible hour 10. Guided by Voices – motivational jumpsuit 11. The Both – the both 13. Real Estate – atlas 14. Drive-by Truckers – english oceans 15. Doug Paisley – strong feelings 16. Cheap Star – rosetta stone

Taking liberties by taking it a step further...... - The only thing worse than cancer is Radiohead, and perhaps, Pitchfork. - Arcade Fire are not good. - Robert Pollard is the greatest songwriter of all-time. - Jay Bennett's portrayal in IATTBYH was unfair and not entirely true. - Peet's Coffee is the best. Period - I have two favorite teams, the Oakland A's and anyone playing the SF Giants. - Nels Cline has many magic tricks up his sleeve, none of which I approve of. - Bud Powell is highly underrated and might be my favorite player of that period, flaws n al

scotty moore mick taylor doc watson les paul nick drake keef ritchie blackmore robin trower sneaky pete james burton doug gillard j fahey bert jansch

Godspeed Captain Badass

While I've liked elements, many for that matter since Wide String Tremolo and up through all the solo records, projects, etc.......none have matched the sheer brilliance of HonkyTonk. The songs, thematically, parts played, vibe, the "swing" factor, sequence....all of it. This isn't a knee-jerk reaction either. I've been playing it for a week now. It's Jay's best record in over 12-13 years. Full Stop.

Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune +1 on many already mentioned

Stones - Ya Ya's Cash - at Folsom Prison/San Quentin Hendrix - Band of Gypsies Allman Bros - Fillmore East Miles - Live Evil Sinatra - at The Sands Dylan w/the Hawks - Royal Albert Elvis - in Memphis Deep Purple - Made in japan Neko Case - Tiger has Spoken Buck Owens - Carnegie Hall Townes - at the Old Quarter