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Maybe he will perform the show at 2120 S. Michigan Ave. I heard he was going to sing "Our Country" and cover Seger's "Like a Rock."

My Cougar Mellencamp experience is similar to yours Ghost. He had some cool, roots-oriented stuff in a decade largely void of such material. I can't say I've followed his career or paid much attention to anything he's released over that past three decades. However, I heard about this new album and was intrigued. Specifically it was this that piqued my interest. You can get the lyrics and online liner notes here.

Read this interesting blurb in a Rolling Stone article yesterday announcing Le Noise.

I would hardly qualify either responses as "ripings." In fact, I agreed with your suggestion that the 20's/30's is a more fertile time period for such songs. I read your response of "you are going to have to get out of the 1960s to present" as saying they weren't enough songs from a quantity and/or quality standpoint to make a compilation on the subject. Covers aside, that is the part I disagree with. While not as celebrated, well-known, and/or covered as some of the pre-60's classics, there are a lot of originals since the 60's that satisfy the criteria of the request. I wasn't offended

I actually own the Anthology of American Folk Music as a result of a project I did while an American Studies graduate student. I'd be lying if I claimed it was something I listen to with any frequency. A few more suggestions: They Caught The Devil And Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas - Tony Joe White Tillamook County Jail - Todd Snider Christmas in Prison - John Prine Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen How Will You Meet Your End - A.A. Bondy Cortez the Killer - Neil Young & Crazy Horse Ladies Love Outlaws - Waylon Jennings

While there exists a greater range and variety of these types of songs from the 20's and 30's, I completely disagree that you have to leave the 60's - present to make a good mixtape on the subject.

It's a great one. My current obsession of Jay covers starts and ends with "Mystifies Me."

You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allan Coe (with special thanks to Steve Goodman for making it fit perfectly into this theme) There Ain't No Good Chain Gang - Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings Cocaine Blues (Live @ Folsom Prison) - Johnny Cash Delia's Gone - Johnny Cash Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand - Waylon Jennings My Own Kind of Hat - Merle Haggard Branded Man - Merle Haggard Murdering Oscar - Patterson Hood Cottonseed - Drive-By Truckers The Wig He Made Her Wear - Drive-By Truckers

It was incredibly difficult for me to limit this to twenty. Uncle Tupelo Chickamauga Slate Still Be Around Looking For a Way Out Son Volt Windfall Tear-Stained Eye Too Early Out of the Picture Left a Slide Creosote Methamphetamine Bicycle Hotel Circadian Rhythm No Turning Back Roll On Solo/Other Projects All of Your Might Heart on the Ground Hanging on to You No Rolling Back Low Life Kingdom He's also done some killer covers - Mystifies Me, Looking at the World Through a Windshield, Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (frequent closer on Son Volt's last tour), Going, Going Gone, Effigy

Submitted list: 1. Sticky Fingers/The Stones 2. Harvest Moon/Neil Young 3. Decoration Day/Drive-By Truckers 4. Physical Graffiti/Led Zeppelin 5. Ragged Glory/Neil Young & Crazy Horse 6. Trace/Son Volt 7. Honky Tonk Heroes/Waylon Jennings 8. Exile on Main St./The Stones 9. Boxer/The National 10. Darkness on the Edge of Town/Springsteen 11. Let It Bleed/The Stones 12. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/Neil Young & Crazy Horse 13. The Beatles/The Beatles 14. Paul's Boutique/Beastie Boys 15. A Ghost Is Born/Wilco 16. Dog Days/Blue Mountain 17. Southern Rock Opera/Drive-By Truckers 18. Zuma

According to Jonathan Demme, Ben died from a heart attack. More here.

Rough Draft... Sticky/Stones Harvest Moon/Neil Decoration Day/DBT PG/Zeppelin Ragged Glory/Neil & Horse Trace/SV Boxer/National Honky Tonk Heroes/Waylon This Is Nowhere/Neil & Horse Bleed/Stones Boutique/Beasties Exile/Stones Dog Days/Blue Mtn Darkness/Boss White Album/Fab 4 Southern Rock Opera/DBT Ghost Born/Wilco Zuma/Neil & Horse #1/Big Star Planet Waves/Dylan & Band Nation/P.E. Faithless/Whiskey Tonight's the Night/Neil Viva/Jerry Jeff Walker Hollywood/Jayhawks Gold Rush/Neil Beggars/Stones Strangers/Whiskey Beach/Neil Bakesale/Sebadoh Where You Been/Dino Jr. Born to Run/

Man, how I fucking love "Out on the Weekend." Tears for Ben as I hear him breathe life into it with that gorgeous steel.

11????? That is just plain wrong. Gimme a few days please gogo.

This is very upsetting. What a class act. Hell of a player. Was Neil's secret weapon. Introduced me to the power of the steel guitar. Also played steel on Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces."

I have an extra ticket.

Brothers debuts @ #3 with over 73,000 units moved in its 1st week.

I know he rapped on Blakroc's "Coochie", but how does this guy have to do with The Black Keys, Brothers, and album lengths?

That wasn't the criticism though. Quality of songs is not the issue the reviewer has. It's simply a length issue, and that's just flat out insane. You aren't aware that Pitchfork can also predict the future?

My favorite song on HV and they absolutely killed it. Yup. Uncanny resemblance to John Lennon.