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    5 Fave Songs from a Fave Band

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Listen to this and then listen to the Jayhawks' song "Waiting For the Sun."

    Then, remember that the Jayhawks' tune came out about 5 years earlier.

    That is the reason that I cannot stand this Petty song.

     

    I know...I'm a huge Jayhawks fan.  I've probably seen them 20 times.  I just can't help liking the song.

    Make A 30-Minute Playlist

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Not an all-time list, but what I'd feel like listening to now:

     

    In a Drawer-Band of Horses

    The Ghosts of Beverly Drive-Death Cab for Cutie

    Shine On-Son Volt

    Spirits-Strumbellas

    A Beginner's Guide to Destroying the Moon-Foster the People

    24 Frames-Jason Isbell

    Couches and Alleys-Styrofoam

    Nothing is Wrong-Gomez

    Tom Petty

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Me, too.  Or the Echo tour that Benmont mentioned!  Echo, No More, Lonesome Sundown, Room At The Top, Swingin', Free Girl Now, Billy The Kid, it was a really good album although kinda dark, but powerful. I think it has aged very well. They played very little of it when they toured around that time in 1999, probably because it was deemed too dark and depressing for live shows.

     

    I thought it was really cool that Benmont mentioned this too...  I feel like Echo is Petty's forgotten album, and it's so strong from beginning to end.

    Have you met your musical idols...was it a good expierence?

    in Someone Else's Song

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    A friend once told me "trust the art; not the artist."  Largely been true in my experience...

     

    1.  Mellencamp:  I worked at the local music venue in the 90's delivering food backstage, so I met quite a few.  He was an asshole.  Loved his music at the time and I was 18, so I was crushed.

     

    2.  Pat Sansone:  A buddies girlfriend who plays in a Chicago band got us backstage at the Wilco residency shows in 07 I think.  My buddy went up to him to thank him and he totally blew us off once he realized my buddies sister wasn't there.

     

    3.  Jay Farrar:  Contrary to what I've heard over and over again he was really nice.  He's shy and you could tell he wasn't interested in any deep mind blowing conversations, but he was polite and personable.

     

    4.  Gary Louris:  Met him on the street outside Lincoln Hall this spring.  Really nice.

     

    5.  Ace Frehley:  was whacked out of his mind, but isn't that what you'd be expecting when you meet Ace.

    I Heard the Cover Version First

    in Someone Else's Song

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    My father in law steadfastly refused to believe that All Along the Watchtower was a Dylan song until I played him the original.

     

    I remember how surprised I was to find out that Blinded by the Light was a Springsteen song.  I had heard the cover so many times as a little kid driving around with my mom in her Nova.

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