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Permalink Reply by Tony Carroll on August 9, 2012 at 7:06pm

Never heard of them. Interesting sound. Good song.

Permalink Reply by Fidd Chewley on August 9, 2012 at 8:13pm

Let's dig in a little bit.  These songs are medicine for the soul, and outstanding vice songs.

Detroit Junior, "If I Hadn't Been High" (about booze)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKBGCBmHdsw

Albert Collins, "I Ain't Drunk"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTHwFgwdBYk

Good shit.

Permalink Reply by Fidd Chewley on August 9, 2012 at 8:31pm

...while I'm thinking about the blues, I gotta throw Ella Fitzgerald's version of "Cry Me a River" up here.  It's about cheating in a relationship, but from the point of the cheatee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3LklV6phBE

It's an expertly written and executed number; there are PLENTY of blues tunes about heartbreak, but any that get off the ground so eloquently and don't follow the standard minor pentatonic, 12 bar, 1-4-5 progressions is a gem in my book.  They really point out that the true heart of the blues isn't in that boilerplate compositional format that gave birth to rock.  It's not that there's anything wrong with that format, but in my opinion, the most important blues instrument is the human ear.

Justin Timberlake wiped his herpetic balls all over this beautiful song.  I consider it a violation of the Geneva Convention, and a crime against humanity.

Permalink Reply by Tony Carroll on August 9, 2012 at 8:53pm

Fidd, I agree. The most important instrument any of us have is our ear, which leads directly to our brain. Music that moves me is the closest I come to a religious experience. I cherish that. Jesus can't move me, but music sure does.

Permalink Reply by The Flying Atheist on August 10, 2012 at 1:33pm

Amen to that, Brother!

Permalink Reply by Edward Teach on August 9, 2012 at 8:48pm

Neil Young- Roll Another Number for the Road

http://youtu.be/K6aXlqPMEXk

Permalink Reply by Edward Teach on August 9, 2012 at 8:52pm

Illegal Smile-John Prine

http://youtu.be/McF7ImZH7WY

Permalink Reply by Tony Carroll on August 9, 2012 at 8:59pm

John Prine. Glorious. Always wondered why he was never more famous. Oh well. I've always enjoyed him. Forgot about this song. Thanks Edward.

Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on August 9, 2012 at 8:53pm

Are you Serious about getting SERIOUSLY LOADED?

Then just say, "Hey, Bartender!"

Permalink Reply by Tony Carroll on August 9, 2012 at 9:04pm

Draw me three more glasses of beer, Loren, and me at the local bar! :)

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