May... Showers?

A mix for a May that has seen seemingly endless rain of late.

1) Josh Ritter - To The Dogs or Whoever (Live @ 930)
2) C C R - Long As I Can See the Light
3) Jimi Hendrix - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Live)
4) Jackie Greene - About Cell Block #9
5) The Staple Singers - Slow Train
6) Bob Dylan - Day of the Locusts
7) Loudon Wainwright III - I Am the Way
8) Iris DeMent & John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves
9) John Prine - Long Monday
10) Bob Schneider - Blow Me Back to You (Live)
11) Bob Dylan - Beyond the Horizon
12) Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen
13) dEUS - Nine Threads
14) Georgie James - Cake Parade
15) David Gray - Shine
16) M M J - I'm Amazed (Live on SNL)
17) Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream
18) This Is Ivy League - Crown of Love
19) Scarlett Johansson - Falling Down
20) J. Tillman - For an Hour with You
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1) Again, live there is no one I enjoy more.
3) One of the greatest rock stories ever told. Pepper comes out and three days later Jimi's performing it on stage with The Experience. Pretty sick!
4) Speaking of sick, Jackie Greene is a master showman. A master. I thought I was going to see this rootsy, acoustic guitar balladeer, and I couldn't have been farther off. It was a crazy good time. It's too bad New Yorkers don't know the classic Hank Jr song "Family Tradition," because for me, that was the highlight. This song was a close second.
8, 9) Major Prine kick right now. Major.
10) "Big Blue Sea," one of my favorite songs, sounds best when it's just Bob and a guitar. This is one of those songs, and it may soon be a favorite. I'll let you know.

Avril for Real

This month found me upended with a series of transitions. As of today, though, I'm 3 for 3. I'll let you decide just what that means.

I'd intended this one to be a driver; those of you with cars will have to let me know how goes.

1) Josh Ritter - Snow is Gone
2) Jackson Browne - Fountain of Sorrow (Live, Acoustic)
3) Cream - Badge
4) Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
5) Van Morrison - Call Me Up in Dreamland
6) WILCO - Jesus, Etc.
7) Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
8) Elton John - Georgia
9) She & Him - Change Is Hard
10) Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
11) Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
12) Son Volt - Windfall
13) Bob Dylan - Time Passes Slowly
14) Bill Withers - Let It Be
15) Bill Withers - Can We Pretend
16) Aphex Twin - Avril 14
17) Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (Bootleg Series Vol 2 Version)
18) Van Morrison - Warm Love
19) Van Morrison - Comfort You
20) Willie Nelson - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
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1) I'll hopefully have a second mix of his love songs up tonight as well.
3, 4) Fandango
5, 18, 19) VAN! Of late, c/o an almost academic approach to the rock doc, Van Morrison: Under Review, I've over-indulged on his 'prolific period,' '64 to '74.
13) Beg, steal, or borrow this one: New Morning is tha business!
14, 15) Fair assessment? I really get a hankering for Bill Withers just about every spring.
20) The Electric Horseman