John Doe - 'A Year In the Wilderness.
One of those recordings I found at the Friends Store in the public library. A $2.00 price tag so I took a chance.
The thing is, I should have known John Doe's music. Another huge gap in my collection (and knowledge).
Aimee Mann and Kathleen Edwards contribute voices on it.
I had it in the CD player and it started playing. After a few minutes, I was like: "Who is this?" By the time the tenth song started I had to open up the player and discover its identity. I must have begun listening once before without an impression being formed ..... Sometimes it just needs to be the right place and time before greatness is discovered.
From starting out listening to my parents records to staying up late at night listening to the radio to being introduced to album collecting as a teenager to making mix-tapes and into the present, it seems that I've always been searching for and listening to music of widely varied genres. Here's an idea of what I've been hearing along the way ....
Monday, May 27, 2019
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