What the hell? I hit play on my previously loaded, 5-disc, CD player (Yeah some of us hold out geezers still have our CD players and turntables) and heard Hiss Golden Messenger's, "Heart Like A Levee" album followed by Son Volt's, "Notes Of Blue" record but then what followed that, I can not identify upon listening to the first eight songs ..... which I really hate when that happens, (not that it happens often) ...... but I'm loving these sounds and sooner or later, I'm going to open up the CD player and see what the heck it is!!! But I have to admit to being totally clueless at this moment in time as I'm listening with fascination and I'll probably be kicking myself as soon as the mystery is revealed.
Awwwww the answer is ..... The National, "Trouble Will Find Me." I must have been seriously distracted the first time I listened to this as I have no remembrance of an initial impression. But how could I have overlooked these baritone lead vocals?
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 ....
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Evening of Jazz
A different kind of Jazz playlist. Not a lot of household names here. No jazz standards here. That doesn't mean it can't be enjoyabl...
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Gary Clark Jr. - This Land. A few months ago (bought it on my birthday), upon first and second listens, other than the opening song, ...
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Culture on display in Salem, Oregon!!! In the middle of an empty lot in town. One story that I've heard is that there once was a used ...
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Leo Kottke - 12 String Blues: Live at the Scholar Coffeehouse. On the Oblivion Recording Company label. From 1969. Found today at my old rec...
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