Delaney and Bonnie

1960's Blues-Rock. Vocals that sound like they were influenced by Gospel music. Sounds ahead of its time to my ears. Not what comes to mind when I think of the late 1960's. Very soulful.

I don't actually own this record. (An omission that I'll look to correct very soon.) Listening to individual songs from the album on YouTube. It's from 1969. Delaney and Bonnie, "Accept No Substitutes." Classic sounds!!

Uncle Tupelo

Uncle Tupelo's last show. May 1, 1994 in St Louis. Out of the bands breakup, Son Volt and Wilco were formed. I'm extremely partial to the Jay Farrar / Son Volt sound.

This is a bootleg recording with decent audio quality that I cane across five years ago in a thrift store. You just never know where treasure is waiting to be found.

Alternative Country or Americana, whichever you prefer..

Sad to say that I didn't know of Uncle Tupelo until after I discovered Son Volt when they played a song or two on an MSNBC news magazine television program. The song "Back Into Your World" is what grabbed my attention that day. A little research led me to Uncle Tupelo. Or maybe it was the record store owner, who was a huge fan mentioning the previous existence as Uncle Tupelo? Whatever it was, I did eventually stumble my way into this great music.

Random Playlist

OPB Music Playlist, Late night, weekend edition.

• Mimicking Birds - Subsonic Words
• Shadowgraphs - Another Time
• The Walkmen - On the Water ..... There's something in the delivery at the end of several vocal lines that sounds like a Bob Dylan influence.
• Elliott Smith - Say Yes ..... Less than twelve hours ago, I was gazing at a Elliott Smith album and pondering purchase in the record store.
• Andrew Bird - Fiery Crash *****
• The Morning Benders - Promises
• Shannon Shaw - Coal On the Fire ..... I detect a small mid-1960's influence here.
• Yo La Tengo - Be Thankful For What You Got
• case lang veirs - Best Kept Secret
• The Mynabirds - Generals
• The New Pornographers - Challengers
• Portugal. The Man - When the War Ends
• Shearwater - Rooks
• Faye Webster - Kingston
• Talking Heads - Burning Down the House ..... Nothing needs to be said about this classic tune. Just enjoy it!!!
• Avi Buffalo - So What
• Radiation City - Foreign Bodies *****