March 6, 2010 - The First 10 (should they always be near and dear to my heart?)

1) No Sense in Lovin', Uncle Tupelo, Anodyne

Honestly this album will always hold signifigance for me as a blindly played the full rhythum guitar arrangement to Slate.  Uncle Tupelo, great band, great mood that any of the albums can put mem but this seems a bit eerie in the pick from the Ipod! Heard this has been reissued and want to check that out....

2) Brokedown Palace, Grateful Dead, Dead Set
This is a good clean recording with good Jerry vocal.  Straight ahead arragement with little interplay between the band, but solid.

3) El Scorcho, Weezer, Pinkerton
One of the best lines referring to a particular taste in women "God Damn you half Japenese Girls, Do it to me every time!" Cracks me up! Cannot beat my overall favirote lyric from the Counting Crows when Durtiz softly purrs " I love the red haired girls, just another boy from Texas...".  So back to the song---three distinct instrament sounds playing the chords...classic Weezer geek punk.

4) Talk is Cheap, The Toasters, Hard Bend for Dead
I think my brother flipped me this CD and had not had a chance to listen to it---great ska sound---middle of the commute and traffic was "brutal" so did not get to focus on much else.  It made me want to revisit the album--good thing!

5) Hell in a Bucket, Bob Weir, Weir Here/The Best of Bob Weir
Great Bobby song...miss Brent playing piano to accompany him.....

6) Miss Being Mrs., Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose
Jack White produced this album for Lynn--and it is an amazing one.  I believe they picked up the grammy that year.  Lynn singing about missing be Mister and all that comes with it.  From this album one of my best remembrances---cant remember song title now, but includes the phrasing "Portland, Oregon and slow gin fizz, if that aint live then tell me what is, uh-huh---duet with White and Lynn.

7) Soma, Smashing Pumpkins, 8/14/03 The Metro
Early Pumpkins with original members.  Alt/indie as hell at the time---I think Corgan is a sell out as of late, but this performance brought back the wind chime wait with the balls out guitar slam down that I loved with the Pumpkins.  Billy, bring back D'arcy and Iha AND Chamberlin---relive it---FOR REAL.

8) Belong, REM, Out of Time
Sadly---I do not remember much about this time---think this hit on the walk in to the work building which some days seems like the march off the prison bus.

9) I Am Yours, Derek and the Dominoes, Layla and other assorted Love Songs
Derek and the Dominoes and Layla---VERY special stuff for me because of more material from Duanne Allman in his to short career.  Amazing back and forth between Clapton and Allman---I......Am......Yours.....Great song from an all time classic record.

10) Blue and Lonesome, Emmit Nershi Band, 11/11/07 Canopy Club
Recording I had was not very good---got it from archive.org and just needed to fill my Billy fix which it did! I like that Nershi is getting that outlet back to his bluegrass roots with Emmitt Nershi band---just wish it could also in some fashion be moved back in with the former band (Kang) because they were FIRE when they were on....

OK---might get another list in here before the weekend is over.  Would love to hear your comments, suggestions, etc!!