Leftovers, especially this year, have been a lot of songs from “themes I missed in the time I was here.” That’s as true of my posts as anyon...

Stephen Stills : Marianne [ purchase ] Back in 1971, despite their success, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were so ambitious that the band a...

Morphine: Sheila [ purchase ] Figured I'd squeeze one more in, before our week is done. My brain has gone a bit wonky, so I'm sort ...

Bob & Sara Dylan Bob Dylan : Sara [ purchase ] I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells I'd taken the cure and had just ...

Them : Gloria [ purchase ] Gloria isn't a song, but a shamanistic incantation from Rock's High Priest, Van Morrison. During the earl...

John Denver: Darcy Farrow [ purchase ] Darcy Farrow is a straight-up folk song first recorded in 1965 by Ian & Sylvia, and since record...

Kinks: Victoria [ purchase Castle edition of Arthur , which has 10 bonus tracks ] I'm actually kinda shocked no one's posted t...

David Crosby: Guinnevere [ purchase ] Once upon a time, the recording was the recording; the very concept of demo versions would have...

Stan Getz & João Gilberto: Doralice [ purchase ] The only line in this song I can make out is "Doralice, you're making me dizz...

Yo La Tengo : Griselda [ purchase ] "Come won't you walk with me Griselda, wearing that dress that moonlight shines through, I am a...

Gillian Welch: Annebelle [ purchase ] I don't know much about Gillian Welch, except that she rose to fame as a result of the O Brother ...

Jackson Browne: Rosie [ purchase ] I was about 8 years old when the album Running On Empty came out. Little wonder I missed the wink and n...

Toots and the Maytals: Peggy [ purchase ] It seemed like time to start stretching the genre boundaries a bit more here at Der StarMacher, s...

Arthur Alexander: Anna [ purchase ] Arthur Alexander was a big influence on the Rolling Stones and The Beatles—especially John Lennon. AMG...

      Richie Valens : Donna [ purchase ] When Richie Valens was a student at San Fernando High, he wrote this about his girlfriend, Donna Lu...

Leonard Cohen : Suzanne [ purchase ] We speak so easily of lyrics, but music and interpretation are a big part of meaning. F...

[ purchase ] Bobby Charles: Rosie This is a bonus cut from Bobby Charles' self-titled debut , one of my new favorites. I can'...

Elton John : Amoreena [ purchase ] Lost, somewhere in the seventies - mom has two records in constant rotation at the Humphries household; C...

T. Rex: Debora [ purchase ] Bwr already posted up Beck's "Debra," which was on my short list, so I'll go with T Rex addi...

Elvis Costello: Veronica [ purchase ] OK - I know there are at least three of us who are thinking about posting this song, so I hope you...