The Dexateens : Shelter [ purchase ] I seem to be writing about my song selection process a lot lately, which may mean that I’m trying t...

[ purchase Live at the Shoals Theare ]  If you know me, or have read my blog posts (and frankly, there are too many to link to), you proba...

The Staple Singers : I’ll Take You There [ purchase ] I’m a little surprised that I’ve never devoted a post to the great Mavis Staples—a...

R.B. Greaves : Take A Letter Maria   [ purchase ]  I’ve written in the past about how I started paying attention to music in 1969. as a resu...

Nanci Griffith : Armstrong [ purchase ] It isn’t a particularly profound or original observation to point out that 1969 was a pivotal ...

Golden Palominos : Boy(Go) [ purchase ] The legendary supergroups like Cream or Blind Faith or CSN&Y were attempts to join musicia...

Dawes : A Little Bit of Everything (Live from Newport 2012) [ purchase the album that this song is on ] I have written about the tri...

The Lone Bellow : Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold [ purchase ] Most of the time, I’ve been posting at least twice to each theme, in par...

[ purchase ] I’ve written about the Drive-By Truckers many times, maybe more than any other band, in part because they are one of my fa...

The Drive-By Truckers : The Southern Thing   The Drive-By Truckers : The Three Great Alabama Icons [ purchase ] For our last theme...

[ purchase a documentary ] Time to really go for it here. I first heard about GG Allin from the early Drive-By Truckers song “ The Ni...

[ purchase Southeastern ] If you have spoken to me about music over the past year or so, you probably know that my favorite album of 2013...

Drive-By Truckers : Zip City [ purchase Southern Rock Opera ] There is one member of my family who would be disappointed if I had the...

Drive-By Truckers : 18 Wheels of Love [ purchase ] I used to be a member of one of those record clubs where you got a bunch of records fo...

R.E.M. : Burning Hell [ purchase ] Patterson Hood: Burning Hell [ purchase ] Although I visited Star Maker Machine from day one... my firs...