The Coasters : Poison Ivy [ purchase ] Jim Gill : Poison Ivy [ purchase ] “Leaves of three, let it be.” That’s the old saying ab...

Guided By Voices : I am a Tree [ purchase ] Rush : The Trees [ purchase ] Most songwriters are not scientists, and vice versa. It...

Todd Snider : Keep Off the Grass [ purchase ] Todd Snider : Keep Off the Grass (live in Boston) I know we already have a post about...

Grateful Dead: Sugar Magnolia [ purchase Europe '72 version ] I grew up in a house with 2 magnolia trees in the yard. One was a...

Lynn Anderson : Rose Garden [ purchase ] "Rose Garden" (as in I beg your pardon, I never promised you one ) was originally a...

Rick Jamison : Cedars and the Pines [ purchase ] California bluegrass musician Rick Jamison isn't compelled to constrain his cont...

Tommy James and the Shondells : Crimson and Clover [ purchase ] Joan Jett and the Blackhearts : Crimson and Clover [ purchase ] ...

Guy Clark Homegrown Tomatoes [ purchase ] Where we live, Mother's Day weekend generally marks the first safe weekend for planting...

The Coleman Hawkins Quartet : Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree [ purchase ] Swing.  A simple enough word; evocative, though perhaps overus...

Honeybus : Under The Silent Tree [Purchase] Along with Badfinger, Marmalade and The Move, Honeybus recorded albums full of perfect p...

Woody & Arlo Guthrie: Grassy Grass Grass [ purchase ] We end our day with a pulsing trance from Woody Guthrie himself, with layer...

Deb Talan : Cherry Trees [ purchase ] I wrote most of this entry wholesale back in 2009, for a different song entirely. But it bears...

Booker T. & the M.G.’s : Green Onions (Live) [ purchase ] I woke up early this morning to two pieces of news—first, that our theme f...

The Sadies : The Horseshoe [ purchase ] In 2006 Canadian filmmaker Ron Mann asked The Sadies to score his latest documentary about Ed ...

Martin Sexton : Diner [ purchase ] I have to believe that most of us who write or read music blogs like this have a list of favorites wh...

Suzanne Vega : Tom’s Diner [ purchase ] Sitting at the counter unnoticed even by the man who pours her coffee, she watches the people wi...

Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra : House of Blue Lights [ purchase ] "The House of Blue Lights" is a kno...

Godley And Creme : Art School Canteen [Purchase] Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were the satirical music geniuses behind 10cc. After 10cc...

Electric Six : Gay Bar [ purchase ] Electric Six are a Detroit garage-rock-punk-disco band, even though they sound deliberately RP ...

Jeff Fiorentino: Alice's Restaurant [ download other Fiorentino tracks ] More or less immediately, Arlo Guthrie's (1967) Alic...