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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 11, 2019 10:54:30 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#31 - "A Drink After Midnight" - The Country Side of Harmonica Sam.
Harmonica Sam is back with another neo-honky-tonk classic. I'm not sure there's a lot more to say. But it still boggles my mind that a band from Sweden is making some of the best traditional country music out there.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 11, 2019 12:44:15 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#30 - "Just Call Me Lonesome" - Radney Foster
This one came up on my "Discover" feed at some point and it tickled the back of my brain. I very vaguely remembered Foster and I very vaguely even remembered this single. I'm a little surprised it's this high, but it is a pretty catchy tune with a definite Dwight Yoakam vibe.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 11, 2019 14:42:23 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#29 - "I Never (Shed a Tear)" - Joshua Hedley
Another one from what was almost certainly my most listened to album of 2018 and probably my favorite album of the year. Hedley does a classic style country ballad.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 11, 2019 15:47:20 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#28 - "4th Of July / He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Shooter Jennings/George Jones
I run hot and cold on Shooter (mostly cold). His personality tends to bug me and that bleeds through to his music. But he does enough stuff that I don't mind that I am willing to listen to anything he puts out.
And I really love this track. It puts me in mind of driving a beat to shit Isuzu Opel and singing whatever song came to mind because the radio was busted.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 11, 2019 16:59:27 GMT -5
I love Radney Foster, solo or earlier as half of Foster and Lloyd.
Lots of others I've not been exposed to and hearing some new (to me) sounds. One newer artist I really dig that has a let's say western influence is Shakey Graves, although a little of him goes a long way, not sure I could take a couple hours of him. Like Radney Foster (and Michael Nesmith) a Texan!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 11, 2019 17:07:54 GMT -5
I love Radney Foster, solo or earlier as half of Foster and Lloyd. Lots of others I've not been exposed to and hearing some new (to me) sounds. One newer artist I really dig that has a let's say western influence is Shakey Graves, although a little of him goes a long way, not sure I could take a couple hours of him. Like Radney Foster (and Michael Nesmith) a Texan! I knew of Radney Foster and Foster & Lloyd. But I had honestly forgotten him/them. It's always nice to rediscover stuff. I'm familiar with Shakey Graves but haven't delved deep into his work. So much music. So little time.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 11, 2019 17:18:31 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#27 - "Hope the High Road" - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Yeah...there's lots of Jason Isbell on here. Yes...he's that damn good.
There is soooo much going on in this song. It hits so damn many different sweet spots it almost makes you tired. But really these lyrics say it all.
"We'll ride the ship down Dumping buckets overboard There can't be more of them than us There can't be more"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2019 3:10:16 GMT -5
Gary Clark Jr.s new single This Land! just dropped (album drops March 1).
It's a damn good song (I've seen the official video release and the cleaned up live version he played on Colbert), blues with attitude and highly politically charged... don't listen to it if you are easily offended by matters or race relations, politics, or language...the buzz I heard before the single dropped was this was pissed off blues with no punches pulled, and after listening and watching the video that may be a slight understatement...
-M
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 12, 2019 13:04:08 GMT -5
Gary Clark Jr is saying something. It's been fifty some years since a wise man had a dream, and yet human beings still saving to say enough of that old nightmare forced on us by a very few, enabled by the rest of us looking the other way and staying silent when people other than yourself are being intimidated. I can understand wanting to intimidate back but it's more lasting to say something wise and true, that's the blade that really cuts and changes things. Those old blues are so full to overflowing they are a treasure for the ages.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 14, 2019 11:38:10 GMT -5
Gary Clark Jr.s new single This Land! just dropped (album drops March 1). It's a damn good song (I've seen the official video release and the cleaned up live version he played on Colbert), blues with attitude and highly politically charged... don't listen to it if you are easily offended by matters or race relations, politics, or language...the buzz I heard before the single dropped was this was pissed off blues with no punches pulled, and after listening and watching the video that may be a slight understatement... -M That's some serious stuff. I'm going to have to spend some time digesting that.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 14, 2019 11:39:06 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#26 - "Souvenirs" - John Prine
This belongs to my "I'm getting old" playlist. Prine talks about the things we've loved and the things we've lost. And the people we've loved and lost. I'm not going to put aside my childhood things.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 14, 2019 11:40:24 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#25 - "Sittin' in an All Nite Cafe" - Warner Mack
To me, this is one of the ultimate country jukebox songs. Two minutes and sixteen seconds to tell a complete story with a complete setting. I love the imagery of the lines
"Makin' paper wads from napkins Throwin' toothpicks on the floor"
I don't think I realized this was written by Jim Glaser of the Glaser Brothers.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 14, 2019 11:44:56 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#24 - "Santa Fe" - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
This song (and album) hit toward the end of 2017 and I listened to it a fair bit in early 2018. This is just a super fun song...and I love the animation in the video.
And honestly...Steve Martin is just a modern renaissance man. Guy is an accomplished comic, actor, writer and musician. Who'd a thunk it coming from "King Tut."
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 15, 2019 13:26:11 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018
#23 - "She Don't Sing" - Andy's Automatics
Have I mentioned that I'm firmly convinced that Andy's Automatics should be a big deal? Yeah. I know I have. Another one from their album. Another great retro-country tune.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 15, 2019 13:36:10 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2018 #22 - "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" - Del McCoury BandI first discovered Del McCoury when I saw him as part of the "Down From the Mountain" tour with Patricia Schneider, Vance Smith and Melissa Myers Smith. Love the story that this one tells. And Richard Thompson picked a classic machine to base his song around. If I had any complaint it's that the song was hugely overexposed for a while.
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