 | The Thorns by The Thorns
Buy used from: $0.01 A cross between CSN and America (loved "The Sandman"!) ... this CD would have FIVE big hits if we were still living in the 70's (wish we were)
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 | In Spite of Ourselves by John Prine
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.39 Prine's vocals are flawless and the production is slick; "meetin, cheatin, and retreatin' songs". Favorites: "Every Tear Becomes A Rose" and "In A Town This Size".
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 | The Mountain by Steve Earle
Buy used from: $14.48 Best bluegrass album I've ever heard. "Harlan Man".
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 | Live on Tour by John Prine
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $5.79 LAKE MARIE ... standing by peaceful waters ... quirky, mystical, bizarre ... the greatest encore song.
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 | Transcendental Blues by Steve Earle
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.95 Artsy, creative, professional, well-written songs. The title song is powerful, "It Doesn't Get Any Lonier Than This" is heartfelt.
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 | Happy to Be Here by Todd Snider
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $3.87 My first Todd Snider CD, every song sounds like a hit. DB Cooper lives! If you buy one Snider CD, buy this one (even though his most recent live CD is nearly a greatest hits collection).
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 | New Connection by Todd Snider
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.29 "Vinyl Records" reminds me of my album days. "Statistician's Blues" is amazing. "Crooked Piece Of Time" is a tribute to John Prine. Snider and Prine make a great show!
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 | Step Right Up by Todd Snider
Buy used from: $4.98 Snider with a band ... I've never seen it (though I have seen him solo many times). Anyway, "Horseshoe Lake" has become a favorite ... "who are these people I check in with every day?".
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 | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $0.01 "Right In Time"; "Metal Firecracker"; no "Passionate Kisses" (written by Lucinda for Mary Chapin Carpenter) on this CD.
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 | West Textures by Jr. Robert Earl Keen
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.50 Saw REK at The Pageant, St. Louis, (I really went to see his back-up, Todd Snider). REK opened up a whole new musical world to me.
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 | Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.99 More of an "edge" than Revival (Rival is great (mountain music, great vocals, great accoustic, great harmonies) fantastic accoustic guitars ... haunting.
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 | Trace by Son Volt
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $1.99 "Windfall" makes the CD worth buying. I saw Steve Earle do it for an encore.
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 | Just Won't Burn by Susan Tedeschi
Buy used from: $2.53 Eclectic blues done by the hybrid of Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin.
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 | Blackhawk by BlackHawk
Buy used from: $0.01 One heck of a song on this one ... "She left no chance of redemption, no further exemption ..."
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 | Tunnel of Love by Bruce Springsteen
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.20 The Boss ...introspective, romantic, "I'm the same old story, same old act. One step up and two steps back." and ... BRILLIANT DISGUISE.
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 | Life of the Party by Charlie Robison
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.30 Saw Charlie Robison on Austin City Limits. He has funny songs but I like the serious ones ... Indianola, Loving County, and I LOVE "My Hometown". Check out "The Wedding Song" done with N. Maynes.
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 | Wrapped by Bruce Robison
Buy used from: $1.19 Charlie's easy-going brother. Rayne Louisiana is a great lead-off. Check out his "What Would Willie (Nelson) Do?" ... not on this CD.
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 | Three Days by Pat Green
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.07 "We All Got Our Reasons" and "Threadbare Gypsy Soul" are two favorites.
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 | Indigo Girls by Indigo Girls
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.66 "Closer To Fine" ... seeking clarity ... Acoustic guitars, harmonies, great lyrics! Land of Canaan.
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 | Rainy Day Music by The Jayhawks
Buy used from: $1.98 "Stumbling Through The Dark". Saw these guys at the Vic, Chicago, with The Thorns. "Blue" done with The Thorns was a great finale.
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 | Live at Billy Bob's by Jason Boland & the Stragglers
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $4.79 Excellent live album full of drinkin' and smokin' songs. "I might go crazy. I might go to Mexico." ... also, you got to love "Tennessee Whiskey, Texas weed" and "My Baby Loves Me When I'm Stoned"
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 | Under the Table and Above the Sun by Reckless Kelly
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $6.24 "Desolation Angels" and "Everybody"; RK reminds me of Steve Earle and Tom Petty.
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 | MTV Unplugged by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 "These Are The Days" and Springsteen's incredible "Because The Night" are awesome. I discovered Natalie Mercheant on this CD (but she hasn't sounded as good since). This is a classic.
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 | Chris Knight by Chris Knight
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.13 Most outstanding CD I've found since discovering Todd Snider four years ago. "It Ain't Easy Being Me" and "Hammer Going Down" are great. Can't wait to see this guy!
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 | 11/12/13: Live from Melbourne, Australia by Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch
Buy used from: $9.99 Kane: "This Dirty Little Town", "8 More Miles", "A Town This Size"; Welch: "Something 'Bout You"
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