Run into the Ground: April '06
While I usually listen to a wide variety of music every day, occasionally I'll come across a song that compels me to use the REPEAT > ONE function on the iPod. This song will then be played for hours, even days on end.
April's RitG Selections have a decidedly twangy flavor, influenced by the bluegrass guitar lessons I started taking this month.
Iron & Wine/Calexico - "History of Lovers" (from In the Reins)
This entire album is fantastic, but this song in particular has brightened many a long subway ride.
Emmylou Harris - "Green Pastures" (from Roses in the Snow)
Features three-part harmony with Emmylou, Ricky Skaggs and Dolly Parton, with a nice little guitar solo by Willie Nelson.
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - "The One I Love is Gone" (from Pioneering Women of Bluegrass)
My friend Pat introduced me this song a few years ago, and to bluegrass/roots music in general. To me, this song exemplifies the 'high lonesome' sound.
The Grateful Dead - "Friend of the Devil" (from American Beauty)
Not even three years in San Francisco could make me a Grateful Dead fan. I'm allergic to jam bands, and the Dead always struck me as particularly wanky. But when Ed, my skate-punk-turned-dead-head friend started sending me live bootlegs, I had to change my mind. Coincidentally, I also started liking Cherry Garcia ice cream. Fortunately my aversion to tie-dye and hacky sacks remains intact.
The Band - "Up On Cripple Creek" (from The Band)
While "The Weight" will always be my favorite Band song (especially the version in The Last Waltz with The Staples Singers), "Cripple Creek" is both funky and twangy. I love Levon Helm's voice and his dirty south vibe. Not to mention the yodeling.
Gillian Welch - "My Morphine" (from Hell Among the Yearlings)
From one of my favorite albums. This song is so simple, so gorgeous and sad. Probably the prettiest song ever about drug addiction. Plus, yodeling!
The White Stripes - "Little Ghost" (from Get Behind Me Satan)
I love the White Stripes, not just because they can rock, but because they can play whatever the hell they want and make it work. Cover a Dolly Parton or a Burt Bacharach song? Sure, why not. Jack White's a big roots music fan, and "Little Ghost" is great bluegrass-inspired song.
April's RitG Selections have a decidedly twangy flavor, influenced by the bluegrass guitar lessons I started taking this month.
Iron & Wine/Calexico - "History of Lovers" (from In the Reins)
This entire album is fantastic, but this song in particular has brightened many a long subway ride.
Emmylou Harris - "Green Pastures" (from Roses in the Snow)
Features three-part harmony with Emmylou, Ricky Skaggs and Dolly Parton, with a nice little guitar solo by Willie Nelson.
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - "The One I Love is Gone" (from Pioneering Women of Bluegrass)
My friend Pat introduced me this song a few years ago, and to bluegrass/roots music in general. To me, this song exemplifies the 'high lonesome' sound.
The Grateful Dead - "Friend of the Devil" (from American Beauty)
Not even three years in San Francisco could make me a Grateful Dead fan. I'm allergic to jam bands, and the Dead always struck me as particularly wanky. But when Ed, my skate-punk-turned-dead-head friend started sending me live bootlegs, I had to change my mind. Coincidentally, I also started liking Cherry Garcia ice cream. Fortunately my aversion to tie-dye and hacky sacks remains intact.
The Band - "Up On Cripple Creek" (from The Band)
While "The Weight" will always be my favorite Band song (especially the version in The Last Waltz with The Staples Singers), "Cripple Creek" is both funky and twangy. I love Levon Helm's voice and his dirty south vibe. Not to mention the yodeling.
Gillian Welch - "My Morphine" (from Hell Among the Yearlings)
From one of my favorite albums. This song is so simple, so gorgeous and sad. Probably the prettiest song ever about drug addiction. Plus, yodeling!
The White Stripes - "Little Ghost" (from Get Behind Me Satan)
I love the White Stripes, not just because they can rock, but because they can play whatever the hell they want and make it work. Cover a Dolly Parton or a Burt Bacharach song? Sure, why not. Jack White's a big roots music fan, and "Little Ghost" is great bluegrass-inspired song.
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