Picked this CD up for £1 at our Quiz Night. Apart from one track from Alison Krauss I have no idea who any of the other artists are so it was fun to listen to. I am sure it was the subject of either a TV or radio show.
The tracks are country of all types and opens with the wonderful Vinyl Records by Todd Snider - the lyrics are fab so here they are:
I've got a dusty old pile of vinyl records sittin' on my floor
I've played each one of 'em over and over a dozen times or more
All I've got is a beat up chair a mattress a fork and another to spare
And that dusty old pile of records on my floor
I got Willie, Waylon and Woody Guthrie
Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett and Bobby Gentry
Jerry Jeff, Bob Dylan, Donnie Fritts,
The Dead, The Doors, Patsy Cline, John Prine and more
I got Jackson Browne, Townes Van Zandt, Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Harry Chapin, Guy Clark and Van Halen
I got Rita, Kris, Keith Sykes and Country Joe when he was singin' with the Fish you know
I got Emmylou, U2 and Arlo, James Taylor, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Mojo Nixon,
Hendrix, Haggard and a whole lot more
In that dusty old pile of vinyl records I got sittin' on my floor
One time in San Francisco I was standin' in an airport line
In one bag I had all my clothes the other was all them ol' records of mine
The lady said I could only bring one bag
I had two, Oh what a drag
I had to jump on the plane and leave all my clothes behind
I got all of Booker T's, Tom T. Hall's,
Bobby Bare, Belafonte and the New York Dolls,
Billy Joe, Jimmy Croce, Kiss, Crosby Stills and Nash,
John, June and Roseanne Cash
I got Forbert, Fromholtz, Stevie Ray,
T-Birds, Yardbirds, Sam and Dave,
And as some of y'all mighta guessed already
I got piles and piles and piles of Tom Petty
In that dusty old pile of vinyl records I got sittin' on my floor
....love the fact that he sacrificed his clothes for that ole' vinyl.
Other notebale tracks are:
Something Beautiful - Tracy Bonham
Back To Me - Kathleen Edwards
I Am Aglow - Sarah Harmer [beautiful love song]
Apart from listening to this on a car journey my only audible top up today has been The Jazz streaming on my computer. It's OK but jukebox radio, doesn't really tell ot teach or inspire anything in your regarding jazz, just plays it at you.
