What Are You Listening To?

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RODRIGUEZ  "cold fact"  cd, 1970.

folkie from Detroit.
well, I guess youd call him a folkie.
debut album of two.
song themes deliver a harsh brutal message of lives in the 'burbs
whilst being set amongst beautiful melodies and tunes.
as a wordsmith of such things he is up there with Mr Dylan.
never charted in his homeland whatsoever,
yet Australia and South Africa welcomed him and his music with open arms.
probably the greatest nobody with talent who should have been a somebody.
seems to be getting some sort of recognition at last with the doco release of
"searching for sugarman" a few years ago.
BTW, has anybody seen the doco? I havent
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

could have picked anything off this album to post but this one always mesmerises me:





MH, get your copy out and give it a whirl.
it will blow the crap out of your ears from all that rap-crap.

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WILLIE NELSON "for the good times: a tribute to Ray Price"  cd,  2016

his sixty-fifth solo album.
reached #5 on the Billboard Country chart.
as the title suggests, a covers set of songs that friend Ray Price sang during his long career.
Willie was also a member of Ray's backing band back in the early days.
twelve tracks, mainly country sounding as opposed to Willie's jazz roots.
good solid album as always from Mr Nelson.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

favourite:

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BOBBY LONG "a winter tale" cd, 2011

no, not the Serial Killer, a UK folkie
fifth album of ten.
only one I own.
purchased from a discount bin.
hearing hints of Dylan and Cohen
good solid consistent album.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

no decent links, just amateur shot, poor quality audio
so im not posting anything, sorry.

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PAUL WELLER  "true meanings" cd/vinyl 2018

had to revisit this one after on-line comments by fans of PW rate it as their favourite
solo set of his.
yes, it made the passing grade for me back in 2018 but I wasn't overly impressed with it.
upon reassessing it has a certain charm and warmth to it I never heard earlier.
liking every track on here now.
still not a great Weller album IMO, but still pretty good.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

favourite (on this occasion)  and a beautiful video to go with it...

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ALAN JACKSON  "what I do" cd,  2004

his eleventh.
all the hallmarks of a typical Jackson album,
lots of acoustic country and one or two modern country tracks.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

favourite wasnt even a single: cool live version!

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FLEET FOXES  "fleet foxes" cd, 2008

their debut of three
I own the first two.
lovely harmonies, melodies and crisp clear sound on here.
lots of layers of sound to explore yet it sounds spacious at the same time.
has Father John Misty's sound all over this one but he didn't write any of the songs here??
absolute masterpiece of an album IMO
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

single:

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ALAN JACKSON "good time" cd, 2008

his fifteenth.
album starts off pretty bad.
first words mentioned are "good time" with the use of a vocorder, Lordy, oh Lordy!
then we get several modern country tracks, not impressed at this stage.
Phew!, come the fifth track (and album favourite) he's back where he belongs.
real country, bluegrass, a couple of slower tracks, AJ redeems himself.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

favourite:

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MARK KNOPFLER  "tracker" cd, 2015

more folkie than rock.
we all know his style.
nice to hear something that genuinely classy on every level.
loving half the album, really liking the rest.
another solid album from Mr.K
I LOVE THIS ALBUM





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I came in three days early
To meet my boat
It ain't the life of Riley
But it's keeping me afloat
It's quiet over Christmas
If you got no place to go
I got my home from river rats
The only home I know

I found myself a flophouse
And I hit the streets at nine
Get some grub and drink a beer
Maybe go down the line
These chips will take your money
Shake a young man down
It's the same in every one of these
Sorry river towns

River towns, sorry river towns
River towns
River towns, sorry river towns
River towns

Well I picked me up a bottle
To take back to the room
Then I saw a young girl standing
In a doorway in the gloom
We'd hardly started talking
The old scenario
And I just let her work me over
Down by the Ohio

River towns, sorry river towns
River towns
River towns, sorry river towns
River towns

When I asked her if she'd like to stay
She was down my stairs so quick
I never asked what got her started
With the sorry river tricks
So I get the bottle open
But something's hit a nerve
And I'm looking in the mirror
At the face that I deserve

River towns, sorry river towns
River towns
River towns, sorry river towns
River towns

[Ruby]

^Yes. Similar vibe to Privateering, in terms of the mix.

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I do prefer Privateering though.

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NEIL YOUNG  "comes a time" cd, 1978

ninth solo set from Uncle Neil.
the older I get the more inclined I am to purpose pick his county/folkie/Americana material
over his grungy Crazy Horse material.
lovie just about everything on this album and Nicolette Larson's appearance makes it even more 
special IMO.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM.

I usually try to avoid the obvious track to post but in this case the obvious one is the best one: