Disc Two—Lust—gets down to the nitty-gritty. Essential tracks emerge as “Pussy” by Harry Ray, “It’s Heated” by Frankie Jaxon, “There’s More Pretty Girls Than One” by Rutherford & Foster and “How I Got My Gal” by the Clyde Evans Band.
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The Black Crowes: Croweology
Croweology represents live acoustic versions of The Black Crowes most revered material from the last 20 years. This collection contains all original Crowes songs except for a cover of Gram Parsons’ “She”. However, there are no songs from the band’s last two studio...
Tom Petty: Mojo
By James Calemine Mojo counts as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers first studio album in 8 years. Mojo revolves mostly around the rural south. TP & The Heartbreakers have always represented the straight-up, no-nonsense rock and roll band. In their 30-year career...
Otis Redding: Live On The Sunset Strip
This two-disc collection documents Otis Redding’s historic 1966 performance at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles. Redding already cemented his accomplishments with STAX Records, and at this point enjoyed success by covering The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction”. Live On...
Widespread Panic: Dirty Side Down
By James Calemine Dirty Side Down, Widespread Panic’s 11th studio album, returns to the group’s old John Keane-Athens sound. Few bands have been together as long as John Bell, Todd Nance, Dave Schools, Sunny Ortiz, John Hermann and Jimmy Herring. Like most Panic...
Sage & Spirit From Widespread Panic’s John Bell: 25 Years of Music & Musings
“We left superstition on the roadside a few cities ago…” “Pilgrims” Widespread Panic John Bell, Widespread Panic’s singer & guitarist, called me from San Francisco Saturday. The evening before, Panic played at Oakland’s Fox Theater to a more than welcoming West...
Dust To Digital’s Never A Pal Like Mother: Vintage Songs & Photographs of the One Who’s Always True
Never A Pal Like Mother, Dust To Digital’s soulful release, counts as a book that contains “vintage songs and photographs of the one who’s always true”. Rosanne Cash wrote the Foreword to this beautiful book. 65 antique photographs from noted collectors Sarah Bryan...
Snooks Eaglin: Baby, You Can Get Your Gun!
By James Calemine Born in New Orleans in 1939, this legendary blind guitarist died in February 2009. He began his recording career in 1958. He operated as Allen Toussaint’s lead guitarist in The Flamingoes. Folklorists Harry Oster and Richard Allen documented the...
Brute: Nine High a Pallet
The band Brute consisted of Athens, Georgia, songwriter Vic Chesnutt recording his material with Widespread Panic serving as his back-up band. The recording session transpired the previous year at John Keane’s Athens studio, but Capricorn Records released Nine High a Pallet in 1995.
Shannon McNally and Hot Sauce: Coldwater
Recorded in two days at Jim Dickinson’s Zebra Ranch Studios during the spring of 2009, Shannon McNally’s Coldwater defines her incredible talent. McNally has worked and recorded with John Hiatt, Victoria Williams, Dr. John, Charlie Sexton, Grayson Capps, Luther and...