Shuffle #125 (November 30, 2019)

In Liverpool – Suzanne Vega

When It Began – The Replacements

Running On Empty – Jackson Browne

The Rockafeller Skank – Fatboy Slim

Truckin’ – Grateful Dead

Since You’ve Been Gone – Aretha Franklin

Glory Bound – The Grass Roots

Time Is Tight – Booker T. & The MG’s

Little Ghetto Boy – John Legend & The Roots

Happy Thanksgiving!

While there are many things for which to be thankful, I decided to come up with a list of all the musicians that I’m glad I saw perform before it was too late. (I’ll revise this periodically as needed.)

 

Paul Barrere (Little Feat) 

LaVern Baker

James Brown

Ruth Brown 

Eva Cassidy 

Ray Charles

Clarence Clemons (E Street Band)

Pat DiNizio (Smithereens) 

Danny Federici (E Street Band)

Aretha Franklin 

Danny Gatton

Lesley Gore 

Richie Havens
Etta James

Sharon Jones 

Kirsty MacColl

Art Neville 

Charles Neville
John Prine
Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne)
Mary Travers (with Peter, Paul and Mary)

Junior Walker

Jesse Winchester 

Favorite Musical Artists: Indigo Girls

The Indigo Girls occupy an interesting middle niche in the music business ecosystem: not exactly household names, but more than cult favorites. They’ve received multiple Grammy nominations (with one win) and, with a run of six consecutive albums that went either gold or platinum, probably don’t have to worry about where their next meals are coming from. Yet, fortunately for their fans, they’re not so big that they can’t play venues such as Wolf Trap or the Maryland Hall for the Performing Arts (with reasonable ticket prices), or appear on the River Stage at XPNFest. And we can also be thankful that they didn’t become so acclaimed that they spawned a bevy of imitators trying to become the “new Indigo Girls”; it would be difficult if not impossible to improve on the original.

 

Concert notes: 2018 2015 (Wolf Trap) 2015 (XPNFest) 2014

 

Favorite Songs:

 

Southland In The Springtime

Fill It Up Again

Watershed

Closer To Fine

The Wood Song

 

Hammer And A Nail

Power Of Two

This Train Revised

Cold Beer And Remote Control

Galileo

 

Chickenman

Rise Up

Sugar Tongue

Get Out The Map

Least Complicated

 

Welcome Me

All That We Let In

Moment Of Forgiveness

Kid Fears

Shame On You

Shuffle #124 (November 27, 2019)

Daydream – The Lovin’ Spoonful

Dreamin’ – Johnny Burnette

Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith

Ordinary People – John Legend

The Sound Of Crying – Prefab Sprout

Volcano – Jimmy Buffett

Long Journey Home – Del Amitri

Long Distance Runaround – Yes

A Sign Of The Times – Petula Clark