Day 1352 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Jim & Jesse McReynolds, bluegrass royalty.
Day 1351 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass The McEuan-Ibbotson CD is one of my favourites, and the Jim and Jesse set is similarly impressive.
Day 1350 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass That Traveling McCourys album is one of the finest of the past decade. Experiencing John McEuen live in '97 was grand. Experiencing John McEuen in 2024, was even better.
Day 1349 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Our final day of McCourys. Cold Hard Facts was my first CD from Del, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band recording is of interest. Good stuff.
Day 1348 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass It's Just the Night? Contemporary bluegrass doesn't get better.
Day 1347 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge Del McCoury may be the greatest #bluegrass singer & bandleader in the music's history, notwithstanding the contributions of the founders & first-generation. He told me once, you need to own your own music or someone else will make your money. Truth.
Day 1346 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Dwight McCall can sing, as can Del. We'll be with the Master for a few days. Moneyland is such an interesting concept, while The Mountain and Del and the Boys are canon.
Day 1345 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Missed Edmonton band Maple Creek's second album a few ago, and this Steve Martin/Steep Canyon Rangers album is enjoyable but damn, perhaps has the best album packaging in bluegrass history: dollars were spent.
Day 1344 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge Mac Martin may not be the most well-known of the #bluegrass Martins, but he knew bluegrass. More music that needs to get played on the radio show, and I am making that note. Great stuff.
Day 1343 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass A few from Jimmy Martin, the self-appointed King of Bluegrass. A bit of a jerk on-stage, when at the meet-and-greet table, he was very nice if somewhat 'nervous,' maybe. Uncomfortable? Not sure how to describe him. Good songs.
Day 1342 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Influential BC bluegrasser Sue Malcolm kicks off shelf 64 along with Benny Martin- these final albums from Martin (another one tomorrow) are absolutely wonderful.
Day 1341 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Finishing the L section of the bluegrass shelves. Jami Lynn's album is bluegrass adjacent and is impressive. Onto shelf 64.
Day 1340 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Take Five is an exceptional banjo album. Claire Lynch is always a welcome voice.
Day 1339 #CDsOnTheShelf #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Lost & Found and Lost Highway put many miles on their buses- I hear the Lost Highway bus sometimes hit things.
Day 1338 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Today, Lost & Found doesn't get nearly as much attention as they deserve.
Day 1337 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge Of all the #bluegrass supergroups, Longview might have been the best- instrumentally and especially vocally taking the music to an impressive level. Their album covers? Not so much.
Day 1336 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge Back to the #Bluegrass to finish up with the Lonesome River Band, a group I've never fully warmed to for whatever reason and The Lonesome Sisters. It's not always bluegrass here, but close sometimes.
Day 1335 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge Recently acquired ketchup time: I believe all of these are from the radio station tickle trunk; listened to the Smith album (a bit strange) and looking forward to the others.
I picked up a Wynton Marsalis LP last weekend, so why not find two Wynton CDs today. A quarter each!
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Day 1334 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge Recently acquired ketchup time: Rounder compilations are often the best compilations; this Deep Blue one is inconsistent. The Laws were bluegrass adjacent for a few years, & I haven't yet dug into Red Dirt Skinners.
Day 1333 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge Recently acquired ketchup time: Replaced a pair of 'burned' copies here, and found a Tim Isberg album I never knew existed. Looking forward to spending an evening with the Connie Kaldor set soon.
Day 1332 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge Recently acquired ketchup time: Paul Kaplan CD was recently reviewed, & the John Hewitt set was purchased at his concert a couple months back. The others are charity shop gems with Terra Lightfoot espec. impressive.
Day 1331 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge #bluegrass A selection of Lonesome River Band CDs from the more recent past.
Day 1330 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Corrina Rose Logston, who I featured on the radio show a couple Sundays ago & her spouse Jeremy are core members of High Fidelity. I've never warmed to Lonesome River Band & should try again.
Yesterday's flea and thrift pickups. I was a fool for not having American Fool already in my collection. And Glen Campbell's 61st & last album with contributions by Chris Isaak, Brian Setzer, & Paul Westerberg. Lance Henriksen is in the western.
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Day 1329 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Great, underheard and underappreciated, classic bluegrass from The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover. I listened to one of these yday, & will feature in next weekend's radio show, if plans go.
Day 1328 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Additional favourites from Laurie Lewis including Guest House, one of my all-timers. Liberty Bluegrass Boys fea. #YEG's Matt Hotte, a good band for a few years & popular at Blueberry.
Day 1327 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Some of my favourites from Laurie Lewis including Skippin' and Flyin', Winter's Grace, and the Vern & Ray set.
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My friend tells me one of these band members is from Counting Crows and another is from Better Than Ezra, but I only care that Dave Alvin is in the band. ๐ The third outing for this supergroup.
Day 1326 Join me daily for #CDsOnTheShelf Share your CD collection. #MusicChallenge #bluegrass Laurie Lewis across the years.