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Best albums of 2014: 35 to 20

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Best Albums of 2014: 35-26

AS 2014 draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the last 12 months in music and as tradition goes, this involves the unveiling of our 35 Best Albums Of The Year – as always, it has been a struggle, we have fought and bled and finally agreed on the 35 best records of 2014.  There will be three posts, the excitement will be unbearable and the top 10 will be revealed in a few of days..

What did we get wrong? What did we miss? Well, nothing of course, this is THE list.  No, just kidding, this is our view of the year in music, and as we have said many times before, we only write about the stuff we like and we can not reach everything.

Enjoy! …and use the comments to voice your opinions!

35. Miranda Lambert – Platinum
34. Doug Paisley – Strong Feelings
33. Nicky Lane – All or Nothing
32. Billy Joe Shaver – Long in the tooth
31. Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
30. Jackson Browne – Standing in the breach
29. Hungry For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
28. Tweedy – Sukierae
27. Lucinda Williams – Down where the spirit meets the bone
26. Trampled by Turtles – Wild Animals

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Kris Kristofferson: Here Comes That Rainbow Again

June 1998.Actor Kris Kristofferson.

 

 

The scene was a small roadside cafe
The waitress was sweepin’ the floor
Two truck drivers drinkin’ their coffee
And two okie kids by the door

“Here Comes That Rainbow” is one of my fav Kris Kristofferson songs.

Here are some great live versions by Kris & Johnny Cash.

Dec 1984:

How much are them candies, they asked her
How much have you got, she replied
We’ve only a penny between us
Them’s two for a penny, she lied

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Bob Dylan: Girl From The North Country, Stockholm 2007 (Video)


Bob Dylan Stockholm 2007

Well, if you’re travelin’ in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

Great Video & Sound quality.. and a lovely performance.

Globe Arena
Stockholm, Sweden
28 March 2007

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December 20: Pat Hare birthday

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If highly distorted guitar played with a ton of aggression and just barely suppressed violence is your idea of great blues, then Pat Hare’s your man.
~Cub Koda (allmusic.com)

….Auburn “Pat” Hare, the most aggressive picker to work at Phillips’ studio [Sun Studions that is]. Together, Hare and James Cotton produced one of the truly great blues recordings, “Cotton Crop Blues.”
~From the book: “Good Rockin’ Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘N’ Roll

James Cotton (Pat Hare on guitar) – Cotton Crop Blues (May 1954):

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