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23rd Street Lullaby

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by: Patti Scialfa

Release Date June 15, 2004
I can see why Bruce hooked up with Patti, musical wise that is. She has wonderful song writing talents and this CD proves it. Great lullaby's and rythmic melodies keeps the music flowing throughout. I've had this CD since it first came out and forgot to review it. Top notch.

CD-Charts Position 152
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Fire of Love

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by: Gun Club

Release Date January 16, 2001
Jeffrey Lee Pierce is amazing. This album is the one to buy...some may prefer 'Miami', but I believe this is the Gun Club at their best.

Their sound is unique but can be compared to early Violent Femmes, but more heroin and blues. Yeah punk rock/heroin/blues that's what I would try to describe it as (not label it). In my humble or bad opinion, every song is a winner; "...I will fu** you til you die, bury you and kiss this town goodbye uh hey hey".... They just don't write them like that anymore!

Great songs, all of them, but I have been remembering and singing in my head(like a nut job)'Jack on Fire', 'She's Like Heroin To Me', For The Love of Ivy', 'Ghost on the Highway', and 'Fire Spirit'.

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CD-Charts Position 153
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Texas Tornados

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by: Texas Tornados

Release Date July 17, 1990
The Texas Tornados are like the reverse of the old big-box-containing-a-smaller-box-containg-a-smaller-box joke that your sister pulled on you when you opened your Christmas present. The band presents you with a brightly-colored package (graphically and musically) that seems somewhat modest at first but over time grows into a dear treasure. The songs unashamedly pluck at all the heartstrings with no apologies and you have to laugh at their brazen chutzpah. The musicians' credentials are voluminous and undeniable. The melding of Sahm-Meyers, Fender and Jimenez is a classic case of the whole being more that the sum of the parts. This Tex-Mex album is the AM-radio soundtrack for a sunny spring day driving south on Interstate 25 with the top down and a couple of shots of tequila ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 154
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American Fool

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by: John Mellencamp

Release Date March 29, 2005
This launched the midwestern live show star squarely onto the national stage, with two huge worldwide hits..the highly conventional "Hurts So Good" as well as the standout "Jack and Diane"; and while the first made him a superstar, the latter proved his terrific ability to weave a tale, a talent he has honed to an exceptional level over the years. This album is filled with catchy rock treasures, such as the minor hit "Hand To Hold On To", the aptly named "Thundering Hearts" and the anthemic "Close Enough". Taken on its own, this album could easily be dismissed as a Top 40 grab by Mellencamp; but in the context of his entire career, this was a watershed moment, a solid album that gave him the leeway to grow as an artist - and listeners worldwide are the beneficiaries.

CD-Charts Position 155
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The Ultimate Collection: Recorded Live

CD-Charts > Music > Roots Rock
by: Brian Setzer Orchestra

Release Date July 13, 2004
From the moment when the MC announces "Brian Setzer and his 17-piece big band" on through Brian's "Thank You And Good-Night" amidst the last wild applause from the reprise of "Rock This Town" on Disc 2, this is among the most electrifying live albums I've ever heard! High energy...a performer who loves what he does, does it damn well, and knows how to communicate that to his band..er..ORCHESTRA and to his audience.

GREAT STUFF!

What is it? Rock n' roll? Big Band Swing Jazz? Urban blues? A maddening amalgam of 'em all? Who knows, and frankly, who cares? It Makes You Feel Good...so What more could you want???

GO GET IT!!

CD-Charts Position 156
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Live at the BBC

CD-Charts > Music > Roots Rock
by: Maria McKee

Release Date September 30, 2008
This is a fantastic document of the power of Maria McKee live. This CD brings together two BBC live sets from the early 1990's. There are numerous highlights. She spotlights songs from her first two solo releases as well as songs from her Lone Justice days. There are also visits to her songs "A Good Heart","Show Me Heaven" and "Nobody's Child". This CD flows along wonderfully and, when it's over, you'll want to replay it again! Absolutely sweet Maria!

CD-Charts Position 157
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Live from the Streets of New York

CD-Charts > Music > Roots Rock
starring: Willie Nile

Release Date July 22, 2008
Rock `n' roll albums have become a sadly scarce commodity. Sure, there's indie rock, punk rock, modern rock and all manner of hyphenated descendants, but few artists still make rock music with roots that reach through all of the layers of decades past. The "'n' roll" has been lost in the translation. Luckily, New York-bred Willie Nile is one such artist, born just in time for early exposure to Presley, Holly and Domino, steeped in the Greenwich Village folk revival and reignited by the `70s punk explosion. His recording career came of age in the early '80s with a pair of albums for Arista, was derailed by legal setbacks with Geffen for the second-half of the decade, and restarted in 1991 with "Places I Have Never Been" on Columbia. Nile attracted A-list fans during his hiatus, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 158
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Outside Looking In

CD-Charts > Music > Roots Rock
by: The BoDeans

Release Date October 25, 1990
I know not many kids listen to this kind of music, but I've seen them 5 times, and they are goood! I reccomend any bodeans cd, especially "Joe Dirt Car," a double cased live cd of songs from '85 to '95. "Say about love" is a great song, and this version is cool, but I don't know if there is a video. All in all, pretty good material, even though it was released 20 years ago.
Also reccomended: ANYTHING BODEANS, blink 182, green day, barenaked ladies, hootie and the blowfish, john hiatt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, john mayer, weezer, the rippingtons, lyle lovett. Every genre is good!

CD-Charts Position 159
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Beautiful Door

CD-Charts > Music > Roots Rock
by: Billy Bob Thornton

Release Date July 24, 2007
An excellent album-well-played and well-produced; avaialable at a great price and shipped with alacrity.
How little life must you have that you're making VIDEOs of the reviews? (Because we CAN do something doesn't mean we should, really!)

CD-Charts Position 160
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Music by Ry Cooder

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by: Ry Cooder

Release Date July 11, 1995
Ry Cooder is an American treasure; he belongs in the Smithsonian. Who else would begin a long, restless, ethno-musicological folk/rock guitar odyssey by working in that enclave of oddity known as Captain Beefheart's Magic Band? Cooder didn't exactly burst onto the scene in 1970, but, with that vintage Airstream posed in the desert, and emerging hipster friends like Randy Newman and Van Dyke Parks, he eased onto it in a big way. From the very start, Cooder focused all his attention on the song itself. He obviously loved tracking down obscure, dust-covered numbers, frequently from as far back as the Great Depression. Often they had a narrative quality, as in the splendid, "F.D.R. In Trinidad." His style was lean and elegant, flashy solos were avoided, however, his complete command of the instrument ... Read More: