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My Favorite Cracker Album: Countrysides by just j
This Is (Cracker) Country: Why I Love Countrysides By just j just j is a music fan who lives somewhere in the Southeastern United States. Thanks to Miss Krista Norstog Leonard for her comments on an earlier draft of this blog … Continue reading
Album at a glance: The Kansas City Bear Fighters – The Planet Where We Fell In Love
The Kansas City Bear Fighters are peculiar enough to be very interesting. Their throwback style of acoustic strums and picks along with a draping of accordion in their music make it unique and turn heads fairly easily. Their harmonies are … Continue reading
Album at a glance: The Brody Buster Band – Will Die Young
The Brody Buster Band throw traditional blues a curveball on their album “Will Die Young.” Instead of the run-of-the-mill blues runs on guitar they feature raunchy riffs with a powerful rhythm section and heavy low end to match. The record … Continue reading
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Tagged album at a glance, album review, blues, Bordy Buster Band, power trio, Will Die Young
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Album at a glance: Black Luck (formerly Black On Black) – Firebrand EP
It is so tempting to call Black Luck (formerly Black On Black) a punk band but they just doesn’t quite fit the bill. The punk mentality and aggressiveness is there; the music is just too full. The thin, tinny guitar … Continue reading
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Tagged album at a glance, album review, Black Luck, Black on Black, EP, Firebrand, record review
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Vocals On Top’s Top 10 albums of 2014
This is my super bowl. The top 10 albums of the year for me represent a seemingly endless amount of hours sitting and listening to vinyl, my phone at work, on the computer while writing and CDs in my car. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd, albums, Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Baseball Project, Beck, Berkeley To Bakersfield, Black The Buffalo, Blake Mills, Blood on the Plains, cds, Cracker, Dance American, Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, Heigh Ho, Hullabaloo, Lucinda Williams, Morning Phase, Passajero, records, Sassparilla, Souveneers, Spoon, They Want My Soul, Top 10, top 10 albums of 2014, vocals on top, Wilco
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The Vinyl Court: Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino
Artist: Fats Domino Album: Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino (1956) Purchased at: Yard Sale (St. Joseph, MO) for $.50 Every once in a while a stack of yard sale vinyl yields more than Glen Miller and Herp Alpert albums. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Fats Domino, record, Rock and Rollin, Rock and Rollin with Fats Domino, The Vinyl Court, vinyl, Yard Sales
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Concert Review: Johnny Hickman / Ed Anderson at The Rye Room in Lincoln, NE 3/11/13
Who would’ve thought that snow 640 miles west in Colorado, and 140 miles north, in Nebraska, could effect my concert plans so drastically? The agenda was worked out perfectly, the Grammy nominated Alabama Shakes were in Kansas City on Sunday … Continue reading
My Favorite Cracker Album: Gentlemans Blues – by Krista Norstog Leonard
My Favorite Cracker Album: Gentlemans Blues – by Krista Norstog Leonard THE BITTERSWEET GENTLEMAN’S BLUES Cracker: Gentleman’s Blues / August 1998 / 17 songs / 72 minutes / Virgin Full disclosure: Gentleman’s Blues is my favorite Cracker album. I call … Continue reading
Concert Review: Cracker / Wanda Jackson at 9th Street Summerfest in Columbia, MO 7/30/14
You always have to be prepared when going into a concert. Whether that means putting on sunscreen or bringing some extra cash because a band has great merch for sale, it helps to do your homework. That is how I … Continue reading
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Tagged 7/30/14, 9th Street Summerfest, Columbia, Cracker, David Lowery, Frank Funaro, Get Off This, Johnny Hickman, Low, Mean Mean Man, Michael Urbano, Missouri, One Fine Day, Queen of Rockabilly, rockabilly, Sal Maida, Sweet Potato, The Blue Note, Wanda Jackson, You Know It's Not My Problem
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