I'll save the intro for the week and Let The Music Do The Talking:
Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (CD & Vinyl)
I've made reference to Medusa Stone in previous posts, but this week i finally get to expand on their work as their EP - Ghosts made it into the set. This band from Wilmington, NC has been one big break away from blowing up for a few years now. The only thing missing is a label big enough and smart enough to promote them. Ghosts is an EP they released a few years back between their debut release and their latest Shaking Hands. These guys just flat out blow the doors off every place they play. The true test of a successful band is being able to pull off live what you lay down in the studio, which makes these guys worth the price of admission.
Gram Parsons makes another appearance this week with his work in The Flying Burrito Brothers on The Gilded Palace Of Sin. This version of the band features Gram and Chris Hillman working together again fresh off their departure from The Byrds. While G.P./Grievous Angel are the pinnacle of Gram's solo work - The Gilded Palace Of Sin is the pinnacle of his work in a band. Christine's Tune, Do Right Woman, Hot Burrito 1 & 2, all classic tunes from this epic album. If you like country-rock and haven't heard this album, then mark your name in the pretender column.
Bob Dylan returns as well with a full cover album of traditional folk numbers in Good As I Been To You. Released in 1992 this album sounds like something that was recorded to wax cylinders nearly a century earlier. Notably this is the first album Bob ever released not to feature on original, but make no mistake the sound is pure Dylan.
This week two albums shared a common thread. John Popper of Blues Traveler is featured on the track Mule from Gov't Mule's debut self-titled in addition to the Metallica cover of Lynyrd Skynard's Tuesday's Gone on Garage, Inc. As stated early in this blog, I am always in to finding these linkages between artists and having heard both these albums without realising the connection was like uncovering a hidden gem of a music fact. Music is a giant tapestry full of inter-woven parts and this thread is yet one more which ties many bands together.
This week's musical trifecta will be the three contrasting albums Gods Of The Earth, Gov't Mule, and Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. each of which took me several listens to appreciate. All three albums share a common theme - great story-telling through music, fine musicianship (each in their respective genre) and solid listens throughout the entire album without containing one "radio" single. Sometimes the best music has to be sought out instead of force fed. These three albums are full of delectable tastes.
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