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Unread 10-18-2020, 11:17 AM
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Kind of Blue with Miles and group and Highway 61 have long been my go to albums but “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” is my go to three minutes.

https://youtu.be/7ZzyRcySgK8
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Unread 10-18-2020, 12:28 PM
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A sublime young Bruce Springsteen from 1973, before he sounded like... well, Bruce Springsteen.

New York City Serenade.

https://youtu.be/fEQENfRoBgw
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Unread 10-18-2020, 12:30 PM
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I'm not sure what this thread is! Are we just playing songs that move us? Could go on a while haha.

Beats arguing though...
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A short list of country-rock outfits that are better than the Wilburys, entirely off the top of my head:

Uncle Tupelo
Rank and File
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Byrds (Sweetheart of the Rodeo)
The Long Ryders
Cross Canadian Ragweed
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Lucero
The Outlaws
Pure Prairie League
Son Volt
The Old 97s
Reckless Kelly
Whiskeytown
Blue Mountain
The Fields of the Nephilim
The Waco Brothers
X (arguably, on a couple of albums)
The Bottle Rockets
Shit, the Eagles (and I hate the Eagles)

My "Mt. Rushmore" of country-rock would probably be Marty Stuart (who, unlike those who made Mt. Rushmore, is on good terms with the Lakota Sioux), Roger McGuinn (who's the guy), Gram Parsons, and, I dunno, Jay Farrar or Emmylou Harris or something.

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Lovely Jayne. Can't beat a bit of the Wilburys. The Mount Rushmore of Country Rock!
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Opinions, opinions, opinions. Wasn’t this thread about what we enjoy? Not what someone more intelligent than all of us combined thinks we should be enjoying?
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Quincy, the Mt Rushmore quip was simply in reference to their "supergroup" status. Y'know, the fact of them being four (or is it five?) very famous, craggy old heads. I wasn't making a claim for them as the artistic pinnacle of country-rock. Let's keep our muso pissing contests for Facebook. I might let you win next time.

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...Wasn’t this thread about what we enjoy? Not what someone more intelligent than all of us combined thinks we should be enjoying?

Actually, it was a call for others to share what music/song cheers them when sadness comes along. Music as an elixir for what ails us; music as a mood changer or as emotional balm.

I would like it to be that vs. what has turned into the usual "my music is the best music" litany of what turns us on or who is tops in any given genre.
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Not a bad post, just a bit irrelevant and off theme. Deleted.

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Listening to Sara Vaughan. Convincing evidence that the human voice is the 'first instrument'.

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Thank you, guys, I'm immensely cheered up by ...(well, nearly all of)... your responses. There's some stuff that's new to me, which I've enjoyed. We can ignore the odd derailment.

Aaron,
Like Mark, I couldn't access the link but I am in fact familiar with "early 70s Krautrock"

I specifically mentioned putting on a CD if I feel down. I sometimes ask Alexa to play some music I'd like to hear, and YouTube is another option of course, but there's something really lovely about browsing the shelves of my collection, picking one out and opening the case. Maybe it's because some of the CDs have been presents over the years, or have some other significance, I'm not sure...

My husband likes them all in alphabetical order, so I spent ages sorting them out. Nah, blow that!!! As soon as I'd played a few I couldn't be bothered to put them all back where they'd come from; it's much better to have a random arrangement, I think.

Here is another HUGE mood enhancer, for me, with a fab sax solo and a gorgeous video. I wish I lived by the sea!!! Does anyone know this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk7urRmUEqQ

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