Friday Arts

Nothing but music this week for my main Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/jimmenick/playlist/1CzrLTz52lXBVAGs4GNG1p

Back Home in Indiana, That's a Touch I Like, What Goes Around, & Turn on the Bright Lights, from Garcia (Compliments), Jerry Garcia — I guess it's fair to say that either you're a Deadhead or you're not. "Garcia" has some of my favorite JG songs, and this one isn't up to that level, but 4 cuts is not a bad take. When I looked up Garcia, I found that he was pretty much on every album made between 1964 and a couple of years after he died. You could spend about as many years just tracking all this work down. I probably will.

What's the Point & A Quarter to Three, from A Stone Alone, Bill Wyman — I really like the Rhythm Kings work Wyman's recently been doing, so I figured I'd backtrack to the earlier stuff. Not terrible, not great. His real strength is not songwriting, but as a cover artist, he's really good.

Twenty Flight Rock by Eddie Cochran — I just heard this somehow and grabbed it. This brings the number of Cochran cuts up to seven overall. That's a strong representation.

Take Me in Your Arms, Slack Key Sequel Rag, & Sweet Maxine from Stampede, the Doobie Brothers — There's a couple of DB songs I really like, such as "What a Fool Believes." They're just on this side of the pop line, but occasionally they get a good one off. I'll continue going through their catalog.

Alabama, from Mick Taylor, Mick Taylor — Speaking of ex-Stones... I do remember very distinctly when he quit the group and remarked that he was the first person to get out of the Stones alive. This was the only solo album I could find on Spotify, but he's done a lot of other work, and for that matter, the first Google hit I got was the info on his 2018 tour. Good for him. He really is a remarkable player, although the songs aren't that great here.