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I'll start with a one-hit wonder ...

Citizen King - Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out) (1999)
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Have fun!

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 09:25 PM | Reply

Billy Strings - 4/3/2026 The St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL

www.youtube.com

starts about 6 mins in

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-03 10:04 PM | Reply

Lightnin' Hopkins, Live 1964, solo blues, about 8 min.

"Right now I believe everything would be all right if we all get our mind together and we got to think about exactly what's about to happen. . . ."

www.youtube.com

#3 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-04-03 10:20 PM | Reply

Easter Sunrise song:

www.youtube.com

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-03 10:30 PM | Reply

I'll Be Here In The Morning - Townes Van Zandt (Allison Young cover)

www.youtube.com

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-03 10:47 PM | Reply

www.youtube.com

Old tune, updated graphics. Timely.

#6 | Posted by Charliecharles at 2026-04-03 11:19 PM | Reply

OK, looking towards Australia...

Sherbet- I'm Alive (1982)
www.youtube.com

... or as they are known in the US... Sherbs.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 11:24 PM | Reply


Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me (1996)
www.youtube.com

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 11:53 PM | Reply

Mental As Anything - Live It Up (1986)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
How can you see looking through those tears?
Don't you know you're worth your weight in gold?
I can't believe that you're alone in here
Let me warm your hands against the cold

[Verse 2]
A close encounter with a hard-hearted man
Who never gave half of what he got
Has made you wish that you'd never been born
That's a shame 'cause you got the lot

[Chorus]
Hey there, you, with the sad face
Come up to my place and live it up
You, beside the dance floor
What do you cry for? Let's live it up

[Verse 3]
If you smiled the walls would fall down
On all the people in this pickup joint
But if you laughed you'd level this town
Hey lonely girl, that's just the point

[Chorus]
Hey there, you, with the sad face
Come up to my place and live it up
You beside the dance floor
What do you cry for? Let's live it up

[Bridge]
Just answer me, the question, "Why
You stand alone by the phone in the corner and cry?"

[Guitar Solo]

...


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-04 12:56 AM | Reply

ABB-Medley: You Don't Love Me/ (Soul Serenade)
www.youtube.com

#10 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:06 AM | Reply

Lokassa & Soukous Stars - Nairobi Night
www.youtube.com

#11 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:12 AM | Reply

Orchestra Baobab - Utrus Horas
www.youtube.com

#12 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:15 AM | Reply

Prince Nico Mbarga - Aki Special
www.youtube.com

#13 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:18 AM | Reply

Otis Spann - Otis In The Dark
www.youtube.com

#14 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:21 AM | Reply

Little River Band - Cool Change (1979)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1: Glenn Shorrock]
If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water
There's lots of those friendly people
They're showing me ways to go
But I never want to lose their inspiration

[Chorus: Glenn Shorrock]
Time for a cool change
I know that it's time for a cool change
And now that my life is so prearranged
I know that it's time for a cool change

[Verse 2: Glenn Shorrock]
Well, I was born in the sign of water
And it's there that I feel my best
The albatross and the whales, they are my brothers
It's kind of a special feeling
When you're out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon like a lover

[Chorus: Glenn Shorrock, Graeham Goble & Beeb Birtles, All]
(Time) Time for (a cool change) cool change
(Time for) I know that it's time for (A cool change)
(Time for) Now that my life (A cool change) is so prearranged
(Time for) I know that it's time for (A cool change)

[Bridge: Glenn Shorrock]
I've never been romantic
And sometimes I don't care
I know it may sound selfish
But let me breathe the air
Yeah, yeah
Let me breathe the air

[Verse 3: Glenn Shorrock]
If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water
It's kind of a special feeling
Out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon like a lover

[Chorus: Glenn Shorrock, Graeham Goble & Beeb Birtles, All]
(Time) Time for (a cool change) cool change
(Time for) I know that it's time for (A cool change)
(Time for) Now that my life (A cool change) is so prearranged
(Time for) I know that it's time for (A cool change) cool, cool change
...


#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-04 01:27 AM | Reply

2013 Official Americana Awards - Dr John "I Walk On Guilded Splinters"
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#16 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:27 AM | Reply

@#15 ... If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water
It's kind of a special feeling
Out on the sea alone ...

Along those lines is this song...

Matt Simons - Catch & Release (2017)
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Lyrics excerpt...

genius.com

...
This anthem about unplugging from the pressures of life celebrates the ways we connect with deeper truths and find inner peace.

[Verse 1]
There's a place I go to
Where no one knows me
It's not lonely
It's a necessary thing
It's a place I made up
Find out what I'm made of
The nights are stayed up
Counting stars and fighting sleep

[Pre-Chorus]
Let it wash over me
Ready to lose my feet
Take me off to the place where one reviews life's mystery

Steady on down the line
Lose every sense of time
Take it all in and wake up that small part of me

Day to day I'm blind to see
And find how far
To go

[Chorus]
Everybody got their reason
Everybody got their way
We're just catching and releasing
What builds up throughout the day

It gets into your body
And it flows right through your blood
We can tell each other secrets
And remember how to love
...


#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-04 01:34 AM | Reply

David Lindley & Wally Ingram - Cat Food Sandwiches
www.youtube.com

#18 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:35 AM | Reply

Ry Cooder & David Lindley- Mercury Blues
www.youtube.com

#19 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:38 AM | Reply

Jimmy Thackery and The Drivers - If You Go
www.youtube.com

#20 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:42 AM | Reply

Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape
www.youtube.com

#21 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:48 AM | Reply

MJQ-Django
www.youtube.com

#22 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 01:57 AM | Reply

@#18 ... David Lindley ...

Whoa.

That's a name I'd not heard for a while.

So much talent.

Thx for those vids.

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-04 02:08 AM | Reply

Felon47's fave Blues.
Patrick Sky-Child Molesting Blues
www.youtube.com

#24 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 02:13 AM | Reply

Caravan - Where But For Caravan Would I? (1969)
www.youtube.com

Caravan is considered to be one of the first prog rock bands, if not among the instigators of the prog rock sea-change in music.


#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-04 02:17 AM | Reply

#23 | Posted by LampLighter

Mr Dave and Cooder together were the motivation for my first Jazzfest trip in '94.

#26 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-04 02:22 AM | Reply

www.youtube.com

#27 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-04 02:26 AM | Reply

Ronnie Laws, Pressure Sensitive
www.youtube.com

Saw him front row. Went with a gorgeous blonde named Phyllis, who turned me on to him. Terrific groove.

The music wasn't bad, either.

#28 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-04 02:30 AM | Reply

www.youtube.com

#29 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-04 03:08 AM | Reply

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