dirty blue jean boogie twang. this week some fine north american country-fried rock and roll. from the boss’s foray into folkie-dom, to loretta lynn’s jack white produced van lear rose. i love me some pedal steel and soft harmonies and emmylou harris, and the boss and bright eyes and arcade fire sounding like the boss. these are all my favorites, so i can’t really speak anything but kind, kind words.

Loretta Lynn- Van Lear Rose (Jack White & friends backing band)
Arcade Fire- (Anti-Christ Television Blues)
Susan Christie- Ghost Riders in the Sky
Bruce Springsteen- Atlantic City
Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers- Lodi (”Oh Lord, Stuck in Lodi Again”)
Bright Eyes- Middleman
Lucinda Williams- Lake Charles (’we used to drive to lafyette and BATON ROUGE…”)
Gillian Welch- I Want to Sing that Rock & Roll (great fucking song.)
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott- Leaving Cheyenne (still making great music)
Solomon Burke & Emmylou Harris- We’re Gonna Hold On (love emmylou)
Tom Waits- Long Way Home