My friend Steve has been taking us on trips down memory lane with his Tuesday Tunes (Four Lane Highway edition). Needless to say I have been on a big music kick for a few weeks now. I have the itch to sing.
I got to thinking about songs that Four Lane Highway (FLH) could have performed, if we were still jamming and still picking up cool songs to cover. And by cool songs, I mean songs that might not be part of the mainstream consciousness. Regional bands like McGuffey Lane, lesser know national bands like the Danny Joe Brown Band; we covered songs from both. I am talking about Wilco, John Hiatt, John Prine, Cross Canadian Ragweed and many others.
I listen to music when paying bills on the weekend and when a less than mainstream tune gets me to singing along, I’ll post it.
As part of the continuing coincidences that are my life, after I decided to do this, one of the songs I was thinking of played on the internet radio I was listening to. It kicks off my Weekend Tunes postings: John Haitt – “Perfectly Good Guitar”
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Cool idea … the FLH that might have been.
Rocking tune, too. Thanks!
But now, what will John post? Songs that FLH would have performed if FLH had been a polka band?
John wanted to expand our instrument base. So, songs that FLH would have performed if we’d had more members, keyboards, horns…
Actually I would lean more towards some of the newer progressive rock … I agree Deven, My son has enlightened me to some of today’s great music as well.
Dream Theater – Mike Portney is this generations Neal Peart
– Wait for the Drum solo
Porcupine Tree – Some very interesting stuff
I lean towards great musicianship these days … :)
wow…
Was not trying to embed those link, just link to the pages
WP is a bit overanxious to automate things these days.
I was aware of Dream Theater, but Porcupine Tree is new for me. Thanks.