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Morning.
Bottles of Jim Beam on the floor.
A black and white Epiphone guitar.
Smoke.
Cracked front porch.
Humid.
Empty icebox.
Handrolled cigarettes.
Grass growing through the rusted Ford pickup in the front lawn.
Cotton.
- R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (Acoustic Stories, 1997)
- The Black Keys - Everywhere I Go (Thickfreakness, 2003)
- Skip James - Crow Jane (Today! 1966) Skip James is the man.
- Jessie Mae Hemphill - Crawdad Hole (She-Wolf, 1981) It's been awhile since I've heard the tambourine used for its original purpose instead of by some whiny indie band.
- Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O Lee Blues (1928 Sessions, 1928) It sounds so lighthearted you might forget that it's about a man who avoided arrested for murdering a father of two small children, because the man had stolen his hat.
- Steve Earle - I Feel Alright (I Feel Alright, 1996)
- Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standin' In My Doorway Cryin' (She-Wolf, 1981)
- Moby - Run On (Play, 1999) “Some people go to church just to signify tryin to make a date with the neighbor’s wife. Brother, let me tell ya just as sure as your born. You better leave that woman alone.”
- Amadou & Mariam - Mon Amour, Ma Cherie (Sou Ni Tile, 1999) Thanks to Hank.
- John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (The Folklore of John Lee Hooker, 1961)
- Wilco - Walken (Sky Blue Sky, 2007) Love the second half of this song. Might make me a Wilco convert.
- Jesse Winchester - Step by Step (Let the Rough Side Drag, 1995) Such a well produced song. The bass and drums are in lock-step, catchy lyrics, harmonica and the horns are a nice touch.
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Lucky Millinder's Band - That's All (Live, 1941)
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