Perfectly Good Podcast - John Hiatt from A to Z

Can you rate any John Hiatt song out of the context of his albums? This is just one of the questions Jesse Jackson and Sylvan Groth ponder as we continue our A to Z journey with "On With You" from 2008's Same Old Man.

Join us as we discuss where we each were when John released the music celebrating his 20 years of marriage and the themes of love, and various levels of maturity. As always, we share "just the facts," break down the lyrics, and finally give our rating on the special Perfectly Good Podcast 5-star scale.

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Perfectly Good Podcast has discussed 190 of John Hiatt's songs and we have 113 left to go for Season One!

While we recover from the excitement of having Lilly Hiatt join us, we do not have a new show this week. However, please join us in thanking some of the wonderful guests who have made our A to Z journey such a joy. And THANK you for listening.

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Excuse hosts Jesse Jackson and Sylvan Groth as we make one of our dreams since beginning the podcast come true. Lilly Hiatt was gracious enough to join us to talk about her journey to becoming a singer-songwriter and touring musician, her musical influences, recording with her husband and her dog Elvis. We even talk about her dad a bit.

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Jesse Jackson and Sylvan Groth discuss John Hiatt's song "Old School" from 2005's Master of Disaster.

If you would like to join us for a future episode, please visit our website to review the A-Z list with estimated record dates. You can also e-mail [email protected].

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What can we say that is more apt than "Life ain't cushy?"

Jesse Jackson and Sylvan Groth discuss the song "Old People" from John Hiatt's 2014 album Terms of My Surrender. We discuss the lyrics, a clearly fictional story John told about the inspiration, and rate it on our Hiatt-5-star scale.

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In this episode of Perfectly Good Podcast, hosts Jesse Jackson and Sylvan Groth welcome return guest Mike Blanchard from Geekcast Radio Network.

Learn how a childhood story from Marshall Chapman turned into this bluesy song that was both a B-side in the Stolen Moments era and a rocking Guilty Dogs ditty from Perfectly Good Guitar. We discuss some great covers before breaking down the lyrics and then rating on our 5-star scale.

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Hosts Jesse Jackson and Sylvan Groth are joined by songwriter and touring musician Dave Keller to discuss John Hiatt's "Old Days." Dave shares stories of his own influences and mentors and life as a touring musician. After we break down the lyrics and rate this song from "Same Old Man" stay tuned for a bonus song from Dave Keller's newest album. Be sure to also check out his website for more music and information about his upcoming tour dates. www.davekeller.com

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Hosts Jesse Jackson and Sylvan Groth are discussing "Odds of Loving You" from John Hiatt's Eclipse Sessions. Seven comes eleven, but we are still going through the our journey to rate every John Hiatt song on a five point scale?

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Hosts Jesse Jackson and Sylvan Groth go back to 1974's Hangin' Around the Observatory to discuss the final song on that album, "Ocean." As part of our journey to discuss every song in alphabetical order, we share an audio excerpt from an interview with John about the recording process and creation of that album for Epic. The hosts then break down the lyrics and rate on our 1 to 5 star scale of John Hiatt songs.

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Jesse and Sylvan have completed another letter in our journey from A to Z of every song in John Hiatt's official album releases. In this recap episode we'll look back at the letter N and share some facts and statistics.

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