Here they are in all their glory...our favorite albums from 2019.  Instead of posting all at once, we'll give em to ya in batches.  This week we start with 25 and count down to 16.

Craig's Faves of 2019 (part 1)

25.  Golden Daze – Simpatico
24.  The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger
23.  L.A. Guns – The Devil You Know
22.  Rival Sons – Feral Roots
21.  Kyle Craft – Showboat Honey
20.  Haunt – If Icarus Could Fly
19.  J. Robbins – Un–Becoming
18.  Fruit Bats – Gold Past Life
17.  Kelly Finnigan – Tales People Tell
16.  GLOM – Bond

Kevin's Faves of 2019 (part 1)

25.  Eric Gales – The Bookends
24.  Trigger Hippy – Full Circle & Then Some
23.  Wolf Jaw – The Heart Won't Listen
22.  Baroness – Gold & Grey
21.  Phil Campbell – Old Lions Still Roar
20.  Tanya Tucker – While I'm Living
19.  The Magpie Salute – Highwater II
18.  Karl Denson's Tiny Universe – Gnomes & Badgers
17.  The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
16.  Volbeat – Rewind, Replay, Rebound

 

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Craig decides to reflect on the past decade by playing a song from his favorite album from each year.  Let's kick things off with 2010 and move forward shall we?

2010

Tame Impala - Innerspeaker

• Sample Track: "Alter Ego"

2011

Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo

• Sample Track: "On Tour"

2012

Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now?

• Sample Track: "Movement & Location"

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This one goes out to the Clark Grizwold's out there! 

Break out that ugly Christmas sweater, pour a glass of nog & hit play.

Kenny Burrell – Have Yourself A Soulful Little Christmas (1966)

Leon Redbone – Christmas Island (1988)

Harry Connick Jr – When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993)

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – It's A Holiday Soul Party (2015)

Eddie Higgins – Christmas Songs (2004)

The Ventures – The Ventures' Christmas Album (1965)

Chris Isaak – Chris Isaak Christmas (2004)

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – A Very Special Christmas Compilation (1987)

Joe Pass – Six String Santa (1992)

She & Him – A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)

The Rosebuds – Christmas Tree Island (2012)

Another Man Down – 99Xmas Sound Track Vol. 3 (2002)

JD McPherson – Socks (2018)

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With the year coming to a close, we start to curate our best of list of the year, but Kevin decides to shift gears a bit and look back to last year for inspiration.

Turkuaz - Life In The City
Phil Cook - People Are My Drug
Clutch - Book Of Bad Decisions

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• Family & friends of course
• Artists/bands that create music for our enjoyment
• Our listeners (also see friends mentioned above)
• Our fellow podcasters

The list could go on for days, so just listen to us ramble instead!

All the best to you and your family this holiday weekend! ~ CV & KG

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This week's triple play is dedicated to great music...wait all of our TTP's are dedicated to great music.  Oh well, here is some great music.

The Shelter's - Jupiter's Sidecar
Young Guv - Guv II
Jesse Malin - Sunset Kids

Run for Cover Records

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Lead off tracks are often times crucial to the evolution of an album. 

Here are a few examples of bands/artists that kicked things off with a bang!

• The Zombies - "Care of Cell 44” (Odyssey & Oracle) 
• The Grateful Dead - Box of Rain (American Beauty)
• Big Star - "Feel" (#1 Record)
• Alice Cooper - "Welcome To My Nightmare" (Welcome To My Nightmare) 
• Cheap Trick - “Hello There” (In Color)
• Judas Priest - The Hellion / Electric Eye (Screaming for Vengeance)
• Metallica - “Battery” (Master of Puppets)
• Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" (Black Sabbath)
• Leatherwolf -"Rise or Fall" (Leatherwolf)
• Jeff Buckley - "Mojo Pin" (Grace)
• Alabama Shakes - “Sound & Color” (Sound & Color)
• Spafford - "Leave The Light On" (For Amusement Only)
• Umphrey's McGee -"Plunger" (Anchor Drops)
• Beastie Boys -"Rhymin & Stealin" (Licensed To Ill) 

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Kevin bring the goods this week with a diverse mix of soulful roots rock, fuzzed out hard-rock & southern fried rock n roll.  However you wanna categorize them, they all rock in their own way.  Check it out!

Grace Potter - Daylight
Wolf Jaw - The Heart Won't Listen
Trigger Hippy - Full Circle & Then Some

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A band's lineage can often be underrated, so today we thought we would discuss some of the offshoots of bands/artist we've loved over the years.

Jelly Jam – Profit

Sonny Landreth – Bound By The Blues

Elvis Costello with Bill Frisell – Deep Dead Blue

Sea Level –Sea Level

John Scofield – Combo 66

Jason Falkner – Presents Author Unknown

Blue Murder – Blue Murder

Badlands – Badlands

Cactus – Cactus

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Craig decided to fine tune things a bit & focus on a record label this week, so all 3 artists featured today are on Merge Records.

William Tyler - Goes West
Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender
Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock 

Merge Records Website 

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