Ten (more) Things I’m Thankful For

It’s time once again to give thanks for a few of my favorite things:

1) The Who | Won’t Get Fooled Again – No single song better summed up my feelings throughout a turbulent political season…

Listen: Won’t Get Fooled Again

2) Miles Davis On Trumpet – The best ever, by a comfortable margin…

Listen: Generique

3) Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes – Handel’s Messiah + My Morning Jacket = One of the finest debuts in ages, and the best album of 2008.

Listen: Blue Ridge Mountains

4) Charlie Watts On Drums – Remember, he’s not our drummer, we’re his audience…

Listen: Midnight Rambler

5) Radio Birdman | The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978) – These Australians cut their hard-edged punk with surf guitar, but were hated in their home country. I love their music, and can’t get enough of it…

Listen: Aloha Steve & Danno

6) Flatt & Scruggs & Oscar – My favorite country trio…

Listen: Home Sweet Home

7) Bootlegs & Bootleggers – And I’m not talking about moonshine whiskey. Thanks to those who have stood in a crowded auditorium wearing a mic for the benefit of everyone who couldn’t be there…

Listen: Red House [from Royal Albert Hall, London 2/24/69]

8) Josh Ritter | Golden Age Of Radio – Some albums get better with repeated listens. This is one of them…

Listen: Roll On

9) Sam Cooke On Vocals – For providing an election day memory that will last a lifetime…

Listen: A Change Is Gonna Come

10) The P – I love my wife.

Listen: Everybody’s Talkin’

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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