Chris: you and I have incredibly similar life experiences. Musically, this is exactly the record I would list as my "just one record" pick. In fact, I tell my wife all the time... "bury me with Still Feel Gone" - So, a couple/few comments... First, I was in college from 89 - 93. We were scared as hell about Desert Storm and the thoughts about war. Second, (I came from a factory town in Pennsylvania) the ideas around a working class towns who's day is past, and now I can't figure out how to get out... that theme is all over this record. Third, my older brother passed away... 50 years in this town, earned his name and place on a barstool. Spot on. But finally, everything a young man thought about in that era... I wanted to go to business school, but my friends still going to deer camp after thanksgiving. Hanging in my local dive the night before thanksgiving, drinking Yuengling Lagers... It was a magical, scary, angry time... this record captured all of it. It's like it's almost woven into my DNA. For me, (I was late teens/early twenties when I first hear it) this record simply encapsulated everything about my life... viewed through my lens... and I was afraid, and pissed off.. and longing... and maybe, a little heart broken and in love...
My one record is "Rain Dogs" - Tom Waits. That record changed me - and still do. I love Uncle Tupelo. SFG is my favorite. But i love all four of them. Same with Son Volt and Wilco.
Interesting topic. I almost guessed it right. Was thinking Darkness or something Tupelo/Son/Wilco. It was cool hearing about all of the stuff on your walls too.
"Songs of Leornard Cohen" and "Sgt Peppe"r; although your question is extremely hard to answer, When I pick one or two, there's always the thought, "..Oh, but what about..?
Very interesting idea and I like hearing your story about that record. I think I know what I would choose.
Son volt trace....changed my life, we share similar paths........also "inside Llewyn Davis" movie photo.
Chris: you and I have incredibly similar life experiences. Musically, this is exactly the record I would list as my "just one record" pick. In fact, I tell my wife all the time... "bury me with Still Feel Gone" - So, a couple/few comments... First, I was in college from 89 - 93. We were scared as hell about Desert Storm and the thoughts about war. Second, (I came from a factory town in Pennsylvania) the ideas around a working class towns who's day is past, and now I can't figure out how to get out... that theme is all over this record. Third, my older brother passed away... 50 years in this town, earned his name and place on a barstool. Spot on. But finally, everything a young man thought about in that era... I wanted to go to business school, but my friends still going to deer camp after thanksgiving. Hanging in my local dive the night before thanksgiving, drinking Yuengling Lagers... It was a magical, scary, angry time... this record captured all of it. It's like it's almost woven into my DNA. For me, (I was late teens/early twenties when I first hear it) this record simply encapsulated everything about my life... viewed through my lens... and I was afraid, and pissed off.. and longing... and maybe, a little heart broken and in love...
My one record is "Rain Dogs" - Tom Waits. That record changed me - and still do.
I love Uncle Tupelo. SFG is my favorite. But i love all four of them. Same with Son Volt and Wilco.
Good one. I’m gonna listen to Rain Dogs today.
Interesting topic. I almost guessed it right. Was thinking Darkness or something Tupelo/Son/Wilco. It was cool hearing about all of the stuff on your walls too.
"Songs of Leornard Cohen" and "Sgt Peppe"r; although your question is extremely hard to answer, When I pick one or two, there's always the thought, "..Oh, but what about..?
Love both of these!
I'm looking at the poster over your shoulder on the wall, Coachella..Paul McCartney, the Killers and the Cure. How much better could that be.
It was incredible. McCartney, Leonard Cohen, DBTs, Okkervil River, MIA, Public Enemy, Jenny Lewis…