music you need

Music I have to listen to again … and again …

“Nothin’” by Townes Van Zandt

“So What” by Miles Davis Quintet

“Return of the Grievous Angel” by Gram Parsons

“Boulder to Birmingham” by Emmylou Harris

“Time Is a Lion” by Joe Henry

“Black Wings” by Tom Waits

“You Shook Me” by Willie Dixon

“The Weight” by The Band

“A Common Disaster” by Cowboy Junkies

“This Motion” by Ryan Rasnake

“Constant Craving” by K.D. Lang

“Beware of Darkness” by George Harrison

“Autumn Leaves” by Chet Atkins

“Gigue of Bach’s Cello Suite, No. 6 in D, BWV 1012” by Yo-Yo Ma

“In Dreams” by Roy Orbison

“Roulette” by System of a Down

“Killing the Blues” by Alison Krauss & Robert Plant

“The Look of Love” by Dusty Springfield

“God” by John Lennon

“Too Late to Cry” by Lonnie Johnson

“A Far Cry from Here” by Malcolm Holcombe

“Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise” by The Avett Brothers

“Highwaman” by The Highwaymen

“Man in the Wilderness” by Natalie Merchant

“Shake ’em on Down” by Fred McDowell

“J’attendrai Swing” by Quintette du Hot Club de France

“Four on Six” by Wes Montgomery

“Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” by Waylon Jennings

“Sweet Old World” by Lucinda Williams

“Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” by Blind Willie Johnson

“Stolen Car” by Bruce Springsteen

“Caravan” by Les Paul

“E.M.D.” by David Grisman Quintet

“Wind on the Water (To the Last Whale)” by David Crosby and Graham Nash

“Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan

“Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez

“Bridge to Cross” by Black Label Society

“Forgiveness” by Patty Griffin

“Sailing Down My Golden River” by Arlo Guthrie

“Eyes on the Prize” by Mavis Staples

“Who Knows Where the Time Goes” by Sandy Denny

“Nitro” by Dick Dale

“Feelin’ Alright” by Joe Cocker

“Mediterranean Sundance” by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco De Lucia

“500 Miles” by Rosanne Cash

“Pithecanthropus Erectus” by Charles Mingus

“Oklahoma Borderline” by Vince Gill

“Nardis” by Bill Evans Trio

“Another Man Done Gone” by Odetta

“Goldberg Variations – Aria” by Glenn Gould

“Kern River” by Merle Haggard

“Bamboleo” by Gipsy Kings

“Crossing Muddy Waters” by John Hiatt

“Fight the Power” by Public Enemy

“Wonderful World” by Sam Cooke

“The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac

“Round of Blues” by Shawn Colvin

“Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” by Pete Seeger

“Postcards from Paraguay” by Mark Knopfler

“Hot Burrito #1” by Flying Burrito Brothers

“Time of the Season” by The Zombies

“Layla” by Eric Clapton

“Carolina in My Mind” by James Taylor

“One Way Rider” by Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes

“Not Ready to Make Nicer” by Dixie Chicks

“You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” by Darrell Scott

“The Last Thing on My Mind” by Tom Paxton

“Take Me to the River” by Al Green

“Take Me to the River” by Rob Thomas

“He Was a Friend of Mine” by Dave Van Ronk

“The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” by Traffic

“La Llorona” by Lila Downs

“Bartender’s Blues” by George Jones

“St. James Infirmary” by Bobby Blue Bland

“Wade in the Water” by Eva Cassidy

“Boom Boom” by John Lee Hooker

“Amarillo Highway” by Robert Earl Keen, Jr.

“If I Had a Boat” by Lyle Lovett

“21st Century Schizoid Man” by King Crimson

“Song for a Winter’s Night” by Gordon Lightfoot

“Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning” by Hot Tuna

“Streets of Bakersfield” by Buck Owens

“All Along the Watchtower” by Jimi Hendrix Experience

“Desperados Waiting for a Train” by Guy Clark

“One Way Out” by Allman Brothers Band

“Chan Chan” by Buena Vista Social Club

“Four Strong Winds” by Ian & Sylvia

“I Am a Town” by Mary Chapin Carpenter

“Crazy” by Patsy Cline

“Visions of Johanna” by Bob Dylan

“Call Me the Breeze” by J. J. Cale

“After the Gold Rush” by Neil Young

“Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday

“Buena” by Morphine

“Death Don’t Have No Mercy” by Gary Davis

“The King of Broken Hearts” by Jim Lauderdale

“Ventilator Blues” by Rolling Stones

“St. Teresa” by Joan Osborne

“Crossroads” by Cream

“Are You Going with Me?” by Pat Metheny Group

“I Find It Hard To Say (Rebel)” by Lauryn Hill

“Free Man in Paris” by Joni Mitchell

“When the Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash

“Highway Miles” by Bootstraps

“I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” by The Beatles

“Stroll On” by The Yardbirds

“Since I’ve Been Loving You” by Led Zeppelin

“Hellhound on My Trail” by Robert Johnson

“Famous Blue Raincoat” by Leonard Cohen

“Life During Wartime” by Talking Heads

“Horses” by Patti Smith

“Sultans of Swing” by Dire Straits

“Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley

“Exhuming McCarthy” by R.E.M.

“Those Words We Said” by Kim Richey

“I Feel Like Going Home” by Muddy Waters

“Round Midnight” by Thelonious Monk

“Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd

“Rid of Me” by P. J. Harvey

“No Excuses” by Alice in Chains

“Your Song” by Elton John

“A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie

“Lime in the Coconut” by Harry Nilsson

“Summertime” by Keith Jarrett

“16th Avenue” by Lacy J. Dalton

“Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica

“Ball and Chain” by Janis Joplin

“Political Science” by Randy Newman

“Ornithology” by Charlie Parker

“Try a Little Tenderness” by Otis Redding

“My Funny Valentine” by Chet Baker

“The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel

“Long, Long Time” by Linda Ronstadt

“Locomotive Breath” by Jethro Tull

“When the Music’s Over” by The Doors

“Zombie” by The Cranberries

“I Heard It through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye

“Come as You Are” by Nirvana

“Hickory Wind” by The Byrds

“Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley

“La Grange” by ZZ Top

“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” by Hank Williams

“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

“Roundabout” by Yes

“Ain’t No Way” by Aretha Franklin

“Rehab” by Amy Winehouse

“Song to the Siren” by Tim Buckley

“Creep” by Radiohead

“St. James Infirmary” by Bobby Blue Bland

“Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails

“Cello Song” by Nick Drake

“Bodhisattva” by Steely Dan

“Finnegan’s Wake” by Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

“Perfect” by Pink

“Box of Rain” by Grateful Dead

“Limelight” by Rush

“Caleb Meyer” by Gillian Welch

“Behind Blue Eyes” by The Who

“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” by Eurythmics

“Message in a Bottle” by The Police

“Desperado” by The Eagles

“Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” by Paula Cole

“Guantanamera” by The Weavers

“Stompin’ at the Savoy” by Charlie Christian

“That’s the Way Goes” by Lefty Frizzell

“Where the Wild Roses Grow” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

“Volunteers” by Jefferson Airplane

“The Way Young Lovers Do” by Van Morrison

“Smokestack Lightnin’” by Howlin’ Wolf

“The Very Thought of You” by Etta James

“The Wind” by Amos Lee

“Schism” by Tool

“God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys

“Cosmik Debris” by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention

“Pastures of Plenty” by Woody Guthrie

“Impressions” by John Coltrane