Music you should have listened to last month but can now watch!

Greetings music fans,

Today I will highlight the artists from last month and give my selection for their best album and song. 

This may seem like a copout blog, and it kind of is.  But, with good reason, we became foster parents to three endearing and for the moment, little puppies on Saturday, and they necessitate and deserve more attention than you!  Just kidding, you too deserve some attention, but this is as good as it gets today.  However, I did pull video for each song selected.  That should count for something!

Last month’s featured artists, in no particular order:

Artist	Best Album	Best Song
The Avett Brothers	I and Love and You	Ten Thousand Wordswww.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt6k8htvc9k
Bruce Robison	Wrapped	My Brother & Mewww.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3q8ShBkqBI
Counting Crows	August and Everything After	Anna Beginswww.youtube.com/watch?v=1tY9SNFAK2I
Doyle Bramhall II	Jelly Cream	So You Want It to Rainwww.youtube.com/watch?v=N52cpz6NJ_4
Drive By Truckers	Brighter Than Creations Dark	Gravity’s Gonewww.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnbiiPoMSU
G. Love & Special Sauce	Philadelphonic	Rainbowwww.youtube.com/watch?v=5glVe3BmjmM
James McMurtry	Childish Things	We Can’t Make It Herewww.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWRfBZY-ng
Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard	One Fast Move or I’m Gone	Big Surwww.youtube.com/watch?v=NNIWA5esH4o
The Jayhawks	Smile	Bluewww.youtube.com/watch?v=GUVVGQjWFg4
Josh Ritter	The Animal Years	Wingswww.youtube.com/watch?v=X3OiUUEzwwI
Mason Jennings	Boneclouds	Fighter Girlwww.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfK9zajLdo
My Morning Jacket	Z	One Big Holidaywww.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Q9iAcPjzc
One Day as a Lion	One Day as a Lion	Wild Internationalwww.youtube.com/watch?v=6mKtt7F0rPU
Reckless Kelly	Under the Table and Above the Sun	Let’s Just Fallwww.youtube.com/watch?v=mW5uP8aYZsk
Robert Earl Keen	Walking Distance	Shades of Graywww.youtube.com/watch?v=eEgY93WECEc
Ryan Adams	Gold	Wonderwall (Cover)www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6xX6ZE16PI
Silversun Pickups	Swoon	There’s No Secrets This Yearwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbz-SqEd7JQ
Them Crooked Vultures	Them Crooked Vultures	Scumbag Blueswww.youtube.com/watch?v=2M53SxSLHYk
The White Stripes	Icky Thump	Seven Nation Armywww.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8KdTk0u0g
Wilco	Being There	Sunken Treasureswww.youtube.com/watch?v=j_GQWm35Ndo

 

Great music waits!

You should be listening to Reckless Kelly!

Reckless Kelly is the rocking alt/country Austin based band via Bend, Oregon, where they originally formed, but moved to Texas as quick as they could.  The band was organized and helmed by Braun brothers, Cody and Willy.  Their father happened to have a western swing band, Muzzie and the Boys, where the boys cut their early musical chops. 

Reckless Kelly’s debut “Millican” was released in 1998 and the title is a reference to Millican Oregon.  The album has one of my favorite songs “Drink Your Whiskey Down”.  In 2000 they released two albums “Acoustic: Live at Stubbs”, a great Austin barbeque joint, and “The Day”.  The live album features covers of Bob Dylan (Subterranean Homesick Blues), AC/DC (You Shook Me All Night Long), and Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love).

In 2003 they switched labels and released “Under the Table and Above the Sun” on Sugar Hill Records who have had such high profile artist as Robert Earl Keen, James McMurtry, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Townes Van Zandt to name a few. They followed up with 2005’s “Wicked Twisted Road” which had three singles “These Tears’, “Stick Around”, and “Baby’s Got a Whole Lot More” that broke the Top 10 on the Texas Music Chart.  In 2006 the live CD/DVD “Reckless Kelly Was Here” was released

In 2008 they again switched labels (Yup Roc Records) and released “Bulletproof” which the band taking umbrage with the current sociopolitical landscape.  The single “Ragged as the Road” peaked at #1 on the Texas Music Chart. 

Reckless Kelly Discography:

• Millican
• Acoustic: Live at Stubbs
• The Day
• Under the Table and Above the Sun
• Wicked Twisted Road
• Reckless Kelly Was Here
• Best of the Sugar Hill Years
• Bulletproof
• Somewhere In Time

Top 5 Reckless Kelly Songs: (in no particular order)

1. Let’s Just Fall (Under the table and Above the Sun)
2. Drink Your Whiskey Down (Millican)
3. Baby’s Got a Whole Lot More (Wicked Twisted Road)
4. May Peace Find You Tonight (Under the table and Above the Sun)
5. American Blood (Bulletproof)

Their music is typical alt/country with guitars (acoustic, electric, & occasional steel), bass, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica, and drums.  They have a surprising pop sensibility with catchy hooks and well crafted songs.  It is their ability to take tired themes (love, loss, redemption, etc…) and rejuvenate them with a fresh sound that is a combination of their musical prowess and the gruff, weathered vocal styling of Willy Braun.  They are known for their straight forward musical approach, the connectivity and energy of their live shows, and the fierce loyalty of their fans

Check out Reckless Kelly at www.recklesskelly.com

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Great music awaits!