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Jim Patton’s 11 Favorite Albums Featuring
The Players Who Played On “Keepers of the Flame”:

Land of Milk and Honey – Eliza Gilkyson
(Glenn Fukunaga: bass; Darcie Deaville: background vocals)

Lost and Found – Eliza Gilkyson
(Glenn Fukunaga: bass; Lloyd Maines: lap steel; David Webb: Hammond organ)

Home – Dixie Chicks
(Lloyd Maines: producer, steel guitars; Glenn Fukunaga: bass)

Austin Skyline – Jimmy Lafave
(David Webb: keyboards)

Gravity, Grace, and the Moon – Jeff Talmadge
(Bradley Kopp: producer, guitars; Glenn Fukunaga: bass; Lorrie Singer: vocals) (also Paul Pearcy from Mystery Ride: drums)

Zumbach’s Coat – Iain Matthews
(Bradley Kopp: producer, guitars; David Webb: keyboards; Lorrie Singer: vocals)

American Breakdown – Troy Campbell
(Jon Sanchez: guitar, cowrote “Blind” w/ Troy Campbell & Jennifer Jackson)

Written All My Letters – Karen Abrahams
(Glenn Fukunaga: bass on the magnificent “Fight Like A Girl”, which also has Paul Pearcy from Mystery Ride on drums)

Running With You – Sarah Elizabeth Campbell
(David Webb: keyboards)

Bourbonitis Blues – Alejandro Escovedo
(Glenn Fukunaga: bass)

Live at Cibolo Creek Country Club – Ray Wylie Hubbard
(Lloyd Maines: dobro, steel guitar; Glenn Fukunaga: bass
   
Jim Patton’s 11 Favorite Albums Featuring
The Players Who Played On “Mystery Ride” (2001):

Loco Gringo’s Lament – Ray Wylie Hubbard
(Lloyd Maines: producer, steel guitar; Paul Pearcy, drums) (also Keepers of the Flame producer Bradley Kopp: recording engineer, guitar)

Big Daddy – John Mellencamp
(David Grissom: guitar)

Live Shots – Joe Ely
(Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)

Where’d You Hide The Body? – James McMurtry
(David Grissom: lead guitar; Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)

Chris Knight – Chris Knight
(David Grissom: lead guitar)

Trouble No More - Darden Smith
(Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion)

Anodyne – Uncle Tupelo
(Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)

Wilory Farm – Terri Hendrix
(Lloyd Maines: producer, lead guitar, steel guitar; Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion; Glenn Fukunaga: bass)

Tornado in Slo Mo –
Darcie Deaville
(Darcie Deaville: guitar, fiddle, octoblaster, vocals; Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion)

Own and Own – Butch Hancock
(Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)

Fair And Square - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
(Lloyd Maines: steel guitar, dobro)

Jim Patton’s 11 Favorite Songs Featuring
The Players Who Played On “Mystery Ride” (2001):

Where’s Johnny – James McMurtry
(David Grissom: lead guitar)
from Candyland

Series of Dreams – Bob Dylan
(Glenn Fukunaga: bass)
from The Bootleg Series, Vol I

Midnight Train – Darden Smith
(Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion)
from Trouble No More

What If I Came Knockin’ – John Mellencamp
(David Grissom: lead guitar)
from Human Wheels

Levelland – James McMurtry
(David Grissom: lead guitar; Lloyd Maines: steel guitar)
from Where’d You Hide The Body?

Wanna Rock And Roll – Ray Wylie Hubbard
(Lloyd Maines: producer, steel guitar; Paul Pearcy: drums & percussion)
from Loco Gringo’s Lament

It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Me – Chris Knight
(David Grissom: electric guitar)
from Chris Knight

Conversation With The Devil – Ray Wylie Hubbard

(Lloyd Maines: acoustic guitar)
from Crusades of the Restless Knights

Rollin’ Valentine –
Michael Elwood & Beth Galiger
(Paul Pearcy: producer, drums & percussion)
from Rollin’ Valentine

Icy Barrel of a Loaded Gun – Darcie Deaville
(Darcie Deaville: vocals, guitar, etc)
from Tornado in Slo Mo

Two Sisters – Terri Hendrix
(Lloyd Maines: producer, guitar)
from Wilory Farm

(Editor’s Note: These songs and albums are listed in no particular order.)



10 Albums That Changed My Life

(these albums are not necessarily my favorites or even the best albums by these bands, but they are albums that affected me so profoundly that I can actually remember thinking differently before and after I heard them. Listed roughly in the order they came to my attention)

the Beatles - Rubber Soul
the Beatles –Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Vol 1
the Rolling Stones – High Tide and Green Grass
The Byrds Greatest Hits
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Neil Young – Young Man’s Fancy (live bootleg)
Elliott Murphy – Aquashow
Bruce Springsteen – Winterland (live bootleg)



Should Be Household Names


Dave Alvin
– King of California
Bill Morrissey
– North, Standing 8
Butch Hancock
– No 2 Alike
Jon Dee Graham
– The Great Battle
Jimmy LaFave
– Austin Skyline
Bill Mallonee & the Vigilantes of Love
– Jugular, Blister Soul
Richard Thompson – Across A Crowded Room, Shoot Out The Lights
Eliza Gilkyson – Land of Milk and Honey, Lost & Found
Patti Griffin
– Impossible Dream, 1000 Kisses



Great Albums You May Never Have Heard

(in addition to those already listed above or below)

Ian Hunter – Welcome to the Club, YUI ORTA,
Steve Van Zandt – Men Without Women, Voice of America
Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw, This Is Easy
Graham Parker – Passion Is No Ordinary Word
David Johansen – Live It Up
Steve Forbert – Alive on Arrival
Long Ryders – State of Our Union
Joe Grushecky – American Babylon
Lucinda Williams – Sweet Old World
Tommy Keene – The Real Underground
Leonard Cohen – Live (1994)
The Replacements – Pleased to Meet Me
Nanci Griffith – One Fair Summer Evening
The Blasters – Non Fiction, Testament
Jon Dee Graham – The Great Battle
Tim Hardin 3 – Live In Concert
Steve Wynn – What I Did After My Band Broke Up
Ron Flynt – LA Story; Big Blue Heart
John Handy – Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival
Danny Britt – The Other Side
Eric Hisaw – Never Could Walk the Line
Karen Abrahams – For the Love of the Song, Still Feeling Blue
Jeff Talmadge – Bad Tattoo



ESSENTIALS

Chuck Berry – The Great 28
Elvis – The Sun Sessions
Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul
Big Joe Turner’s Greatest Hits
T-Bone Walker – T-Bone’s Blues
Aretha Franklin’s 30 Greatest Hits
The Howlin’ Wolf Box Set
Velvet Underground Live
Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
Creedence – Chronicle
The Who – Meaty, Beaty, Big, & Bouncy
Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
the Grateful Dead – Europe ’72
The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl
Hank Williams’ 24 Greatest Hits
John Coltrane – Afro Blue Impressions (esp. “My Favorite Things”)
The Ultimate Otis Redding
The Buddy Holly Collection
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
Bob Marley – Legend
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
The Band









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