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Jim Patton’s 11 Favorite Albums Featuring
The Players Who Played On “Keepers of the Flame”:
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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 |
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Jim Patton’s 11 Favorite Albums Featuring
The Players Who Played On “Mystery Ride” (2001):
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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)
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Jim Patton’s 11 Favorite Songs Featuring
The Players Who Played On “Mystery Ride” (2001):
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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.)
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10 Albums That Changed My Life
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(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)
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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
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Great Albums You May Never Have Heard
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(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
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ESSENTIALS
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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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