Thank you to Tom Wilk and Doug Jones, who wrote in jogging my sieve of a memory: added John Fogerty’s BLUE RIDGE RANGERS below. Does it strike anyone else what a good year 1973 was for covers?
And as if to bless all this cosmic meandering, the Los Lobos record, THE RIDE, just came, and it’s like a cross between a brilliant cover record and a turbo-charge on their original material, totally entrancing. Cranks it up a few notches…
AND just for kicks, here’s how 2004 is shaping up to my ears:
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RILEY’S 2004 LIST as of 6/9/04
Rocket From the Tombs ROCKET REDUX (Smog Veil)
Chris Richards TUMBLERS & GRIT (Lake Effect)
Sam Phillips A BOOT AND A SHOE (Nonesuch)
Bottle Rockets BRAND NEW YEAR (New West)
Los Lobos THE RIDE (Hollywood)
Air WALKIE TALKIE (Astralwerks)
Ben Kweller ON MY WAY (ATO/RCA)
The Notorious Cherry Bombs (Universal)
Aveo BATTERY (Barsuk)